Ex-Giants K Lawrence Tynes: Forget Records — Eli Is Still Better Than Peyton
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On Sunday night, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes and passed Brett Favre to become the NFL's all-time leader in career touchdown passes.
Most observers were impressed with the tremendous accomplishment, but not all were.
Former Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes took to Twitter to remind folks that the younger Manning -- his ex-teammate -- is still better than the older one, despite the record.
For Tynes. it all comes down to rings.
Congrats to Eli's brother for breaking the TD record. #elihas2 #peytonhas1 @giants @broncos
— ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
The facts are that you don't get rings for breaking records. You get them for winning championships. I could mention playoff records to
— ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
Tynes then had to deal with all of the negative responses he was getting from users who were defending Peyton.
I get the kicker hate people. I get it. It was real easy being 1 of 32 people in the world who kicks in the NFL. #settledown #toughguys
— ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
Ok @nfl fans. Time heals all wounds. Let those things heal up. I'll be back again tomorrow. Goodnight Twitter. #kicker #trending
— ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
In another subplot on Sunday night, Jenn Sterger tweeted a message taking a shot at Favre.
Oh my...
You May Also Be Interested In These Stories