At the end of each season, in addition to watching teams compete for playoff spots, another big point is whether the major records are likely to be broken. The 2021 season was lucky, as the regular season expanded to 17 games this year, and two coveted records will be hit in the final week, namely the single-season tackle record and the single-season catch code record.
The single-season tackle record has been held by Michael Strahan since 2001, with the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end T.J. Watts hitting the record in his final week. In The Steelers' 26-14 win over Cleveland Browns on Monday night, Watt brushed four tackles to bring his total of 21.5 tackles this year. He was also 1.5 short of being able to surpass Stallakin's record of 22.5 tackles. But don't look at this year's 17 regular season games, but Watt has scored 21.5 tackles in just 14 games without a hint of moisture.
Historically, only Reggie White has made that many tackles in 14 or fewer games (21 tackles in 12 games in 1987), and Watt and White are the only players in NFL history to have made 13 tackles in four consecutive seasons. Watt, who also had the most single tackles since Joey Porter's 4-game tackles in 2001, said he wouldn't deliberately hit the record in Week 18, but he was bound to put a lot of pressure on the Baltimore Ravens. Since entering the NFL in 2017, Watt has averaged 0.93 tackles per game, the best statistic in the league to play at least 70 games.
Los Angeles Rams receiver CoopEr Karp had a chance to break the yard-up distance in the 18th week game against the San Francisco 49ers, but he said on Monday that he should put a quote on the record-breaking", after all, it was due to the expansion of the regular season to 17 places. "We're in a new era of rugby," Karp said in an interview: "We play 17 games a year and a lot has happened before that and their record has been done in 16 games, which is more weighty. ”
Karp also needs 136 yards to break Calvin Johnson's single-season record of 1964 yards, and he now has 1829 yards. In addition, Karp is also 12 catches away, which can surpass Michael Thomas's record of 149 catches in a single season, and both statistics seem difficult. In 16 games this year, Karp has received more than 100 yards in 10 games, more than 136 yards in 3 games, and more than 11 catches in 3 games.
However, at the moment, Karp has advanced 15 touchdowns in 1839 yards with 138 catches in 16 games, all of which are the highest in the NFL, and he is the first "triple crown" after Jerry Rice, Sterling Sharp and Steve Smith.
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