 Julian Edelman set a franchise record with his fourth career punt return for a touchdown against the Broncos at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. (USA TODAY Images) |
Sunday's win over the Broncos set a variety of milestones for several Patriots players, with some significant marks reached for each of them.
Here's a quick rundown of what they accomplished against Denver:
- Tom Brady continues his assault on the NFL record books, making his 200th career NFL start, making him just the 8th player to reach that milestone.
- With 3:36 to go in the 3rd quarter, Brady completed a 6-yard pass to Julian Edelman, which at the time gave him 51,478 career passing yards, moving him ahead of John Elway for 5th in NFL history.
- Later on that drive he hit Rob Gronkowski on a 20-yard completion from the Broncos' 21-yard line, giving him 300-yards on the game, which is the 62nd time of his career he threw for that total and tied him for 4th most all time with Brett Favre.
- One play later he hit Gronkowski for a 1-yard touchdown pass, giving him his 22nd career game with four or more touchdown passes, moving him past Dan Marino for 4th most all-time.
- Speaking of Gronkowski, that reception was his 50th career receiving touchdown, tying the franchise record for a tight end with former Patriot Ben Coates. Gronkowski also tied Randy Moss for the 2nd fastest amount of games to reach that mark, with Gronkowski getting there in just 59 games. He later went over 100-yards for the 15th time in his career, extending his Patriots record for a tight end.
- Meanwhile Julian Edelman also got into the record books. His 84-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter was his 4th career punt return for a score, which now gives him the franchise record for that mark.
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November 2, 2014.
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