In what might turn out to be the best game of the week, join me for the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs (5-0) in an AFC Divisional Round rematch from last season.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for the press release from the NFL.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 6
BRADY’S BUNCH OF WINS: New England quarterback TOM BRADY leads the NFL with 1,702 passing yards, ranks second with a 112 passer rating and ties for third with 11 touchdown passes this season. Chiefs
With a win over the New York Jets on Sunday, Brady, who has 186 career regular-season victories, will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (186) and PEYTON MANNING (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Brady has 211 career wins (including the postseason), the most all-time by a quarterback. Chiefs
SUPER SMITH: Kansas City quarterback ALEX SMITH has completed 121 of 158 passes (76.6 percent) for 1,391 yards with 11 touchdowns and no interceptions for an NFL-best 125.8 passer rating while leading the Chiefs to a 5-0 start. Chiefs
With two touchdown passes and no interceptions against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Smith will surpass RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (12 in 1998) for the most touchdown passes without an interception through a team’s first six games of the season.
Smith, who has had a passer rating of at least 100 in every game this season, can join AARON RODGERS (2011), TOM BRADY (2007) and CARSON PALMER (2005) as the only players with a passer rating of at least 100 in each of his team’s first six games to start a season. Rodgers and Brady both won NFL MVP honors in the years they accomplished the feat.
REMARKABLE ROOKIE: Kansas City rookie running back KAREEM HUNT had 116 scrimmage yards (107 rushing, nine receiving) in the Chiefs’ 42-34 win over Houston on Sunday Night Football last week.
With 159 scrimmage yards against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Hunt, who leads the NFL with 775 scrimmage yards, will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (933 in 1983) for the most scrimmage yards by a rookie in his team’s first six games of a season.
LEGENDS CLIMB LEADERBOARDS: Carolina defensive end JULIUS PEPPERS, who ranks third in the NFC with 5.5 sacks this season, has 149 sacks in his 16-year NFL career. With a sack on Thursday against Philadelphia, Peppers will become the fifth player with 150 career sacks since the sack became an official statistic in 1982. All four players currently ahead of Peppers are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Peppers, who has 11 career interceptions, would also become the only player in NFL history with at least 150 sacks and 10 interceptions.
With two sacks on Thursday, Peppers will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer CHRIS DOLEMAN (150.5) for the fourth-most sacks since 1982.
Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD, who leads the NFC with 32 receptions and ranks fifth in the conference with 327 receiving yards, has 14,716 career receiving yards in his 14-year NFL career.
With 16 receiving yards on Sunday against Tampa Bay, Fitzgerald will surpass STEVE SMITH, SR. (14,731) for the seventh-most receiving yards in NFL history.
The game is on your local CBS station. Watch it with me.
