The 2024 NFL Season: A Year of Broken Records and Unforgettable Moments

If there was ever a season to make statisticians break out in a cold sweat, it was 2024. The NFL didn’t just see records fall—it saw them obliterated, rewritten, and in some cases, mocked for ever existing in the first place. From aerial assaults to defensive rampages, here’s a look at the biggest records that got tossed in the shredder this year.

The Air Show: Passing Yards Take Off

Brock Purdy, of all people, led the NFL in passer rating (113.0), making skeptics everywhere rub their eyes in disbelief. The 49ers quarterback threw for 4,280 yards, proving that a so-called “game manager” could, in fact, manage to torch secondaries all season.

Ground and Pound: A Rushing Clinic

Christian McCaffrey made opposing defenses look like high school JV squads, leading the league with 1,459 rushing yards. He wasn’t just juking people out of their cleats—he was averaging 5.4 yards per carry while doing it. And because that wasn’t enough, he punched in 14 touchdowns to seal his dominance.

Catch Me If You Can: Receiving Records

If you thought CeeDee Lamb was good before, 2024 made it clear: he’s something else entirely. The Cowboys’ wideout pulled in 135 receptions for 1,749 yards, making every defensive back in the league wish they’d chosen another profession. Over in the AFC, Tyreek Hill was doing his own brand of damage, racking up 1,799 receiving yards and reminding everyone that cheetahs, indeed, do not slow down.

Sack Machines and Defensive Havoc

Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt must have spent the offseason practicing on tackling dummies made of cinder blocks because he ended the year with a ridiculous 19 sacks, leading the league in QB destruction. Minnesota’s Danielle Hunter was the NFC’s biggest quarterback nightmare, tallying 16.5 sacks.

A Game for the Ages: Highest Scoring Contest

There’s a reason defenses don’t get paid as much as quarterbacks: people love points. And the fans got their money’s worth when [insert teams] engaged in a shootout for the ages, setting the record for the highest-scoring game of the season with a combined [insert number] points.

The Most Overtime Thrillers in a Single Season

2024 wasn’t just a year of highlights—it was a year of nail-biters. A new record was set for the most overtime games in a season, proving that parity in the NFL is alive and well (and that kickers should be getting performance bonuses for all the clutch moments).

The 2024 season didn’t just give us football—it gave us history. From quarterbacks carving up defenses to pass-rushers playing demolition derby with offensive lines, this was a year where the record books got rewritten on a near-weekly basis. If 2025 is anything like this, we might need a whole new book to fit it all in.