The performances of the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers left a shower of records in a spectacular week one of the 2025 season of the NFL, the professional soccer league. In the most exciting of the 16 games that opened the campaign, the Buffalo Bills, led by Josh Allen and his four touchdowns, rallied from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win 41-40 over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
The Bills are just the fourth team since 2000 to come from behind by that many points in the final four minutes, their feat left that ratio of games at four wins for teams that trailed versus 2,312 wins for the teams that held the lead.
Ravens make history with records
Despite the loss, the Ravens also set records.
They became the first team in NFL history to score at least 40 points, rush for 235 yards and finish with a loss.
For Baltimore coach John Harbaugh, it was the eighth time his team had lost a game in which it had led by at least eight points in the final period.
No other coach since 2000 has accumulated so many defeats.
Ravens running back Derrick Henry, who finished the game with 169 yards per carry and two touchdowns, tied the mark set by the legendary Jim Brown in reaching 13 games with at least 150 yards on the ground.
McCarthy debuts with historic comeback
The previous Monday, the tone of the comebacks was maintained thanks to the one forged by the Minnesota Vikings, who went into the last quarter down 17-6.
But led by Jonathan James McCarthy and his three touchdowns, they ended up beating the Chicago Bears 24-27.
McCarthy, who appeared with the Vikings, became the first quarterback in NFL history to score three touchdowns in the fourth quarter of his debut game.
His brilliant, multi-touchdown performance matched that of Vikings legend Fran Tarkenton, a Hall of Famer, in his 1961 debut, with four touchdowns in a 37-13 victory over the Bears.
Rodgers shines with Steelers
On Sunday, the Las Vegas Raiders also took their piece of history in their 13-20 win over the New England Patriots, in which they were guided by Pete Carroll, their new coach who became the longest-tenured coach to lead an NFL game at age 73.
He will turn 74 on September 15.
In New York, Aaron Rodgers got his revenge after being fired by the Jets at the end of last season, a team he defeated in a thrilling 32-34 comeback at the helm of his new franchise, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Rodgers, 41, connected on four touchdown passes in his Steelers debut, the most touchdowns in a game for the franchise since the historic Ben Roethlisberger did it in the 2020 season, according to EFE.
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