Q. Records are always made to be broken. You’re sitting here two short of tying Dan Marino, and there’s three games left. Does that itself kind of amaze you?

PEYTON MANNING: Well, obviously people have asked me about it quite a bit, especially in the past few weeks. The more I think about it, the more I’m just really impressed with what Marino did, especially in his second season. For him to throw 48 touchdowns in his second season, to come back two years later and throw 44... Obviously I’ve always had tremendous respect for him. Dan Marino has always been one of my favorite players.

Heck, I threw 29 touchdowns last year, and it felt like a lot. Here we have 46 right now, and it feels like a lot.

I’ve never taken it for granted. I still think it’s hard to throw touchdowns. When you do, it makes you feel good about the work you’ve put into that week and into the off-season.

But obviously the thing about Marino’s season that year was they were winning a lot of games. That’s always been my sole purpose and my sole goal, to win games. Anything that comes along with that is nice. But the idea is to keep winning football games.

Q. Do you feel any different about the record if you don’t get ...