The student has surpassed the teacher -- at least in the wins column. With the Broncos ' 21-17 comeback road win over the Eagles , Sean Payton earned his 173rd career coaching victory, passing his mentor Bill Parcells on the all-time list.

The 173 wins are tied with Jeff Fisher and John Harbaugh for 14th all-time. Only Andy Reid (275) and Mike Tomlin (186) have more among active coaches.

"He and I spoke this past week," Payton said . "No one keeps track of that kind of stuff ... He shared a lot of memories about coaching in this division, because he coached in it forever. That was [Joe] Gibbs in Washington. That was [Tom] Landry. That was [Dick] Vermeil. It was a salty division. Still is. And I was talking to him about coming to Philly, and he agreed, and he talked about going

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