- No smiles after the first one, or the tying one, but after the record score, he broke into as big a grin as you'll ever see from Manning on the field.
- After the score, Thomas and two other receivers played keep away from Manning... Who obviously really wanted that special football!
- Why, I don't know, since the fella from Canton was there waiting to take the ball straight to the Pro Football Hall of Fame! (He was probably very pleased that he didn't have to wait very long tonight!)
- Being gracious, previous record holder Brett Favre posted a nice tweet, the best part of which was was the hashtag, #onto600 !
- As this post was being written, Manning threw number 510, a forty-yard shot to Thomas again to start the first possession in the second half. So, the record will just keep being broken over and over again...
- Manning on the day he signed with the Broncos, with HoF QB John Elway (Denver's GM and himself seventh on the all time passing TD list at 300), who said today, "Who knows? He may double me before he's done." When Elway and the Broncos took a gamble on a 36 year old QB with severe neck injuries and who at the time no one had seen throw a ball more than a few yards, much less at an NFL standard, it's hard to think he wouldn't have been pleased with 110 TD passes in his first 38 games, an NFL record 7 TDs in a game (last year's opener), an NFL record 55 TDs last season, and the all-time NFL record for TDs at 510 (and counting). That's brave.
- Footnote: As Thunder raced across the field wit a huge flag saying "509 touchdowns!", the eight year old said, "How did they know how many would be the record?"
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