which is the second longest such streak in league history. Punter John Hekker of the St. Louis Rams set a single season record with an average of 44.2 net yards per punt, besting the mark of 44.0 yards set by Andy Lee in . Week 1 On September 5, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos set or tied five NFL passing records against the Baltimore Ravens: Seven touchdown passes tied record for most in a game. Achieved by five other quarterbacks, most recently Joe Kapp in . Set record of three career games throwing six or more TDs. Tied Drew Brees' record of four career games throwing five or more TDs. Tied Brett Favre's record of 23 career games throwing four or more TDs. Extended his own record with his 73rd 300-yard passing game. The four safeties recorded in Week 1 tied a league record for most in an opening week of games. The mark has been achieved three times previously: , and . Week 2 Peyton Manning became just the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards in a career, joining Dan Marino (61,361 career passing yards) and Brett Favre (71,838). Manning achieved the mark in his 226th game, making him the fastest to the milestone. Week 4 Placekicker Blair Walsh of the Minnesota Vikings set an NFL record by making his 12th straight 50+ yard field goal. Walsh had previously shared the record with Robbie Gould and Tony Zendejas. He also broke the Vikings' franchise mark for field goals of 50 or more yards which had been held by Ryan Longwell. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford set two NFL records in the first half of the Lions' week four game against Chicago: he became the first quarterback in league history to complete more than 1,200 passes in his first 50 games and he also broke Kurt Warner’s league record for most yards thrown in his first 50 games with a total of 13,976 yards. Week 5 Peyton Manning of the Broncos threw 20 touchdown passes before he threw his first interception of the season to set an NFL record for the longest such streak at the start of a season. The previous record of 16 was set by Milt Plum of the Cleveland Browns in 1960. Manning's 20 touchdown passes through five games are also a league record. In addition, the 414 yards passing Manning