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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Sun Dec 29, 2013, 06:27 PM Dec 2013

The all time highest scoring team in NFL history.

And Peyton Manning has the all time record 54 TDs.

And he needs only about 70 more passing yards to break that record.

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The all time highest scoring team in NFL history. (Original Post) El Supremo Dec 2013 OP

He did. El Supremo Dec 2013 #1

And he seems to have gotten through the whole thing without a single hughee99 Dec 2013 #2

I suppose you can't really be accused of running up the score when you score on every possession... nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #3

Of course you can, or at least your coach can. hughee99 Dec 2013 #5

I know, I was being tongue-in-cheek. The whole "first team to score 600 points" thing. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #7

65 punts all season. Surprisingly, not the fewest. hughee99 Dec 2013 #9

Buffalo also ranked near the bottom in time of possession. That must be why they're on that list. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #11

Strangely these records don't seem all that unbreakable, considering the nature of today's NFL. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #4

With the rules that have been imposed on defenses, hughee99 Dec 2013 #6

That, plus the fact that Manning appears virtually ageless. Though he's still 3 years younger than nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #8

Record passing yards TZ Dec 2013 #10

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)

1. He did.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 06:55 PM

Dec 2013

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

2. And he seems to have gotten through the whole thing without a single

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 04:40 PM

Dec 2013

"He's running up the score!" thread.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

3. I suppose you can't really be accused of running up the score when you score on every possession...

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 02:34 AM

Dec 2013

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

5. Of course you can, or at least your coach can.

Reply to nomorenomore08 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:16 AM

Dec 2013

The sports forum periodically has discussions on this whenever some team loses in a ridiculously lopsided game. Personally, I don't think there's such thing as "running up the score" in the NFL, but I recall in 2007 (and several times since) it has a somewhat popular topic here.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

7. I know, I was being tongue-in-cheek. The whole "first team to score 600 points" thing.

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:21 AM

Dec 2013

Which works out to nearly 10 points a quarter - how many times did these guys punt all year?

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

9. 65 punts all season. Surprisingly, not the fewest.

Reply to nomorenomore08 (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:28 AM

Dec 2013

It looks like GB, Buffalo, NO and SD punted fewer times, though given the offensive struggles some of those teams had, they had more of a need to "go for it" on 4th down.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

11. Buffalo also ranked near the bottom in time of possession. That must be why they're on that list.

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:36 AM

Dec 2013

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

4. Strangely these records don't seem all that unbreakable, considering the nature of today's NFL.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 02:36 AM

Dec 2013

Barring a regression to a more conservative offense, like in the 70's or the late 80's/early 90's, I would bet that some team in the next decade will have an even more absurd season...

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

6. With the rules that have been imposed on defenses,

Reply to nomorenomore08 (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:19 AM

Dec 2013

the passing game has become much more prominent than it used to be. Yes, Manning's numbers are very impressive, but I wouldn't be shocked to see these numbers eclipsed by someone (maybe even Manning himself) in the next few years.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

8. That, plus the fact that Manning appears virtually ageless. Though he's still 3 years younger than

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:22 AM

Dec 2013

Favre was during his unprecedented (age-wise) 2009 season.

TZ

(42,998 posts)

10. Record passing yards

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 03:35 AM

Dec 2013

Might be overturned on a technicality .. A Saints fan I follow on twitter is obsessed with this . I did hear them mention it on ESPN too

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