Safe ... but for how long?

In recent years, records have been broken that many thought to have been untouchable.

Peyton Manning topped Dan Marino's mark of 48 touchdown passes in a single season, which was then broken by Tom Brady a couple seasons ago.

Plus, Emmitt Smith set the standard by scoring 25 rushing touchdowns in 1995, only to be bettered by Priest Holmes in 2003, Shaun Alexander in 2005 and LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006.

Clearly, many of today's NFL records are reachable, but are there any that may not be broken.

I say yes.

Here is a short list of NFL records that should stay safe for years to come:

* Interceptions in a single season -- 14 by Dick "Night Train" Lane, 1952.

Lane set this record in 1952, when the season was only 12 games long, so who knows how many he would have racked up with four more games. In the past 30 years, Lester Hayes has been the only player to realistically threaten the record, nabbing 13 picks in 1980. Recently, a few players have managed 10 interceptions, but no more.

* Sacks (career) -- 200 by Bruce Smith (1985-2003).

Smith and Reggie White were the premier rush ends from the mid-1980s through the early part of this century. Smith surpassed White's 198 career sacks in his final season to put himself in place as record holder for years to come. Currently, Jason Taylor is the active leader with 120.5 sacks, but is at the tail end of his career and Kevin Carter is the only other active player with more than 87. Unless someone can consistently put up years with 10 sacks or more, of which Smith had 13, this one won't be touched.

* Interceptions thrown in a season -- 42 by George Blanda, 1962.

With many teams more than willing to pull their quarterback after the third interception thrown, no one should come within sniffing distance of this dubious distinction, unless, Brett Favre wants this record too. In a distant second on this list is Vinny Testaverde, who threw 35 to the wrong uniform in 1988, and Favre is actually the only player to come close to 30 since then, with 29 in 2005. Manning righted the ship quick after tossing 28 during his rookie season in 1998, but teams are too smart to keep their signal callers in to throw the game away to reach this mark.

Of course, there are other records that probably won't be touched, namely those held by Jerry Rice, but these are a few of the lesser known records that will remain in oblivion until one day (possibly), a special player will come along to make a run at history.