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Heading into the 2018 season , Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady are tied on the career passing touchdowns list: Both have thrown exactly 488 touchdowns in their career.

That puts them 51 behind Peyton Manning’s all-time career record of 539, and over the next couple years they’ll race to see which one gets there first.

It’s unlikely that either will break Manning’s record in 2018: Brady’s career high in touchdown passes is 50, and Brees’ career high is 46 , so it will probably be 2019 before either one of them gets to Manning.

But assuming they both play at least two more years and both stay healthy, they should both top Manning’s touchdown mark. They could even find themselves in a situation where they’re both breaking each other’s record on a regular basis. That would be reminiscent of the 1983 Major League Baseball season, when pitchers Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton both broke the previous career strikeout record , and then proceeded to trade the lead back and forth 14 times over the course of that season.

The Brees-Brady touchdown race might just become the hottest story in the NFL, but probably not until 2019.

Most NFL players who are under contract but haven’t reported to training camp by the end of business on Tuesday lose an accrued season toward free agency, but Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon isn’t in that group.

There was some question about Gordon’s status this week as he is on the did not report list after he decided to work on his “overall health and treatment plan.” Losing out on an accrued season would leave Gordon as an exclusive rights free agent , i.e. not a free agent unless a team opts against tendering a contract, for the second straight year. Getting the season would make Gordon a restricted free agent.

Word earlier this week was that the Browns had taken measures to make sure he got credit for the year despite not being ready to report to the team. There was also a report that he’d be moved off the did not report list to make that happen, but Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that there’s an exception for players who don’t report due to “illness or hardship” that makes such a move unnecessary.

That’s good news for Gordon’s contractual future , although it remains to be seen when the Browns will get good news about Gordon’s availability for the coming season.

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