Peyton Manning passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns as the Colts improved to 5-0 with a 31-9 win.

-Peyton Manning is the 3rd QB since 1960 to throw for 300 yards or more in his team’s first five games in a season. The other two are Kurt Warner in 2000 and Steve Young in 1998. Both Warner and Young threw for 300+yards in their first six games that season. Peyton Manning has a bye next week, but the following week is the Rams, then the 49ers. Manning could set the record.

-The Redskins are 2-3 with wins over (0-5) St. Louis and (0-5) Tampa Bay and losses to (1-4) Detroit and (1-3) Carolina and (5-0) Giants. Since the Redskins played the Giants Week 1, the Redskins opponent each week has been winless. Next week the Redskins host the (0-5) Chiefs.

-Cowboys WR Miles Austin set the Cowboys record for most receiving yards (250) in a game against KC Sunday. Who is number two on that list? Recent HOF inductee Bob Hayes.

-Falcons WR Roddy White had 210 receiving yards and 2 TD. He set the Falcons record for most receiving yards in a game. As a corollary, White and Austin become the first two receivers since Drew Hill and Stephone Page to have at least 200 receiving yards and 2 TD’s in a game. Hill and Page did that on December 22nd 1985.

-Bengals RB Cedric Benson rushed for 120 yards on 27 carries and was the first RB since Larry Johnson (2004) to rush for over 100 yards against the Ravens defense. That snaps Baltimore’s 39 game streak without a 100 yard rusher, good for 8th best since 1960. The longest streak started with 1992 Eagles who held opponents RB’s to under 100 yards for 53 straight games.  Who broke that record? A guy you may have heard of, Emmitt Smith.  Also, Emmitt Smith ran for more than 100 yards (12 times) vs. the Eagles than anyone, since 1960.

-The Rams have been outscored by 112 points this season. The next closest differential is the Raiders at -81. We may have another 0-16 season.

-Eli Manning’s passer rating was a perfect 158.3; he’s just the fourth Giants quarterback since 1960 (and the first since Kerry Collins in 2002) to compile a perfect passer rating with a minimum of 10 attempts. Manning was removed from the game in the 2nd Quarter for David Carr. Carr and the Giants outscored the Raiders 16-0, giving the Giants a 44-3 win.

-Tom Brady is 1-5 vs. Denver and earned his first postseason loss, falling to 7-1. It was the first time in 54 games — a streak dating to 2003 — that the Patriots had forced more turnovers and lost. Meanwhile, Kyle Orton is 18-2 all-time at home

-Seattle’s 41-0 win over Jacksonville is the third-largest shutout win in Seattle history and the second-worst loss in Jaguars history.

-Brett Favre moved to 5-0 for the first time in his NFL career, and the Vikings are 5-0 for the first time since 2003, when they started 6-0. Also, the Vikings earned their 400th victory as a franchise.

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