The Athletic's 2019 NFL Season Review

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Test Your NFL Knowledge: 2019 Season Review

Are you a true NFL fan? Put your knowledge to the test with our engaging quiz focused on the highlights and statistics from the thrilling 2019 NFL season! Discover how much you remember about players, teams, and record-breaking performances while challenging yourself.

  • Multiple-choice questions
  • Learn fun facts as you play
  • Perfect for fans of all ages
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Which of these quarterbacks led the league in passer rating in 2019? Hint: It was not Jameis Winston who led the league in passing yards (5,109) and interceptions (30).
Ryan Tannehill
Drew Brees
Lamar Jackson
Patrick Mahomes
Tennessee’s Derrick Henry led the NFL in rushing with 1,540 yards in 2019. There were 16 players who ran for more than 1,000 yards (the most since 16 did it in 2012). Who finished second to Henry in rushing?
Nick Chubb
Ezekiel Elliott
Christian McCaffrey
Chris Carson
Michael Thomas set a new single-season record for catches with 149, and his 5,512 career receiving yards surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (5,396) for the most by a player in his first four seasons in the league. Aside from Moss, who are the only two receivers in NFL history to record at least 1,000 yards receiving in each of their first four seasons in the league?
Mike Evans and A.J. Green
DeAndre Hopkins and Odell Beckham Jr.
Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald
Torry Holt and Jerry Rice
“It’s like holding two handfuls of Jell-O. And about the time you think you got it corralled over in one part of your hands, it’s coming out the fingers on the other.” Which NFL owner said this about his team’s run defense in 2019 following a loss? (Hint: It was not Patriots owner Bob Kraft.)
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
Falcons owner Arthur Blank
Jaguars owner Shahid Khan
Redskins owner Dan Snyder
Which NFL team has endured the longest drought since its last playoff victory? (Hint: It is not the Kansas City Chiefs, who won the Super Bowl in February.)
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Lamar Jackson set the NFL single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback last season with 1,206. Which one of these former quarterbacks is NOT among the top five career rushers at the position?
Steve Young
Fran Tarkenton
John Elway
Steve McNair
Which team had the worst point differential in the NFL in 2019? (Nope, it was not the Detroit Lions.)
Carolina Panthers
Cincinnati Bengals
Miami Dolphins
Washington Redskins
Of the 12 teams to make the playoffs in 2019, only one had a negative point differential in the regular season. Who was it?
Buffalo Bills
Houston Texans
Philadelphia Eagles
Seattle Seahawks
The 2019 season ranked third all time in terms of points scored (11,680) and touchdowns (1,332). Which team led the NFL in scoring? (Hint: It was not Sam Darnold and the New York Jets, who scored the fewest points in the AFC.)
Baltimore Ravens
Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers
New Orleans Saints
Nick Bosa became the fourth player from the San Francisco 49ers to win the AP’s Defensive Rookie of the Year award in 2019. What other two franchises have had an NFL-leading four Defensive Rookie of the Year award winners?
Chargers and Steelers
Chiefs and Jets
Bears and Lions
Colts and Ravens
Kyler Murray became the third player in Cardinals franchise history to earn the AP’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award in 2019 joining Anquan Boldin (2003) and Ottis Anderson (1979). Which NFL team has had the most Offensive Rookie of the Year winners?
Dallas Cowboys
Detroit Lions
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Which of these quarterbacks set or tied multiple NFL single-game records in a game in which he posted a perfect passer rating? (Hint: It was not Patrick Mahomes, who led the NFL in QBR in 2018.)
Drew Brees
Jared Goff
Lamar Jackson
DeShaun Watson
Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey broke his own record for pass receptions for a running back with 116 catches. Which of the following running backs and prolific pass catchers never caught 100 or more passes in a season?
LaDainian Tomlinson
Roger Craig
Larry Centers
Matt Forte
Which of these kickers in 2019 became the first in NFL history to make multiple 60-plus-yard field goals in the same season? (Hint: It was not Detroit's Matt Prater who owns the NFL record with a 64-yarder back in 2013.)
Brett Maher
Justin Tucker
Will Lutz
Harrison Butker
In his 20th and final season in New England, Tom Brady threw for 4,057 yards and 24 touchdowns. He also led the Patriots to 12 wins in the regular season. How many times in his career did Brady lead the Patriots to at least 10 wins in the regular season?
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Tom Brady’s 17 seasons with at least 10 regular-season wins is three more than five-time league MVP Peyton Manning and seven more than the great Brett Favre, who are next on the all-time list. Including Brady, how many active NFL quarterbacks have led their teams to at least 10 regular-season wins six times or more? (Yes, Drew Brees is one of them.)
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How many league MVPs -- like Lamar Jackson in 2019 -- won a Heisman Trophy in college? (Yes, Cam Newton did it, too.)
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For only the second time in NFL history, three rookie quarterbacks in 2019 -- Kyler Murray, Daniel Jones and Gardner Minshew -- each threw 20 or more touchdown passes. In which other season did that happen?
1983
2010
2012
2016
Baltimore’s John Harbaugh won the NFL Coach of the Year award in 2019 after leading the Ravens to the league’s best regular-season record. It was the first time he won the award. How many current head coaches have won it more than once?
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New England’s Stephone Gilmore became the first cornerback since Charles Woodson in 2009 to win the AP’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Since 1971, how many cornerbacks have taken home the honor?
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Calais Campbell became the first Jacksonville Jaguars player ever to earn the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2019. How many NFL franchises still have not had a player earn the award recognizing their charity work and excellence off the field?
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Who led the NFL in sacks in 2019? (Hint: It was not Aaron Donald, who led the NFL with 20.5 sacks in 2018.)
Shaquil Barrett
Chandler Jones
Cameron Jordan
Danielle Hunter
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The Cardinals’ Chandler Jones recorded a franchise-record 19 sacks and became one of five players since 2000 with at least 17 sacks in multiple seasons. Of the other four in the group, who has done it the most?
Elvis Dumervil
DeMarcus Ware
Michael Strahan
J.J. Watt
Cornerback Marcus Peters became the first player in NFL history to return an interception for a touchdown for two different teams in the same season. Peters, a five-year veteran, has six career INT returns for TDs. Who holds the record for most pick-sixes in their first five seasons?
Lem Barney
Deion Sanders
Aqib Talib
Ken Houston
The Baltimore Ravens ran for an NFL single-season record 3,296 yards in 2019 -- 991 yards more than the second-place San Francisco 49ers. Baltimore's 206 rushing yards per game also marked the first time in a while that a team averaged more than 200 yards rushing per game. Who was the previous team to do it?
Atlanta Falcons (2006)
Chicago Bears (1977)
Los Angeles Rams (1984)
New England Patriots (1978)
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