Week 7 of ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown: notes & quotes:

ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson and Ray Lewis previewed today’s NFL games with insiders Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter. Some comments from today’s show:

Quotes from Week 7: ‘NFL GameDay Highlights’ & ‘NFL GameDay Final’

Top quotes from NFL Network's "GameDay Highlights" and "GameDay Final"

– “Peyton Manning revolutionized the game.” – Deion Sanders on Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who broke Brett Favre’s all-time passing touchdown record

– “He gives such love to the guys who have played before him. [He’s] such a historian.” – Michael Irvin on Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning conversation on Football Night in America

Peyton Manning spoke with Bob Costas on "Football Night in America".

Here are the highlights of Manning's conversations plus the rest of the topics discussed by Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, Mike Florio and Cris Collinsworth:

ON SEAHAWKS

Dungy: “The Seattle Seahawks are not invincible. They are 3-3 right now and they don’t look like the defending Super Bowl Champions.”

Collinsworth: “It’s possible that success is tearing this team apart more so than when they were trying to get to the Super Bowl.”

Harrison: “They have to get back to that cockiness that they had. They’re trying to be too perfect. They need to relax, start having fun and go back to the fundamentals.”

Russell Wilson leads NFL in merchandise sales

Quarterback Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks stands atop the NFL Players Inc. (NFLPI) Top 50 Player Sales list for the second fiscal quarter, representing total sales of all officially licensed products June 1 – August 31, 2014. Wilson reclaimed the retail crown from Johnny Manziel of the Cleveland Browns, who topped the list at the end of the first quarter.

Wilson’s overall sales numbers topped quarterbacks Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos (No. 2), Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers (No. 3), Tom Brady of the New England Patriots (No. 4) and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers (No. 5). Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (No. 6), Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (No. 7), New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (No. 8), Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (No. 9) and Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (No. 10) rounded out the top 10.