Safety First
This type of safety isn't made of cardboard, but plays close to the line of scrimmage to help defend the run.
box safety
Week 5: On 4th down, quarterback falls down after the center steps on his foot, but gets up and runs in a go-ahead TD while opposing defensive tackle stares at him from afar
Chiefs-Jaguars
Rivers played the entire 2007 AFC Championship game, despite having torn this cruciate ligament in his knee, that is first alphabetically among the four
Anterior (ACL)
2022: Titans trade ___ to Eagles for 1st and 3rd-round-picks (which got the GM fired seven months later)
AJ Brown
Calvin Johnson's famous nickname, even though he never faced off against anyone called Optimus Prime
Megatron
In the same manner a cop affirms a transmission, a Scorigami enthusiast will acknowledge this 1922 score, where the Chicago Cardinals's only points came on a pair of safeties.
10-4
Week 7: AFC team scores 33 fourth-quarter points, including 18 in the final six minutes, to complete comeback vs. NFC team
Giants-Broncos
Rivers's 1st year as a starter, in 2006, was overshadowed by this running back, who scored a single-season record 31 touchdowns
LaDainian Tomlinson
Oct. 2025: Browns trade ___ and a 2026 6th-round-pick to Bengals for a 2026 5th-round-pick
Joe Flacco
You (Retikai) may not be able to pronounce Rams LB Desjuan Johnson's name, but I bet you know he played college ball for this school's Rockets.
Toledo
He led the NFL in interceptions in 2025, seemingly turning back the clock to his prime years with Tennessee
Kevin Byard
Week 16: After a WR is held up at the 1-yard-line, he laterals to his QB for a touchdown, only to get called back because the WR committed OPI
Steelers-Lions
Of the three opponents Rivers played with the 2025 Colts, the one whose defense allowed the most passing yards to him
San Francisco 49ers
Nov. 2025: Raiders trade ___ to Jaguars for a 6th and conditional 4th-round-pick in 2026
Jakobi Meyers
The first and middle name of a HoF fullback, who played for San Francisco in the 1950s, are identical to that of this steel-driving folk hero who "beat the machine"
John Henry
As co-chairman of the NFL's Player Health and Safety Advisory panel, this HoF 49ers safety would advise against amputating the tip of your pinky, which he did in a 1985 game.
Ronnie Lott
Week 2: Kicker signed to team's practice squad on Wednesday boots five field goals on Sunday Night, then meets his new teammates in the postgame interview
Falcons-Vikings
The exact number of children Rivers and his wife, Tiffany, have
10
1999: Mike Ditka's Saints offload to Washington their 1999 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th round picks, and 2000 1st and 3rd round picks for a 1st round pick to select ___, Texas's Heisman-winning RB
Ricky Williams
ESPN announcer Sean McDonough's voice has cracked multiple times over the years, including in a 2017 playoff game, when this Chiefs all-time leading tackler returned an apparent fumble for a TD.
Derrick Johnson
Other than Romeo Doubs, a Packers receiver who wears a Guardian Cap during games
Savion Williams
Week 14: Rookie QB and RB rush for 7-55-2 and 19-70-1 (carries, yards, TDs), respectively, upsetting their hated divisional rival
Saints-Buccaneers
In Week 18, after Rivers was benched, this Texans nose tackle returned new starter Riley Leonard's fumble for a TD with no time left
Tommy Togiai
1987: Colts send LB Cornelius Bennett to Bills, who send RB Greg Bell and 2 1st-round-picks to Rams, who send ___ to Colts
Eric Dickerson
Besides the Commanders, three of the six teams that Josh Johnson has played a snap for
Buccaneers, Browns, Bengals, Jets, Ravens, 49ers