QR Week 5: Tom Brady Passes Peyton Manning in Career DYAR

Those of you who have been reading Football Outsiders for a decade or more may remember some of the staples of our early days, such as Catholic Match Girl, Robopunter, and irrational arguments about Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Well, it's time to head back to the halcyon days of flip phones and Blu-ray discs, because after a big game against the Dolphins on Sunday, Brady has officially passed Manning to become the all-time leader in regular-season passing DYAR.

Newcomers may not realize just how much the Brady-Manning discourse used to dominate the site. We would publish an article on the Falcons defense or something and within hours the ensuing discussion thread would be filled with…