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Thread #151748 Message #3588360
Posted By: gnu
02-Jan-14 - 10:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: NFL 2013 - 2014
Subject: RE: BS: NFL 2013 - 2014
HUH?
Manning's yardage record could fall
› Final-game pass to Decker in question
thE aSSOciatED PRESS
ENGLEwOOD, cOLO. – Peyton Manning says his records won't last long. One of them might not even last the week.
Elias Sports Bureau, which keeps the NFL's statistical records, is reviewing a seven-yard pass from Manning to Eric Decker that occurred in the first quarter of Denver's 34-14 win at Oakland on Sunday to make sure it was a forward pass.
If not, he'll lose the single-season passing record he set on the final day of the regular season.
Manning finished with 266 yards passing before sitting out the second half, and his final throw was a six-yard TD toss to Demaryius Thomas which gave him 5,477 yards for the season – one more yard than Drew Brees' 2011 record.
Elias routinely reviews plays and often tweaks totals in the days following games, then notifies teams of corrections to totals such as yardage or sack numbers.
If Elias determines the throw to Decker with just over a minute remaining in the first quarter was actually alateral, Decker would be credited with a seven-yard run, not a catch.
That would leave Manning with 5,470 yards passing, still his career high but six yards shy of Brees'record.