The records are made to be broken

I can't really agree with my friends over at The No-Huddle Offense. The records are made to be broken. One of the most long-standing world records was broken after 23 years, and it was long overdue. It's just the competitive nature of the professional athletes. Of course, in the field athletics, most of the competition does not involve intense physical contact. However, the athletes compete not only for the medals, but also for the records.

The past six days saw four outstanding league records broken by four outstanding players. LaDainian Tomlinson broke the single-season TD record with three more games to go. I wouldn't be very surprised if he makes it past 40 against Kansas City, Seattle and Arizona who are not in top 10 of best rushing defenses. Michael Vick just broke the 34-year old single-season QB rushing yards and has only 10 more to go to pass the 1000-yard mark. A quick look at the stats shows that Vick performs better than leading running backs of 19 other teams.

Morten Andersen has just become the league leading scorer in the same game that Falcons lost on the new Saturday night football on NFL network. Bears' rookie Devin Hester has returned six return TDs, a feat that has eluded Dante Hall a few years ago.

And on top of all this, Marvin Harrison has joined the the elite 1000+ receptions club that up until now had only Jerry Rice, Tim Brown and Cris Carter.

The main point is that the game is played for the fans. Without us, there would be no game. Some of us just like the wins and the titles, some of us like good games, some of use enjoy seeing records being broken.