When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night, there will be more than just win or loss at stake.
In the game within the game and the standings within the standings, there are several key marks for Buccaneers and Ravens players to hit.
Inside them are Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans and Baltimore running back Derrick Henry, who are simply playing in tonight’s game, making this something even more special than your average Monday Night Football show.
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With Henry and Evans participating in the Week 7 matchup, it will be the first time since Week 3 of the 2020 season that the active leaders in rushing and receiving touchdowns will compete against each other.
The last time that happened was between receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and running back Adrian Peterson, then with the Detroit Lions.
This contest is also the last time two players with 100 touchdowns played in the same game. Henry currently has 102 career TDs, while Evans has exactly 100 while sitting just one grade shy of the century mark in this category alone.
If the Ravens can total 168 yards as a team against the Bucs, they will become the fourth team since 1980 with 1,400 or more yards in the first seven games of a season, and the latest to do so since they set the record themselves. Mark in 2019.
On the Buccaneers’ defensive end, safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is a half-sack away from matching Bill Betts (15.5) for the second-most sacks by a defensive back in the first five years of his career. This statistic is from 1982 when sacks became an official statistic. Jamal Adams has 21.5 in his first five seasons and holds the record for the most ever in the first five years of a career.
When Evans catches his 100th reception, he will become the fifth player to do so in his first 11 seasons, joining Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison and Randy Moss. New York Jets receiver Davante Adams is also looking for that milestone but has already played in Week 7.
Finally, Henry needs one 100-yard rushing game and two rushing touchdowns to match Emmitt Smith for third in most games with this stat line or better. Smith did so 21 times during his NFL career, most notably playing for the Dallas Cowboys.
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