Denver's Peyton Manning breaks Drew Brees' NFL single-season passing yardage record

 

 

Denver's Peyton Manning  breaks Drew Brees' single-season  passing yardage mark. Photo by Getty.

Denver's Peyton Manning continued his assault on the NFL record books as he eclipsed Drew Brees'
single-season mark of 5,476 yards yesterday vaulting the 13-3 Broncos to a 34-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders. Manning with his precision passing, completed 25-of-28 for 266 yards to establish a new single season yardage mark eclipsing Brees' mark set in 2011. Manning finished the regular-season with four more touchdown passes upping his record mark to 55. Manning. He threw TD passes to Eric Decker and Knowshon Moreno in the first half and then found Demaryius Thomas for two scores in the second half. Manning broke Brees' record hitting Thomas on a 5-yard pass with 13 seconds left in the first half building a 31-0 advantage. Manning was named the AFC Offensive Palyer of the Week.