A few other milestones I stumbled across, in addition to the Pats passing the Broncos for all-time won-loss record:
Pats are now 13th overall with a .524 all-time regular season winning record. Next up is Jacksonville, who is just .002 ahead of the Pats. By next season it is possible the Pats catch up to the two Baltimores, the Ravens (.530) and Colts (.531), which would move them into the top ten.
Bill Belichick now ranks 19th in regular season winning percentage of all coaches to have coached at least 50 games. His .628 winning percentage is just .003 behind the immortal Curly Lambeau. That winning percentage ranks 9th among all coaches with at least 100 regular season wins. BB currently has 159 regular season wins; if the Pats win their last three games he will pass Mike Holmgren (161) for 11th most wins all time. Next year he has a shot at passing Bill Parcells (172) for 10th place all time.
Belichick currently ranks 5th all time with 15 playoff wins as a head coach. His next playoff win ties him with Chuck Noll - imagine the reaction in Pittsburgh if Belichick tied or passed Noll with a win against the Steelers! Looking further ahead Belichick is just five wins behind all time leader Tom Landry (20), and four behind Don Shula (19). In addition Belichick is also tied with Noll and a few others for third most conference championships, with four. So there's another opportunity for the Pats to drive Steeler fans a bit crazy in January if things work out right.
In the Bears game Tom Brady passed Steve DeBerg for career passing yards, and now ranks 20th all time with 34,242 yards. By the end of the season he could move up a couple more notches, past Jim Hart (34,665) and Jim (don't call me Chris) Everett (34,837).
Brady is tied with Dan Fouts for 12th all time with 254 touchdown passes, and is just one behind Sonny Jurgensen. He needs seven TD passes in the last three games to move into the top ten all time.
Fred Taylor has 11,663 yards rushing in his career, so it doen't look like he'll become the 14th player in NFL history to run for 12,000 yards. With 19 carries over the next three games he would rank 20th all time in number of rushing attempts. Taylor needs four rushing touchdowns to become the 28th player in NFL history to run for 70 touchdowns.
Wes Welker has passed Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell and now ranks 99th in NFL history for most receptions, with 522. Right now he is 35 catches behind both Stanley Morgan and Troy Brown, who are tied for 81st with 557 catches.
Deion Branch needs 261 more yards to become the 158th NFL player with 6,000 yards receiving in his career.