Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manningis a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time, he spent the majority of his career with Indianapolis Colts. In his last four seasons, he played with the Denver Broncos. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth24 March 1976
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Players were surprised and upset emotionally about it. Everybody said a team prayer for coach Dungy and his family.
We stuck to our plan and it worked. We just had to keep plugging and plugging, and we got into a little groove in the second half.
I was happy we were able to get a little rhythm going there in the first half. We had a good mix of the run and the pass and the play-action. We had some good drives.
I think our team realizes what kind of team Seattle is. Certainly what they are playing for in getting ready for their playoff run. You know what type of effort you are going to get from them.
I think sometimes guys coming from college think if you lose one game you're out of the mix, but if you lose two or three or four in the NFL, you'll still be OK, ... It's not really that way anymore.
I think we're more of a team and kind of feed off each other, ... It's definitely the best camaraderie we've had since I've been here eight years.
That was a little bit of an aggressive call, ... That was a run, but I kind of got tired of handing off. I did change up . . . . But I'm doing pretty good for the most part.
Mike has been so awesome. He's such a clutch kicker. People are surprised (when he misses) because he's such a great player. There's nothing he has to apologize for. He's made so many clutch kicks for us.
I think we've surprised some teams with our patience this year, ... In the past, we've been a throw the ball down the field offense because that's what defenses have allowed us to do. ...That's the nice thing about this offense and (coordinator) Tom (Moore) and his play calling. We usually call what's working. Games are shorter now. We're having longer drives.
We have a high sense of urgency on this team. We realize with free agency and with injuries, the days of building and talking about playing for 2006 and 2007, that doesn't make sense anymore.
Everybody is going to be excited to play in a Super Bowl. When you still enjoy the preparation and the work part of it, I think you ought to be still doing that. I think as soon as I stop enjoying it, if I can't produce, if I can't help a team, that's when I will stop playing.
Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.
I guess, to tell you the truth, I've never had much of a desire to grow facial hair. I think I've managed to play quarterback just fine without a mustache.
It truly has been an honor to play in Indianapolis. I do love it here. I love the fans, and I will always enjoy having played for such a great team.