Four NFL Players Primed to Set New Records in 2013

The coming NFL season will surely brings lots of excitement and surprises to all fans and bettors, but on top of what any football or sportsbetting fan would expect, this season may also bring new records, so weeks before the season officially kicks off, the attention focuses on several players that are ready to break old marks, make waves in the sports news and media sites and enter their names in the record books.

So let’s take a look on some of the players that would rewrite the history this season. 

Calvin “Megatron” Jonson (Detroit Lions)

After setting records in 2012 for the most receiving yards in a single season (1,964 yards), most receptions in a single calendar month (49 receptions, December 2012) and leading the league in receptions with 122, Megatron Johnson will have another chance to vie for the 2000-yard mark in a single season, a mark that no receiver in the NFL has ever reached. 

Peyton Manning (Denver Broncos)

Veteran QB Peyton Manning will start the season with 59,487 career passing yards, only 1,874 yards away from Dan Marino’s record for No. 2 on the all-time passing yard list. The No. 1 record belongs to Brett Favre, who tops Manning by approximately 12,000 yards. Still, Manning can also break some of his previous records, including most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards (12),  most consecutive seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes (13), most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes (13) and most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes (13) among others.

Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings)

Last season, Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson had an amazing season start, rushing for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns in his first game in 8 months after his ACL and MCL tear and passing Robert Smith as the No.1 Vikings rusher of all time. 

By Week 17, Peterson needed 208 yards to break the single-season record for the most rushing yards set in 1984 by Eric Dickerson (2,105 yards). Minnesota played the Packers and needed a win to qualify for the postseason. Peterson ran 26 yards, setting the Vikings up for a game-winning field goal with three seconds left. The Vikings kicked a field goal, enough to send them to the playoffs, but the decision left Peterson nine yards short of breaking the record. Peterson became the second player (Earl Campbell, 1980) to rush for 150 or more yards in seven games during an NFL season and had 1,019 yards after contact. He finished 2012 with 2,097 rushing yards, the second-most ever for a running back in a single season.  Due to his stunning performance, Peterson earned the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and the NFL Most Valuable Player awards.

J.J. Watt (Houston Texans)

Defensive tackle J.J Watt has set himself as one of the most feared players in the NFL. During a Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions, Watt broke the Texans franchise record set by former teammate Mario Williams for most sacks in a single season. 

Watt finished the regular season with 81 tackles (69 solo), 20.5 sacks, 23 tackles for loss, 4 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, and 16 passes defended. Watt also became the first player in NFL history to record 16.5 sacks and tip 15 passes in a single season, a record that awarded him the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.