Tom Brady sent a congratulatory text message to Peyton Manning on Sunday night and spoke highly of the 'incredible' record set by the Broncos QB on Sunday night.
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have played each other 15 times and the two will forever be linked as the two best quarterbacks of their era. So, when Manning broke the record for most career touchdown passes on Sunday night, of course Brady was asked for his reaction and he was very complimentary of the Denver Broncos passer.
'It's pretty incredible,' Brady said. 'It's hard to throw touchdown passes and he -- even in the last two years -- I've never seen anything like it. It's pretty incredible. It's a great record. It's incredible to do. He's been very durable. He's been very consistent. He's just a spectacular player.'
Manning, 38, owns quite a lot of passing records, and one of those records is most touchdown passes in a single season with 55. That record, which Manning set in 2013, used to be owned by Brady, who was the first ever to reach 50 touchdown passes in a season when he hit that mark in 2007.
Still, Brady has three Super Bowl rings compared to Manning's one, and Brady owns a 10-5 record in the times the pair have faced off head-to-head. While comparisons of the two careers will continue and a Nov. 2 matchup between the Broncos and Patriots will stoke those fires, there doesn't appear to be any ill-will between the two, as Brady said he sent a congratulatory text message to Manning on Sunday:
'He has great recognition, great instincts,' Brady said. 'Everything that you think you would see, that's what he is. I've never been in a meeting room with him, I'm sure a lot of receivers have been, but he's certainly got great command. He's really a field general. I think that's the best description. I think that's kind of the thing that comes to mind when you think about him. He has great command out there.'
Brady is just one of a chorus of football greats that congratulated Manning on Sunday, as players like Dan Marino, Brett Favre, Fran Tarkenton and John Elway also reached out to the Broncos quarterback. The Denver Post compiled a list of congratulations from former and current NFL stars.
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