The Washington Redskins are a win away from their first NFC East title since 1999.
But there’s a chance their two prized offensive rookies will set franchise or even NFL records.
The offense can establish new marks as well. Chances are if they reach those numbers, the Redskins also will win the division by defeating the Cowboys.
QB Robert Griffin III can set the NFL record for passer rating by a rookie. Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger owns the mark (98.1, set in 2004), but Griffin would need a disastrous game to fail in this quest. He has a 104.1rating. Griffin also could bump another Roethlisberger to second place in completion percentage. Roethlisberger completed 66.44 percent of his passes as a rookie; Griffin’s current mark is 66.4.
Griffin and Seattle’s Russell Wilson are tied with Roethlisberger for number of games with a passer rating of 100 or higher (eight) for a rookie. Considering Griffin’s past five games, there’s an excellent chance he’ll achieve this mark. He’s posted a passer rating of 101.8 or higher in those games, with 12 touchdowns and only two interceptions. His mark against Dallas on Thanksgiving: 131.8.
Griffin also needs 48 rushing yards to become the fourth quarterback in NFL history to rush for more than 800 yards, joining Randall Cunningham, Bobby Douglass and Michael Vick, who did it twice.
RB Alfred Morris needs 104 yards to surpass Clinton Portis’ single-season franchise rushing record of 1,516 yards.
The Redskins also can achieve two impressive franchise marks: most rushing yards in a season (they need 191 yards to surpass the mark of 2,625 set in 1983); and total net yardage (they need 484 yards to break the current record of 6,253 yards set in 1989).
John Keim covers the Redskins for the Washington Examiner. Follow him on Twitter @CBSRedskins or @John_Keim.
