COMING IN WEEK 6! PASSING & RUSHING MILESTONES

• When Miami visits the New England Patriots on Sunday, Dolphins quarterback DAN MARINO needs seven passing yards to become the first player in NFL history to throw for 60,000. Marino is the NFL’s all-time passing leader with 59,993 yards.

• Indianapolis quarterback PEYTON MANNING has passed for 4,924 yards in his first 20 career games. With 76 yards when the Colts visit the New York Jets on Sunday, Manning will become the quarterback in club history to reach 5,000 passing yards the fastest. Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHNNY UNITAS, who holds the club record, reached 5,000 yards in his 27th game.

• Dallas Cowboys running back EMMITT SMITH, who leads the NFC in rushing with 409 yards, has 12,975 for his career and needs 25 on Monday night against the New York Giants to become only the fourth player all-time with 13,000. After 13,000 yards, Smith’s next milestone will be to pass 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee ERIC DICKERSON (13,259) for third place all time.

• St. Louis Rams quarterback KURT WARNER has thrown 14 touchdown passes in four games this season. With three more TD passes against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend, Warner would post the best start of any quarterback in his team’s first five games of a season since 1970. BRETT FAVRE threw 16 touchdown passes in the first five games of the 1996 season.