Peyton Manning Matches NFL Record for 6th Career Offensive Player of the Month
Football star Peyton Manning set a new record on Thursday with his sixth career Offensive Player of the Month award win.
The 36-year-old quarterback for the Denver Broncos ties the record shared with seven other players, including quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers.
He also became the first player since Kurt Warner in 2001 to have 10 TDs, 1,300 yards, a 70 percent completion percentage and five wins in December, according to The Associated Press.
Manning has helped lead the Broncos to a perfect 5-0 during the month and clinched the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a 13-3 record in the AFC. Over the five game stretch, Manning threw for 1,399 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions, according to ABC 7 News in Denver.
His December games turned out to be just as good, passing for at least 300-yards in his final two games to go along with six touchdowns and just one interception. Manning completed over 70 percent of his passes during the month of December.
Manning has also recently tried a new technique with the hopes of pushing his game even further.
During the month, Manning played with a glove on his throwing hand to test out the feel of it in home games against the Browns and the Chiefs.
"You know, for wearing it for the first time in my entire football career, I guess you could say it's been OK the past two weeks," Manning said about wearing the glove, as reported by The Associated Press.
It looks like he might still be getting used to playing with it on as his completion percentage was 5.8 points higher and his QB rating was 19.2 points better than it was without the glove.
Denver will host either the Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens or the Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m. in the AFC Divisional Round.
