In this edition of Top-10 Stats of the Week, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is an ultimate feel-good story, the championship-or-bust Dallas Cowboys come up short, the Kansas City Chiefs dominate, and the Buffalo Bills prove why the AFC East has a new sheriff.
30 -- In Monday's wild-card win over the Arizona Cardinals, Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. became the first player in NFL history to have a 30-yard reception and a 30-yard completion in the same postseason game.
186 -- Monday night marked Matthew Stafford's 186th career start (including playoffs), and it took game No. 186 for the 33-year-old veteran to win his first postseason win. He completed 13 of 17 passes for 202 yards with three total touchdowns in the Rams 34-11 win.
11:31 -- Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had quite a game at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He threw five touchdowns in a span of 11 minutes of gametime. Of the 11 other teams that played during the wild-card round, only one had that many touchdowns scored for the entire 60 minutes.
11 -- The Dallas Cowboys have now gone 11 consecutive playoff appearances without reaching a conference championship game. This happens to be the longest drought in the NFL's Super Bowl era (since 1966).
7 -- On Saturday night, the Buffalo Bills scored a touchdown on each of their first seven possessions to crush the division rival New England Patriots, 47-17. They also became the first team to accomplish this feat in the Super Bowl era. Not too shabby for a Bills team that scored only 10 points in a whacky loss to the Patriots in Week 16.
31 -- With a 26-19 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday afternoon, the Cincinnati Bengals earned their first playoff win since the 1990-91 season. At that time, current Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was only seven years old.
9 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans recorded a season-high nine catches in Sunday's 31-15 home win over the Philadelphia Eagles. During the 2020 postseason, he racked up just 11 catches in four games combined.
41 -- Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic collected his 41st career triple-double on Monday night. He now has more triple-doubles than the rest of the franchise combined (40). The team has been around for four decades, and Doncic is only 22 years old.
4 -- The Chicago Bulls have now lost four straight games -- four losses in the last six days, to be exact. Prior to Jan. 12, they had lost only four games since November. They're now tied with the Miami Heat for best record in the East.
10-0 -- Los Angeles Lakers reserve Stanley Johnson outscored Utah Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell, 10-0, in the fourth quarter to help clinch a six-point victory at home.
