It’s amazing to think that only Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been the only two quarterbacks to break Dan Marino’s passing touchdown record for a season.  Manning has done it twice now with the Broncos win over the Houston Texans.  There is no doubt that the NFL has curbed its rules in the last decade to help guys like Brady and Manning break records or be in line to break them. However, you still have to be a great player to do it.  They both are masters at reading defenses and exposing their weakness.  I’ve said it before that it doesn’t matter which one you take you will succeed.  I would choose Manning simply because his in-game adjustments put his receivers, backs and linemen in the best possible positions to succeed.  He has made the quarterback position the most important in football and possibly all of sports. Breaking a touchdown record twice is one thing, but doing with two different teams is quite another.

It seems to be the on-going theme in the NFC East the last few years.  The division winner is crowned during the final game of the season.  The Dallas Cowboys will play host to the Philadelphia Eagles in the last regular season game.  However, the Cowboys will be without their starting quarterback Tony Romo who has to have surgery on his back.  What followed after the Cowboys victory in Washington against the Redskins was a bunch of hoopla, pardon my french.  ESPN was all over the fact that Romo was most likely done and that they were scouring the waiver wire looking for another quarterback.  They already have Kyle Orton who will take over the starting spot, but the Cowboys went ahead and brought back Jon Kitna who is over 40 years old now to be the backup to Orton.  The funny thing was it seemed the Cowboys were trying to discredit the reports of Romo’s injury with the way they were releasing official statements about his condition.  Regardless of the stupid back and forth the fact remains that the Cowboys will be thought of as a miracle if they win without Romo and will be doomed if they lose without him.  All eyes will be on the Cowboys this weekend whether they deserve it or not.

I’m not a big fan of drama, but when it involves a good football game I can make it work.  The San Francisco 49ers ended their stay at Candlestick Park in dramatic fashion with a pick that was returned for the game sealing touchdown by LB NaVarro Bowman. The Atlanta Falcons were in a prime position to actually tie or win the game with an onside recovery with about 2 minutes left in the game and only down by a field goal.  The 49ers caught a break so to speak and ended on a high note at Candlestick.  So many great memories that this storied franchise had in that park as they move to their new billion dollar stadium in Santa Clara next year.  It’s possible that their could be a playoff game at Candlestick this year depending on what happens in the final week of the season, but they can expect it will be a tough road to repeat as NFC champions.  Lets what it else is in store for them.