Just three games of the NFL season remain and by the close of play on Sunday evening, we will know our Super Bowl LIX line-up.
NFC East foes Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders will kick things off on Sunday before the Buffalo Bills host the Kansas City Chiefs, with the two winners progressing to New Orleans for the February 9 showdown.
Up for grabs will be the Vince Lombardi Trophy and the chance to call yourself a world champion, but before then, we could see a host of individual records fall.
DAZN News takes a look at the new marks that could be set this coming weekend.
Saquon Barkley eyes regular and postseason rushing record
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley shows no signs of slowing down in the post-season, torching the Rams for 205 yards on the ground, including a 78-yard scamper in the snow with just five minutes to play which sealed the victory.
This came after the former Giant eased past 2,000 yards during the regular season with a game to spare, and Barkley now has Terrell Davis’ NFL record for combined regular season and playoff rushing yards in his sights.
Barkley has clocked up 2,329 yards since the season started, meaning only Broncos legend Davis is ahead of him in the record books.
Super Bowl XXXII MVP Davis totalled 2,331 rush yards in 1997 and broke this record 12 months later, clocking 2,476 yards on his way to another Super Bowl title.
That means Barkley will start just 147 yards short of Davis’ record against a Commanders side that ranked third-worst against the run in the regular season.
Patrick Mahomes chasing down Joe Montana mark
Over in the AFC, Patrick Mahomes is also targeting a former Super Bowl MVP’s mark.
Should the Chiefs get the better of the Bills at Arrowhead, it will be Patrick Mahomes’ 17th playoff win, which would move him ahead of former San Francisco 49ers legend Joe Montana into second place in the all-time standings for playoff wins.
That would put Mahomes behind only Tom Brady - but hauling in the former New England Patriot would need another 18 wins, as he clocked up 35 post-season victories with the Pats and Buccaneers.
A Chiefs victory would also mean Mahomes would be set for a fifth Super Bowl appearance, one more than Montana and level with John Elway, who currently sits second behind Brady in the QB standings.
Jayden Daniels eyes rookie mark
Jayden Daniels, meanwhile, has the chance to do something this weekend the likes of Brady, Montana, Elway and Mahomes were never able to achieve.
That’s because a rookie quarterback has never started a Super Bowl, so if the Commanders are able to keep their fairytale season going, the former LSU standout will enter the history books.
When Daniels lines up on Sunday, he will become just the sixth rookie QB to start a conference Championship game. Shaun King of the Bucs was the first in 2000, before Ben Roethlisberger made it to the final four with the Steelers in 2005. Joe Flacco was behind centre when the Ravens made the 2009 AFC title game, with the Jets’ Mark Sanchez a rookie starter at that stage 12 months later. Brock Purdy was the last rookie to start a Championship game in 2023 with the 49ers, but managed only four passes before going down injured.
All five were on the losing side, but Daniels has shown in recent weeks that he has the ability to excel under pressure and step up when he needs to.
Josh Allen has Steve Young mark in his sites
Finally, Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s two rushing touchdowns against the Ravens on Sunday has put him on the verge of another NFL record.
Allen’s second score against Baltimore was his seventh rushing playoff touchdown and saw him tie Tom Brady for second place in the all-time standings. The current record holder is Hall of Fame former 49ers star Steve Young, who ran for eight postseason touchdowns.
What is remarkable here is that Allen has taken just 12 postseason games to register his seven scores, a mark that Brady needed 48 games to achieve. Young’s record came in 22 games, but it’s a matter of when, not if, Allen claims that record for himself.
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