What to Look For - Week 15

With the proliferation of passing in the National Football League, it’s natural that each week’s list of players to watch will include an abundance of quarterbacks.

But plenty of wide receivers, tight ends and running backs must be on the receiving end of all those passes for quarterbacks to pile up their stats.

This week, several players can add their names to various all-time lists, among them Travis Kelce, Davante Adams and Larry Fitzgerald.

For details – plus a look at a few more records Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers are poised to break – read on...

PLAYOFF PUSH: Entering Week 15, two teams have clinched division titles – the GREEN BAY PACKERS (NFC North) and KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (AFC West) – and two teams have clinched playoff berths – the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS and PITTSBURGH STEELERS. ​

New Orleans (NFC South), Pittsburgh (AFC North) and the BUFFALO BILLS (AFC East) can clinch their respective division titles this week. Buffalo is aiming for its first division title since 1995, while the Steelers are looking to win the AFC North after missing the postseason in 2019. In each of the past 42 seasons (1977-2019, excluding 1982, when divisional play did not occur), at least one team has won its division the season after missing the playoffs.

MAHOMES MANIA: Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES leads the NFL with 4,208 passing yards and ranks third with 33 touchdown passes. This marks his third-consecutive season with at least 4,000 passing yards and he became the third player in NFL history to reach the mark in three of his first four seasons, joining PEYTON MANNING and Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO.​

Last week, Mahomes passed for 393 yards, his sixth-consecutive game with at least 315 passing yards. With 315 passing yards on Sunday at New Orleans (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Mahomes will surpass DREW BREES (six games from 2012-13) and RICH GANNON (six games in 2002) for the most consecutive games with at least 315 passing yards in NFL history.

Through his first 44 career starts, Mahomes has 26 games with at least 300 passing yards. With at least 300 passing yards on Sunday, he will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER (26 games) for the most such games by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history.

The players with the most games with at least 300 passing yards in their first four seasons in NFL history:​

Mahomes has also recorded a passer rating of 100-or-higher in 29 games throughout his four-year career. With a passer rating of 100-or-higher on Sunday, Mahomes would join DAK PRESCOTT (32 games) and RUSSELL WILSON (32) as the only quarterbacks with at least 30 games with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in their first four seasons in NFL history.​

KELCE’S KINGDOM: Kansas City tight end TRAVIS KELCE leads the league with 1,250 receiving yards and is the first tight end with at least 1,200 receiving yards in three seasons in NFL history.

Kelce, who has recorded at least 125 receiving yards in four of his past five games, needs 128 receiving yards on Sunday at New Orleans (4:25 PM ET, CBS) to surpass GEORGE KITTLE (1,377 receiving yards in 2018) for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season in NFL history.

The tight ends with the most receiving yards in a single season in NFL history:​