Around the NFC

Record-tying Diggs. Dallas cornerback Trevon Diggs is outshining his brother Stefon, the Buffalo Bills’ star receiver. Trevon joined Pittsburgh’s Rod Woodson as the only two players in league history with seven interceptions in their team’s first six games with last week’s interception-for-a-touchdown at New England. Frequent notes contributor Dan Daly researched that Diggs is only the 10th player to have at least 10 interceptions in their first 18 career games; the only Hall of Famer on the list is Mike Haynes. In the last 42 years, the only player with a season of more than 11 interceptions is the Raiders’ Lester Hayes (13 in 1980). Adams, Kupp starring. The last time the NFL had two 1,600-yard receivers in the same year was 2015 when defenses had no answers for Atlanta’s Julio Jones (1,871) and Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown (1,834).

Through six games, Green Bay’s Davante Adams (668) and the Los Angeles Rams’ Cooper Kupp (653) are averaging 100-plus yards per game. Their statistics are even more impressive considering both of their teams are 5-1 and have three wins by double digits, meaning they aren’t in must-throwto-rally mode. Both players should have big games Sunday.

Panthers back to .500. Feel better, Broncos fans, your team isn’t the only one who followed a 3-0 start with three consecutive losses to fall crashing back to reality. Carolina won by five, 19 and 15 points and have lost by eight (at Dallas), three (vs. Philadelphia) and six (vs. Minnesota) points. Credit coach Matt Rhule for pounding the drums after the overtime loss to the Vikings in which Carolina passed 41 times and ran 23 (four of those were quarterback scrambles). “We’re going to run the football,” he said. The Panthers play at the lowly Giants on Sunday.