Week 10 delivered everything from high-scoring shootouts to defensive slugfests. The Denver Broncos’ defense set the tone on Thursday, fueling their seventh straight win and extending a home streak to 10. Overseas in Berlin, the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons were tied at 25 before Colts RB Jonathan Taylor sealed a historic performance with an overtime touchdown. Domestically, the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions each scored 40-plus points in victories.
Ahead of Monday Night Football’s Eagles-Packers game, fans voted on ESPN’s Week 10 “Himmy” Award. The results:
– Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts RB: 48%
– Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams QB: 20%
– TreVeyon Henderson, New England Patriots RB: 17%
– DeMarcus Lawrence, Seattle Seahawks DE: 15%
How each nominee earned votes
Jonathan Taylor, Colts RB
Stats to know: 32 carries, 244 yards, 3 rushing TDs; 3 receptions, 42 yards
In the first regular-season NFL game played in Germany’s capital, Taylor had an 83-yard rush (the longest in Colts history) and an 8-yard overtime walk-off TD. It was his fourth game this season with at least three rushing TDs, tying him for the second-most such games in a single year in NFL history (one behind LaDainian Tomlinson’s 2006 mark). Taylor passed Hall of Famer Edgerrin James for the Colts’ career rushing-TD lead (66) and joined Jim Brown, Barry Sanders and Tomlinson as the only players with three career games of 200 rushing yards and two-plus rushing TDs. The Colts finished with 323 rushing yards, the second-highest total in franchise history.
Matthew Stafford, Rams QB
Stats to know: 24-of-36, 280 yards, 4 TDs
Stafford became the first QB in NFL history with three straight games of at least four TD passes and zero interceptions, and just the sixth QB ever to throw four-plus TDs in three consecutive outings. All four of his Sunday TDs came against the blitz. Over his past six games he has thrown 20 TDs with zero interceptions — an NFL first over that span, per ESPN Research. Stafford also evened his career record as a starter to .500 at 115-115-1, reaching that mark after a league-record 231 starts.
TreVeyon Henderson, Patriots RB
Stats to know: 14 carries, 147 yards, 2 TDs
Henderson produced 125 of his 147 rushing yards after halftime, including touchdown runs of 55 and 69 yards. He became just the fourth rookie ever with multiple 50-plus rushing TDs in the same game (joining Doug Martin, Adrian Peterson and Lenny Moore). His 147 yards are the most by a Patriots rookie since Jonas Gray’s 201-yard game in 2014. Henderson also totaled 82 rushing yards after contact in the second half — the most by any Patriots player in a second half since ESPN began tracking that stat in 2009.
DeMarcus Lawrence, Seahawks DE
Stats to know: 4 total tackles, 3 QB hits; 2 forced fumbles returned for TDs
Lawrence had recorded only two career TDs in 148 games entering Sunday — then matched that total in one half vs. the Arizona Cardinals, returning two fumbles for scores as the Seahawks won 44-22. Rookie linebacker Tyrice Knight forced the turnovers, and Lawrence became just the fourth player in NFL history with multiple fumble-return TDs in a single game. The Seahawks’ defense produced 22 quarterback pressures in the win and sits at 147 pressures through nine games, the most for any team in that span since ESPN began tracking the stat in 2009.
ESPN Research contributed to this story.
