A Manning Factoid

[HPF Bob]

As the Manning coronation took place on Sunday night, NBC flashed a little factoid that said more of his TD passes have come against the Texans than any other NFL team. What's interesting about that is that Manning was in the NFL for four years before the Texans even had a roster.

Sort of parallels Hank Aaron who hit more non-juiced home runs than anyone in baseball history and still owns the record for most home runs hit against the Astros than any ML player (Albert Pujols may yet break it but he's still a few away). The amazing thing about Aaron's feat is that he was in the majors for eight years before the Houston franchise took the field. And, to top that off, Aaron could not enjoy a divisional advantage in games against Houston until 1969. He was sent to the American League in 1975 so he had just six years to feast on an unbalanced schedule.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

As the Manning coronation took place on Sunday night, NBC flashed a little factoid that said more of his TD passes have come against the Texans than any other NFL team. What's interesting about that is that Manning was in the NFL for four years before the Texans even had a roster.

Like any good Texans fan I cringed just a bit when I saw that stat about Manning, but it didn't even occur to me that Manning had already been in the league several years before the Texans appeared on the scene. Obviously I wouldn't be too surprised if we also held the team record for giving up the most TDs to a single passer ?

[Arky]

Man, "coronation" is right. There was no shortage of the coverage/lovefest.

[Nconroe]

I didn't check but could be more games against Texans somehow. And we have had trouble stopping prolific passers in general. But yeah, quite an accomplishment by Peyton