Monday, December 10, 2007

Peyton Manning 2007 Season

Manning's Colts opened the NFL season with a Thursday-night match against the New Orleans Saints. Tied at 10 at the half, Manning threw two second-half touchdowns to help the Colts to a 41-10 victory. In Week 2, the Colts opened division play against Tennessee. Manning passed for over 300 yards as the Colts managed to survive a late comeback attempt, winning 22-20.. After a win against Houston, a four-touchdown performance against Denver, and a win against Tampa Bay, Manning and the Colts headed into their bye week with a perfect 5-0 record. Following the bye, the Colts avenged a 44-17 blowout last year by beating the Jaguars, 29-7, advancing to 3-0 in-conference[35]. In Week 8, Manning passed for 2 touchdowns, beating the Panthers, 31-7. The 2 touchdown passes gave Manning 288 in his career, passing Unitas's 287 and making him the Colts' all-time touchdown passing leader. In a Week 9 match-up, against the rival Patriots, Manning and Addai helped the Colts to a 13-7 half-time lead, and an early fourth quarter touchdown upped the lead to 20-10. However, Brady led the Patriots to two late touchdowns, to hand Manning his first loss of the season, 24-20. Manning finished the game 16/27, with 225 yards passing, including 1 passing touchdown, as well as an interception. He also had a rushing touchdown. Manning did not bounce back from the loss well. Against the San Diego Chargers he threw for a career-worst and franchise-record 6 interceptions. Despite this, he was able to rally the Colts from a 23-0 deficit to 23-21, and gave Adam Vinatieri an opportunity to take the lead with a 29-yard field goal. Vinatieri's miss sunk the Colts to 7-2. Along with 6 interceptions, Manning finished the day with 2 TD's, allowing him to pass Johnny Unitas's all-time touchdown mark. Manning did not play particularly well against the Kansas City Chiefs either, throwing 1 interception and no touchdowns. However, he managed to lead the Colts on a late drive for a game-winning field goal, rushing for two yards on 4th and 1 in the process. Manning finished the game 16/32 for 163, allowing him to overtake 40,000 passing yards in his career, the 11th quarterback to do so, and the second fastest, one game slower than Steve Young. The victory was Manning's 100th; the 10th player to do so on the list of most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL). Down 10-0 early on Thanksgiving Day, Manning rallied the Colts with three second quarter touchdowns on the way to a 31-13 victory. Manning continued to move up the charts, as he passed Johnny Unitas's all-time passing yards marking to move into 10th place, and 1st place for the Colts franchise. His touchdown passes allowed him to move into sole ownership of the 5th place spot. Manning threw for 4 TDs in a 28-25 victory over Jacksonville, and moved up to 9th place in career passing yards, passing Joe Montana. The next week he threw for another 4 TDs, in a 44-20 win against Baltimore. The 4 touchdowns allowed him to move passed the 300 mark, passing John Elway in the process and allowing him to move into the 4th place spot. The win was Manning's 103rd, putting him in sole possession of 8th place.
Wikipedia - Peyton Manning

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