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Manning beats Favre’s touchdown pass record

DENVER Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre’s NFL record for touchdown passes with No. 509. He didn’t stop there, either.

Manning threw four TD passes in Denver’s 42-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, two to Demaryius Thomas, one to Wes Welker and another to Emmanuel Sanders. That gives him 510.

The record-breaker was an 8-yarder to Thomas with 3:09 left in the first half.

Manning’s receivers played keep-away with the milestone memento before Manning got the ball and congratulations from his teammates.

Favre sent along his congratulations via a scoreboard video he taped from his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Manning went into the game with 506 and needed just four drives to break Favre’s record. He threw a 3-yard TD pass to Sanders on Denver’s first drive and tied the record when Welker took a pass over the middle for 39 yards. Sanders’ score was his first in Denver, and he became the 47th player to catch a TD pass from Manning.

Manning added a 40-yard TD throw to Thomas in the second half.

Manning reached the milestone in his 246th regular-season game. Favre needed 302.

As Manning approached the milestone, Favre said he was thrilled “it’s Peyton that’s doing it. I think a lot of Peyton. I know him well. I know his family well. His dad was one of my idols.”

Favre, who grew up in the Gulf Coast watching Archie Manning and the New Orleans Saints, sent along his well wishes last week to Manning, the only player in NFL history with more MVP awards (five) than his three.

The veneration is mutual.

Saying he appreciated Favre’s words of encouragement, Manning suggested that of all the men who have ever taken a snap in the 94-year history of the NFL, “nobody’s defined longevity and career toughness more than him.”

Favre played in a QB-record 297 straight regular-season games during his 20-year NFL career, plus another two dozen in the playoffs.




 

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