Seahawks players with the Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl LX victory parade

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads the NFL by 259 receiving yards after Week 8, while Trey McBride keeps the receptions lead with 66

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A 259-yard lead

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has 985 receiving yards after Week 8, 259 more than anyone else. He had six catches for 118 yards and a touchdown in Monday’s loss to Chicago, his seventh 100-yard game in eight tries.

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Higgins jumps to second

Tee Higgins moved from eighth to second with 155 yards and two touchdowns in Cincinnati’s win over Tennessee and has 726 yards. He averages 103.7 yards a game in seven contests.

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McBride leads in catches

Arizona tight end Trey McBride leads the league with 66 receptions, two more than Smith-Njigba. CeeDee Lamb is third with 60. McBride had seven catches for 72 yards and a touchdown at Dallas.

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Pace toward the record

Smith-Njigba averages 123.1 yards a game, about 2,093 over 17 games. Calvin Johnson’s single-season record is 1,964 from 2012. With nine games left, Smith-Njigba needs 979 more yards, or 108.8 a game, to pass it.

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Touchdown lead too

He also leads receiving touchdowns with nine, three more than Ja’Marr Chase, Lamb, Christian Watson and Mike Gesicki, who have six each. Christian Watson sits fourth in yards at 708 after 113 against Carolina.

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Week 9 next

Seattle hosts Arizona on Sunday. Cincinnati faces Atlanta in Madrid. Every number above is final through eight weeks.

Image credit

Seahawks players with the Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl LX victory parade in Seattle. Photo by SounderBruce, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized

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