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NFL season is here: 50 things to watch

The USA TODAY Sports NFL staff, in a salute to Super Bowl 50, offers up 50 things to watch this season:

1. More records for Peyton

Barring the first major in-season injury of his career, Peyton Manning will break Brett Favre’s all-time passing record this season. Manning needs just 2,148 more passing yards to top Favre’s record of 71,838. We think it would be cool if it came in the Broncos’ eighth game – at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. He also needs eight wins to break Brett Favre’s record for regular-season victories (186). Both on the same night?