30 NFL records that could be broken this season

The NFL is a league of stats and accomplishments. Some years, the stats are so great they break long-standing records. What records could break in 2023?

Every year, we watch players and teams come close to records we never thought possible. Tom Brady was constantly breaking records, but he is allegedly retired now. So, he can’t break any more records from his house or the booth. Now, we have to find more players and teams to break records.

There are a few records that came close to breaking in the past year. Patrick Mahomes came close to breaking the single-season passing record, but he fell short of Peyton Manning’s 5,477 mark from 2013. Justin Jefferson and Tyreek Hill came close to the receiving yards record, but they fell short. This is after Cooper Kupp came short of the record the year prior.

With the new 17-game season, records are going to fall one by one. Even impossible records like Night Train Lane’s 14 interceptions in a season might fall (but it won’t this season). There is a whole new world of records that could fall, both accumulative and single-season records. It will be fun to predict which records could fall this season.

30 NFL records in danger of being broken during the 2022-23 NFL season:

30. Joe Burrow, Single-season playoff passing yards

There are going to be a lot of quarterbacks on this list. It’s not exactly a golden age for quarterbacks. The middle is too mediocre. However, the top of the QB chain is as talented as any era in history. Joe Burrow is one of the rising stars who could be this era’s Peyton Manning. He keeps getting really close to the promised land, making a Super Bowl and an AFC Championship in the two seasons he finished fully healthy.

This season, we expect Burrow to push for another Super Bowl appearance. We’ll see if he can actually win it this time, but along the way, he’s going to have to throw the ball a lot.

The Bengals trust Joe Mixon as much as people trust a reality TV star with their secrets. So, the offense will be pass-heavy. With Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Tyler Boyd, it won’t be easy to stop Burrow from racking up yards despite knowing he’s throwing the ball on almost every down.

Only five quarterbacks have thrown more in one postseason than Burrow’s 1,105 yards in 2021. Eli Manning currently has the record with 1,219 yards in 2011. This season, Burrow will break that record with a few huge playoff games. The Bengals won’t get the number-one seed. So, he will have four games to get this record.