ARIZONA

The defending NFC Champions are 5-3 at the midpoint with a two-game lead in the NFC West. The Cardinals, who won the division last year, are looking to win back-to-back division titles for the first time since 1974-75

QB KURT WARNER is on pace for 4,350 passing yards and can become the first player in franchise history to post consecutive 4,000-yard seasons. Warner has 16 touchdown passes and is on track to surpass the team record of 30 which he set last season

WR LARRY FITZGERALD is on pace for 112 receptions and can surpass the club mark of 103 which he set in 2005. Fitzgerald (112), RB TIM HIGHTOWER (80), WR ANQUAN BOLDIN (75) & WR STEVE BREASTON (75) can become the first quartet in NFL history to each record at least 75 receptions in one season. Last year, Fitzgerald (96), Boldin (89) and Breaston (77) became just the fifth trio in league annals to accomplish the feat.

ATLANTA

QB MATT RYAN is on pace for 3,568 passing yards and can join PEYTON MANNING as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to pass for at least 3,000 yards in their first two seasons. Ryan, who led the Falcons to 11 wins and a playoff berth last year as a rookie, aims to become the first quarterback to start every game (16-game season) and lead his team to the playoffs in each of his first two years

RB MICHAEL TURNER leads the NFC with 10 rushing touchdowns and is on track to surpass the team record of 17 which he set last season. Turner, who rushed for 1,699 yards last year, has 720 rushing yards and aims to become the first Falcon with back-to-back 1,500-yard seasons

WR RODDY WHITE has 570 receiving yards and looks to record his third consecutive 1,200-yard season. White is the only player in team history with two 1,200-yard seasons in a row.

CAROLINA

RB DE ANGELO WILLIAMS is third in the NFC with 768 rushing yards and is on pace for 1,536, which would surpass his team record of 1,515. Williams has rushed for seven touchdowns and is on track for 14, which would rank second in club annals. He set a club record with 18 rushing TDs last season

QB JAKE DELHOMME has 18,706 passing yards as a Panther and needs 1,294 to become the first player in franchise history to reach 20,000 yards

WR STEVE SMITH has 478 receiving yards and aims for his team-record fifth consecutive 1,000-yard season

DE JULIUS PEPPERS ranks third in the NFC with seven sacks and looks to challenge the club mark of 15 set in 1998 by KEVIN GREENE. Peppers had a career-high 14.5 sacks last year and aims for his sixth career 10-sack season.

CHICAGO

QB JAY CUTLER has passed for 2,046 yards and 14 touchdowns passes in his first year with Chicago. He is on pace to become the first Bear to pass for at least 4,000 yards in a season and can become the first player in club annals to throw 30 touchdown passes. Cutler has two 300-yard games and looks to challenge the team record of four set by BILL WADE in 1962

TE GREG OLSEN has six receiving touchdowns and is on track for the most by a Chicago tight end since Pro Football Hall of Famer MIKE DITKA (12) in 1961. WR DEVIN HESTER is on pace for 82 catches and 1,096 yards and can become the first Bear since 2002 (MARTY BOOKER) with at least 80 catches and 1,000 yards

DEs ALEX BROWN (4.5) and ADEWALE OGUNLEYE (4.5) aim to become the first set of Bears teammates since 1993 to each record at least 10 sacks (RICHARD DENT and TRACE ARMSTRONG).

DALLAS

QB TONY ROMO is on pace for 4,430 passing yards and can surpass the club mark of 4,211 which he set in 2007. He is the only player in franchise history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season

TE JASON WITTEN leads the team with 44 receptions and aims for his second career 90-catch season. Witten, who had 96 receptions in 2007, can become the first player in team history with two 90-catch seasons. WR MILES AUSTIN has 612 receiving yards and looks to become the fourth player in club annals with 1,200 yards in a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MICHAEL IRVIN and BOB HAYES and former Cowboy TERRELL OWENS. Austin ties for the NFL lead with seven receiving touchdowns and looks to challenge Owens' club mark of 15 set in 2007

LB DE MARCUS WARE leads the team with five sacks and is on pace for his fourth consecutive 10-sack season.

DETROIT

Rookie QB MATTHEW STAFFORD, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2009 NFL Draft, has passed for 1,265 yards in six games. Stafford looks to become only the third rookie quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 3,000 yards, joining PEYTON MANNING and MATT RYAN

RB KEVIN SMITH has 460 rushing yards and is looking for his first career 1,000-yard season. Last year, Smith rushed for 976 yards as a rookie

WR CALVIN JOHNSON has 352 receiving yards in six games. Johnson, who had 1,331 yards last year, aims to become the first Lions wide receiver with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons since JOHNNIE MORTON in 1998-99

K JASON HANSON, the team's all-time leading scorer, has 1,792 career points and needs eight to become the seventh player in NFL history to score 1,800.

GREEN BAY

QB AARON RODGERS is on pace for 4,510 yards, which would be the most in team history. Rodgers, who had 4,038 yards last year, can become the first Packer to pass for 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons as the club's starter. He is third in the NFC with a 103.3 passer rating, which would be the second-highest mark in club annals behind Pro Football Hall of Famer BART STARR (105.0, 1966)

WR DONALD DRIVER, the team's all-time receptions leader (614), has 37 catches and needs 13 to become the first Packer to record at least 50 receptions in eight seasons. RB RYAN GRANT is on pace for 1,242 rushing yards, which would be his second consecutive 1,200-yard season. He would join Pro Football Hall of Famer JIM TAYLOR (1961-62) and AHMAN GREEN (2001-03) as the only Packers to accomplish the feat

CB CHARLES WOODSON has four interceptions and looks to challenge the team record of 10 set by IRV COMP in 1943.

MINNESOTA

RB ADRIAN PETERSON is tied for the NFC lead with 784 yards. He has led the NFC in rushing in each of his first two seasons and can join Pro Football Hall of Famer EARL CAMPBELL as the only players in NFL history to lead their conference in rushing yards in each of their first three seasons. Peterson has nine rushing touchdowns and is on pace to break the club record of 13 set by CHUCK FOREMAN in 1975 and 1976

QB BRETT FAVRE is second in the NFL with a 106.0 passer rating. That would tie RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (1998) for the second-best mark in team history behind DAUNTE CULPEPPER's 110.9 in 2004

WR SIDNEY RICE has 585 receiving yards and looks to become the fifth player in franchise history with 1,200 yards in a season

DE JARED ALLEN ties for the NFL lead with 10.5 sacks and looks to challenge the NFL record of 22.5 set by MICHAEL STRAHAN in 2001.

NEW ORLEANS

At 8-0, the team is off to its best start in franchise history. New Orleans leads the NFL with 303 points and is on pace for an NFL-record 606. The Saints have scored 39 touchdowns and are on track for a league-record 78. QB DREW BREES leads the NFL with a 106.1 passer rating, which would be the highest in team history. He leads the NFC with 2,336 passing yards and looks to become the first player in league annals with two 5,000-yard seasons

For the first time in team history, the Saints can have a running back rush for at least 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns (RB PIERRE THOMAS: 455 rushing yards, five touchdowns) and a receiver record at least 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns (WR MARQUES COLSTON: 596 receiving yards, six touchdowns) in the same season

S DARREN SHARPER has 11 career interception-return touchdowns -- including three this season -- and can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer ROD WOODSON for the most in NFL history with 12.

NEW YORK GIANTS

QB ELI MANNING is on pace for 3,680 passing yards and 26 touchdowns. He would become the first quarterback in team annals with at least 3,000 yards and 20 TD passes in five consecutive seasons

WR STEVE SMITH leads the NFL with 61 receptions and is on pace for a team-record 108 catches. He can become the first Giant since TOD GODWIN in 1935 to lead the NFL in receptions. Smith's 719 yards lead the NFC and he would be the first player in franchise history to lead the conference in receiving yards

RBs BRANDON JACOBS (617 yards) and AHMAD BRADSHAW (515) look to become the fifth pair of running back teammates in NFL history to each rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. This would mark the second consecutive year the Giants accomplished the feat as Jacobs (1,089) and DERRICK WARD (1,025) had 1,000 yards in 2008.

PHILADELPHIA

QB DONOVAN MC NABB has passed for 1,235 yards in six games and aims for his seventh career 3,000-yard season, which would be the most by an Eagle. McNabb has 10 touchdown passes and is on pace for his fifth 20-TD season, which would be the most in team history

WR-PR DE SEAN JACKSON has scored six touchdowns and all six have gone for at least 50 yards. Jackson has tied TIMMY BROWN (1962) for the most 50-yard touchdowns in a season in club annals and he is two shy of the single-season NFL record of eight, set by Pro Football Hall of Famer ELROY (CRAZYLEGS) HIRSCH (1951) and DEVIN HESTER (2007)

DE TRENT COLE has a team-high 7.5 sacks and is on pace for a career-best 15. Cole can become the fifth Philadelphia player with 15 sacks in a season.

ST. LOUIS

RB STEVEN JACKSON ties for the NFC lead with 784 rushing yards and can become the first Ram to lead the conference in rushing since CHARLES WHITE in 1987. Jackson is on pace for his fifth consecutive 1,000-yard season and would pass Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (four seasons, 1983-86) for the longest streak in team history. Jackson is on track for a career-high 1,568 rushing yards which would be the highest total by a Rams running back since 1986 when Dickerson had 1,821 yards

DE LEONARD LITTLE leads the team with five sacks and is on target for his fifth 10-sack season. Little is tied with KEVIN GREENE for the most 10-sack seasons in franchise history with four.

SAN FRANCISCO

RB FRANK GORE leads the team with 447 rushing yards and is attempting to become the first player in team history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons. Gore has five rushing touchdowns and is on track to tie the club record of 10

TE VERNON DAVIS ties for the NFL lead with seven receiving touchdowns and is on pace for a career-high 14. Only JERRY RICE and TERRELL OWENS have recorded at least 14 receiving touchdowns in a season as a 49er. Davis, who ranks second in the NFC among tight ends with 42 catches for 477 yards, is on pace to set team records for a tight end in both receptions (84) and yards (954)

LB PATRICK WILLIS leads the team with two interceptions and ties for second with 2.5 sacks. He looks to become the first 49er to lead the team in both categories.

SEATTLE

QB MATT HASSELBECK has passed for 1,307 yards in six games this season and 23,495 yards in his career as a Seahawk. He needs 1,505 yards to become the second player in franchise history with 25,000 and needs 2,637 yards to tie DAVE KRIEG (26,132) for the most in team annals. Hasselbeck is on pace for his club-record sixth 3,000-yard passing season

WR NATE BURLESON leads the team with 45 catches and 562 yards. He aims to challenge BOBBY ENGRAM's club mark of 94 receptions and looks to become the fifth Seahawk with at least 1,100 receiving yards in a season

LB DAVID HAWTHORNE has three interceptions and needs one to tie the club record for a linebacker. EDDIE MC MILLAN (1977) and LOFA TATUPU (2007) each had four interceptions in a season.

TAMPA BAY

TE KELLEN WINSLOW has a team-best five receiving touchdowns and is on track to tie JOEY GALLOWAY's club record of 10 set in 2005. Winslow also leads Tampa Bay with 35 catches and 352 yards. He is on pace for 70 receptions, which would be the most by a tight end in franchise history, surpassing JACKIE HARRIS' 62 catches in 1995. Winslow can also become the third Buccaneers tight end with at least 700 receiving yards

CB AQIB TALIB has five interceptions and is on pace to tie RONDE BARBER's club mark of 10 set in 2001

KR CLIFTON SMITH is averaging 30.6 yards per return (19 returns, 582 yards), which would be the highest such mark in club history (28.6, MARK JONES, 2007).

WASHINGTON

QB JASON CAMPBELL, who passed for a career-high 3,245 yards last year, has 1,677 yards and is on pace for his second consecutive 3,000-yard season. Campbell would join Pro Football Hall of Famer SONNY JURGENSEN (1966-67), JOE THEISMANN (1983-84) and MARK RYPIEN (1991-92) as the only quarterbacks in team history with back-to-back 3,000 yard seasons

RB CLINTON PORTIS has rushed for 494 yards and aims for his fifth 1,000-yard season as a Redskin. Portis is tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHN RIGGINS for the most 1,000-yard rushing seasons in club history with four

DE ANDRE CARTER (6.5) and rookie LB BRIAN ORAKPO (5.5) are on target to become the first set of Redskins to each post at least 10 sacks in a season since 2000 (MARCO COLEMAN and Pro Football Hall of Famer BRUCE SMITH).

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