Peyton Manning hopes anyone but this QB breaks his rookie INT record

Peyton Manning is regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history as a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2021, but there's one record he'd like to get rid of — the most interceptions ever thrown by a rookie (28).

It seems like there will be plenty of chances this season for a rookie to potentially break it following a quarterback-rich 2024 NFL Draft class. 

Several of the rookies, including the Bears' Caleb Williams, Commanders' Jayden Daniels, Patriots' Drake Maye, Vikings' J.J. McCarthy and Broncos' Bo Nix, could start Week 1 and struggle on rebuilding teams.

That's exactly what Manning is hoping for...well, at least for all but one rookie quarterback.

"I played as a rookie, that was not a fun year, it's well-documented how many interceptions that I threw," Manning said, via Andrew Mason of DenverSports.com. "If any one of these rookies want to break my interception record, I'd be for it. I don't want Bo to break it, but I'd like to get that one off my resume. You'd think with 17 games they'd be able to do it. It's 28. It shouldn't be that hard."

Why not Nix?

Manning spent his final four seasons in the NFL with the Broncos, leading them to a victory in Super Bowl 50. It seems he's just wishing Nix a long and successful career.

Still, it won't be easy for any of the other rookie quarterbacks to break Manning's record. It's difficult to imagine a team sticking with a rookie as its starter after throwing that many interceptions, whether that team believes they are the future or not.

Since Manning's 28-interception season, the closest a rookie quarterback has come to his record was when Browns QB DeShone Kizer threw 22 in 2017.

While there will likely be a lot of rookie quarterbacks starting this year, it still feels like a long shot of someone throwing at least 29 interceptions before losing their job. But there's no harm in remaining hopeful.