I never really understood why everyone was so quick to jump the gun on
Peyton Manning. He had a serious neck issue and had to sit out a full
year. Well, lets not forget that he also played through that neck injury
a full year before he had the surgery.
All I kept hearing is how
it would be hard to watch him get hit. Welp, he got hit and he got hit
hard by the 49ers defense last night.
And guess what? he turned
out just fine. He got right back up and shred one of the top defenses in
the league. Sure it's pre season but it looks like Manning has shaken
off the rust and is ready to pick up where he left off.
I think
that people thought that because the Colts just tossed him aside that he
was finished. Well, football is a cut throat business. A once in a
generation QB prospect pops up out of no where, who is more mobile than
Peyton, who you can build a franchise around.
Well, wouldn't you
pull the trigger as a franchise? You can do the whole Peyton Manning
thing all over again with Andrew Luck. Manning is 36 and Luck is 22. If
you look around the league you will see that outside of 5-6 teams there
is always a QB controversy.
The Colts could have just sat around
and played wait and see with Peyton. After all, they owe him right?
Wrong, thats not how NFL football works. The fans want wins and they
want them now. They don't care about loyalty no matter how many people
want to pretend that it exists.
But manning still has 2-3 good
years ahead of him and a couple bad ones. He's a statue but he's the
most prepared statue of all time. He still has a quick release and while
he isn't very mobile he still works harder than most. That will buy him
more really good years.
What a story it would be if Manning won
one more super bowl. I would for sure crown him as the best QB of all
time. Sure you could say that Tom deserves it but I still don't think
Tom is better than Peyton.
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