Manning's stats: 500th TD leads Broncos past Cards 41-20

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It was Peyton Manning's day as he celebrated two victories during their match against the Arizona Cardinals.

Manning, together with Brett Favre has joined the NFL's most exclusive of clubs with his 500th touchdown toss Sunday. This happened during the Denver Broncos against Cardinals where their team handed the Cardinals first ever loss at 41-20.

Manning threw for 479 yards and four TDs, moving him within five of Favre's record 508.

According to Manning "Football is the ultimate team game, and so I guess one man has to accept it and I really accept it on behalf of a lot of coaches and teammates."

Aside from Manning, he had also helped Demaryius Thomas and Wes Welker make history. Thomas set a franchise record with 226 yards on eight catches, beating Shannon Sharpe's mark of 214 yards set against Kansas City in 2002.

While Welker's seven receptions moved him past Rod Smith for the most catches in NFL history by an undrafted player. He has 854, five more than Smith caught for Denver between 1995-2006. Thomas said "'I still can't believe he was undrafted because that man can play some ball."

Arizona coach Bruce Arians was not pleased with the results of the game. He said "'I've been coaching for 37 years, it's the dirtiest play I've seen. It was a flat chop block and put him out of the game. I know John Fox, great coach and great guy. Somebody has got to answer to that. A fine isn't going to do it, when he's going to miss three or four weeks, on a blatant chop block."

It was a bad game for the Cardinals as defensive end Calais Campbell was sent out of the game due to a right knee injury.

For the record, Manning's 500th TD throw came in his 244th career regular season game, 49 fewer games than it took Favre.

On the other hand, Arizona's Antonio Cromartie was also disappointed saying "It's by far the worst game of my career. But it's one game out of the season. We've got 12 more games."

Job well done for the Denver Broncos!

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