The Jerusalem Post

Eagles’ streak snapped

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two of his last three appearance­s. Ryan also failed to throw a TD pass against Minnesota, the first time he’d been shut out in his last 30 regular-season games.

24. The Eagles hadn’t scored fewer than 20 points all season before managing just 10 in their loss at Seattle, a defeat that dropped them to the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff field at 10-2 and snapped their nine-game winning streak.

25. Vikings WR Adam Thielen failed to catch five balls for the first time this season, finishing with four grabs in Atlanta on Sunday.

26. Lions backup QB Jake Rudock’s first NFL TD pass was... a pick-six to Ravens S Eric Weddle.

27. Baltimore has intercepte­d 20 passes this year, most in the league.

28. Ray of hope for the Lions: They don’t play a team with a winning record rest of the way, and the combined record of their final four opponents is 18-29. Detroit (6-6) has only beaten one team over .500 this season.

29. Sunburst of hope for the Packers: Green Bay has lost five of seven since Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone, though the Pack survived the Bucs in OT on Sunday. A victory at winless Cleveland next week would mean Rodgers would be eligible to return to a 7-6 team in Week 15.

30. The Broncos have dropped eight in a row for the first time in 50 years. Denver extended its ignominiou­s streak by lose Sunday to the Dolphins, a team that had lost five straight (four of those by double digits).

31. Oft-suspended Browns WR Josh Gordon caught four passes for 85 yards in his first regular-season game in nearly three years. Here’s hoping he can keep it together off the field.

32. QB Kirk Cousins is now 1-10 combined in games played on Monday or Thursday. But the Redskins’ playoff hopes aren’t dead yet – the rest of their contests are on Sunday.

33. Dez Bryant’s 72 receiving TDs are more than any player in Cowboys history. Hall of Famers Bob Hayes (71) and Michael Irvin (65) and likely future Hall of Famer Jason Witten (67) are right behind Bryant.

34. Antonio Brown had a chance to make history Monday night in Cincinnati. With three catches and 85 receiving yards, the Steelers receiver would surpass Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison for the most in both categories over a fiveyear period. (From 1999 to 2003, Harrison caught 563 passes for 7,594 yards.) Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisbe­rger also had the opportunit­y enter rarefied air. He needed 238 yards to become the eighth passer in NFL history to reach 50,000 career yards.

35. Mike Davis’ 64 rushing yards Sunday night were the second most this season for a Seattle running back – potentiall­y an important develop now that the Seahawks are back in the playoff field and just one win over the Rams from moving back atop the NFC West.

36. Now 9-3, the Rams are guaranteed their first winning season since 2003.

37. Meanwhile, the Patriots have reached double-digit wins in 15 consecutiv­e seasons... dating back to 2003. Only the 49ers (1983-98) have a longer streak in league history.

38. New England star Tom Brady became the fourth quarterbac­k to surpass 65,000 career passing yards. He trails only Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Drew Brees.

39. Despite the accomplish­ment, Brady was seen, uh, venting at Patriots OC Josh McDaniels in an episode reminiscen­t of his exchange with Bill O’Brien in 2011. But Brady won’t have truly arrived until he publicly gives Bill Belichick the business after a poor play call.

40. Brady is now 27-3 against Buffalo. No quarterbac­k in the Super Bowl era has more wins against one team.

(USA Today/TNS)

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