I felt bad for Peyton Manning tonight...

[spookyturtle 9,465]

It was kind of sad seeing Peyton having such a lackluster performance tonight. I wonder if he is hurt or if his arm is really gone? As the regulars here know, I'm not a Manning fan due to the rivalry with the Patriots, but seeing him play like a shadow of what he has been in the past was not pleasant. There comes a time when the skills decline as Father Time takes his toll. This could be the end of an era. As a kid I saw it happen to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and many other great athletes.

They all want to go out on top, but in many cases, that's not the way it goes. Elway went out a winner, Marino stayed a year or so too long. I never thought I'd see the day I'd feel bad that Manning lost, but tonight I did. I really thought it would be Brady and Manning battling it out for tha AFC Championship once again, but alas, it's not to be. Maybe I'm just getting old.

[Dakine10 5,452]

It was kind of sad seeing Peyton having such a lackluster performance tonight. I wonder if he is hurt or if his arm is really gone? As the regulars here know, I'm not a Manning fan due to the rivalry with the Patriots, but seeing him play like a shadow of what he has been in the past was not pleasant. There comes a time when the skills decline as Father Time takes his toll. This could be the end of an era. As a kid I saw it happen to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and many other great athletes.

They all want to go out on top, but in many cases, that's not the way it goes. Elway went out a winner, Marino stayed a year or so too long. I never thought I'd see the day I'd feel bad that Manning lost, but tonight I did. I really thought it would be Brady and Manning battling it out for tha AFC Championship once again, but alas, it's not to be. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Hand eye coordination is sometimes the first thing to go. Peyton's accuracy on long throws just hasn't been there lately. Teams are taking away the middle of the feild because he can't consistently hit anyone deep or outside. He used to kill teams that did that.

He's a smart guy. He has said repeatedly he's not injured. If that's true, I expect he's going to to retire. It's amazing that he came back from injuries like he did, but I don't think he has anything left to prove.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Hand eye coordination is sometimes the first thing to go. Peyton's accuracy on long throws just hasn't been there lately. Teams are taking away the middle of the feild because he can't consistently hit anyone deep or outside. He used to kill teams that did that.

He's a smart guy. He has said repeatedly he's not injured. If that's true, I expect he's going to to retire. It's amazing that he came back from injuries like he did, but I don't think he has anything left to prove.

He was so much better at the beginning of the season. He seemed to have faded the last 5 games or so, that's why I thought he might be hurt. It really was a weird feeling seeing him play this way tonight, those magnificent skills just seemed to disappear.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

Ex-NFL player/current sports commentator talked about this tonight in regard to Manning. Said that quarterbacks whose physical skills are fading exhibit two chief qualities: their skills drop off and don't endure through the playoffs, and the loss of arm strength causes them to "heave" the ball as hard as they can (leading to overthrowing their receivers). This is because they can't trust throwing at 75% of what used to be their arm strength.

Examples of fade-outs that were mentioned were Brett Favre and Matt Schaub.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Given the surgery he had, it's not hard to expect he could decline quickly. There are people who have that spinal fusion surgery who can't even lift their arms above their shoulder again.

Still his play dropped off almost instantly, after the game against St. Louis earlier this year. They started running the ball way more after that too. Might still be an injury. Time will tell I guess.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

He is old. Go back to making pizza commercials.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

According to this report, Manning was playing with an injury for the past several weeks. This would explain the sudden drop off and the Bronco's switch to a more run oriented game.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12154238/peyton-manning-denver-broncos-played-torn-right-quad-last-month-season

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning played Sunday's divisional-round playoff game and the past month of the season with a torn right quadriceps, two sources told ESPN.

Manning initially injured his thigh when he rolled out right to throw a 12-yard completion to Emmanuel Sanders late in the first half of Denver's Dec. 14 victory over the San Diego Chargers.

After the game, Manning said he injured his leg throwing to Sanders. There was some thought that he got hurt on an 8-yard completion to Sanders with 2:43 to play in the first half, three plays before he left the field and went into the tunnel to the visitors' locker room. But after the completion on the rollout with 5:39 left, Manning can be seen flexing his leg and grimacing as he moves to call the next play.

Manning has a torn rectus femoris, one of the four muscles that make up the quadriceps. The affected muscle runs from the pelvis to its attachment just below the knee. The bruising from the injury was so severe, it had spread to the back of his leg, a source with knowledge of the injury told ESPN.

Broncos doctors knew about the injury, and Manning did what he could to intentionally conceal the injury from as many people as possible, sources said. Manning had been listed on each of Denver's injury reports following the Dec. 14 game as having an injured thigh. Listing the severity on the report is not required.

Manning and the Broncos lost 24-13 to the Colts on Sunday night in Denver. He finished 26-of-46 passing for 211 yards and a touchdown.

The touchdown pass came on the Broncos' first possession of the game, and Manning struggled mightily at times to push the ball down the field.

According to ESPN's Stats & Information, Manning was 2-of-12 passing for 49 yards on attempts that traveled at least 15 yards and 6-of-21 for 107 yards on passes that traveled more than 5 yards.

Sunday's game was Manning's fourth-lowest yardage total in a postseason game in his career, and it left the quarterback mulling his future after the game.

"My mindset right now is just disappointment after [sunday's] game," Manning said after the defeat. "I'm disappointed. I kind of need to process this game. We'll meet [Monday]. I'm disappointed I need to process this game."

Asked if he could definitely say he was planning to return to the Broncos next season, Manning said, after a short pause: "Uh, yeah, I guess I just can't give that simple answer. I'm processing it. I can't say that. I could not say that."

Since the Broncos' Nov. 16 loss in St. Louis, Manning topped 300 yards passing just once -- in a "Monday Night Football" loss in Cincinnati -- over the final six games of the regular season.

Over the final nine games of the regular season, six of those on the road, the Broncos went 6-3 as Manning -- who has two more years left on his contract -- threw 17 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

"I didn't play as well consistently in the second half of the season," Manning said. "I can't give you a great reason for that. Played well at times, but probably not as consistently, certainly didn't play as consistently in the second half of the season as I did in the first half."

[decocker 7,198]

who is peyton manning?

[GandD 5,966]

who is peyton manning?

He's the new spokesman for Nationwide and Papa Johns

Edited January 12, 2015 by GandD

[decocker 7,198]

He's the new spokesman for Nationwide and Papa Johns

oh. well i guess i feel bad for him too.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

"Chicken parmy tastes so good."

[spookyturtle 9,465]

who is peyton manning?

I think he was a conservative Republican, gun luvin', Muslim hatin', black hatin', liberal hatin', progressive hatin', Democrat hatin', Obama ebola hatin', illegal hatin', left wing hatin', right wing nut swingin' former VJ member.

[decocker 7,198]

I think he was a conservative Republican, gun luvin', Muslim hatin', black hatin', liberal hatin', progressive hatin', Democrat hatin', Obama ebola hatin', illegal hatin', left wing hatin', right wing nut swingin' former VJ member.

good for him!

[Boiler 45,467]

Fox has gone

[VJ_Messiah 22]

It was kind of sad seeing Peyton having such a lackluster performance tonight. I wonder if he is hurt or if his arm is really gone? As the regulars here know, I'm not a Manning fan due to the rivalry with the Patriots, but seeing him play like a shadow of what he has been in the past was not pleasant. There comes a time when the skills decline as Father Time takes his toll. This could be the end of an era. As a kid I saw it happen to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and many other great athletes.

They all want to go out on top, but in many cases, that's not the way it goes. Elway went out a winner, Marino stayed a year or so too long. I never thought I'd see the day I'd feel bad that Manning lost, but tonight I did. I really thought it would be Brady and Manning battling it out for tha AFC Championship once again, but alas, it's not to be. Maybe I'm just getting old.

He's a choker. One Super Bowl ring is all he has to show for it. Russell Wilson will have two Super Bowl rings after this season's over. Live by the pass, die by the pass. And ya, I can't wait to see Seattle put the royal beat down on the Pats.... no hard feelings spooks. Your always tops in my book. Just don't ever forget Spy Gate.