NOW YOU KNOW

After his six-touchdown game against the Detroit Lions on Thursday, Indianapolis Colt quarterback Peyton Manning is now seven shy of tying Dan Marino’s NFL record for most touchdown passes in a season:

*--* Player, Team Year TD Dan Marino, Miami 1984 48 Dan Marino, Miami 1986 44 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis 2004 41 Kurt Warner, St. Louis 2000 41 Brett Favre, Green Bay 1996 39 Brett Favre, Green Bay 1995 38 George Blanda, Houston 1961 36 Y.A. Tittle, N.Y. Giants 1963 36 Steve Beuerlein, Carolina 1999 36 Kurt Warner, St. Louis 2001 36 Steve Young, San Francisco 1998 36

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