By the numbers

.780: Career regular-season winning percentage for Patriots QB Tom Brady, the best of NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl era with at least 100 starts.

2: Return touchdowns for Bears KR/PR Devin Hester to break Deion Sanders' record of 19

7: Consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons for Rams RB Steven Jackson, who could join Emmitt Smith, Curtis Martin, Barry Sanders, LaDainian Tomlinson and Thurman Thomas as the only players with at least eight in a row.

16: Consecutive seasons in which at least five teams made the playoffs that had missed out the year before

21: Interception return yards for Ed Reed to surpass Rod Woodson (1,483) for the most all-time

44.4: The average point total in NFL games last season, the highest since 1965 (46.1)

751: Yards after the catch for the Patriots Wes Welker last season, an NFL best

809: Passes thrown last season to Falcons WR Roddy White, the most targeted player in the NFL

2,696: Combined net yards for Saints dynamo Darren Sproles, who broke the Derrick Mason's NFL record (2,690 in 2000)

5,774: Air miles traveled by the Green Bay Packers this season, fewest in the NFL

28,692: Air miles traveled by the Raiders this season, most in the NFL