Peyton Manning

“WIDE RIGHT”…
TWO WORDS THAT DEFINED SUPER BOWL 25…
TWO WORDS SCOTT NORWOOD OF THE BUFFALO BILLS WILL TAKE TO HIS GRAVE…
JACKIE SMITH IS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME…
BUT WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU HEAR HIS NAME…
THE DROPPED PASS IN THE ENDZONE IN SUPER BOWL 13…
ONE MISTAKE THAT COST THE DALLAS COWBOYS A CHAMPIONSHIP…
WHICH GETS US TO SUNDAY AND SUPER BOWL 44…IN MIAMI:
WITH LESS THAN 4 MINUTES LEFT IN THE 4TH QUARTER…
AND THE COLTS DOWN 24-17…PEYTON MANNING WAS PICKED OFF BY TERRY PORTER…
74 YARDS LATER THE SAINTS WERE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS…
IN A GAME THAT HAD MORE STORY LINES THAN A “SEINFELD RE-UNION”…
THIS IS THE MOMENT…THAT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT FOR DECADES…
KEEP IN MIND…MANNING CAME INTO THE GAME AS THE LEAGUE’S MVP…
THE 4TH TIME HIS WON THAT AWARD…
BUT ONCE AGAIN HE WENT HOME WITHOUT A RING…
PEYTON MANNING STILL REMAINS ONE OF 18 STARTING QUARTERBACKS WITH A SINGLE SUPER BOWL VICTORY…
THE LIST INCLUDES SOME GREAT PLAYERS…INCLUDING…
STEVE YOUNG…
JOE NAMATH…
KEN STABLER…AND BRETT FARVE…
BUT NONE OF THEM…NOT EVEN FARVE…HAD 4 MVP TROPHIES…
WHETHER IT’S FAIR OR NOT…
NFL QUARTERBACKS ARE JUDGED BY THE NUMBER OF SUPER RINGS…
JOE MONTANA AND TERRY BRADSHAW EACH HAVE 4…
TROY AIKMAN AND TOM BRADY HAVE 3…
JOHN ELWAY HAS 2…
THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THIS…
YESTERDAY DREW BREES OUTPLAY PEYTON MANNING…
AND IT WAS BREES WHO WAS NAMED THE GAME’S “MOST VALUABLE PLAYER…
SO WHERE DOES ALL THIS LEAVE MANNING AND HIS LEGACY???
WELL TO START WITH…THE HALL OF FAME IS STILL A LOCK…
BUT IS HE THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK OF ALL TIME???
YOU CAN NOT MAKE THAT ARGUMENT…
NOT AS LONG AS HE HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF RINGS AS:
MARK RYPIEN…DOUG WILLIAMS AND TRENT DILFER…