Peyton can't be called Greatest Ever
The great ones never flinch. They never blink. They never cower. They never panic. They feel serenity when others feel chaos. They figure it out. The heat of battle never scorches them. Somehow, some way, they find a way. They will a way.
It can be inside a boxing ring in Zaire. Or a football stadium in New Jersey. Even the great ones can't count on a Mr. October night at the beginning of February. A Game 7 Clyde Frazier night at the Garden. An Air Jordan night at the Garden. A perfect Don Larsen day at Yankee Stadium. An uplifting Mike Piazza night post 9/11.
But on a warmer than we could have hoped for night at MetLife Stadium, against a swarming, sneering, swaggerlicious Seattle defense, Peyton Manning didn't have a legacy to stand on.
He had his chance, very possibly his last chance, to be crowned as THE GREATEST EVER unceremoniously intercepted.
He too often looked more like Eli Manning against the Seahawks in December than the Peyton Manning who terrorized the NFL at age 37.
Instead of feeding off its deafening 12th Man, it looked as if the Seahawks were playing with 12 men, and the clock in Manning's head became an alarm clock.
They made him look every bit like a rattled, jittery quarterback two months from his 38th birthday.
"I don't know if you ever really get over it," said Manning, who went 34 for 49 for 280 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. "It's a difficult pill to swallow, I think you have to find a way to deal with it and process it, and somehow, some way try to make a positive from it, and it takes some time, there's no question. It's certainly not a quick fix."
In this quarterback driven NFL, defense wins championships still if you can field a defense like this.
Manning didn't like a question about how embarrassing it was. "The word embarrassing is an insulting word, to tell you the truth," he said.
After 12 seconds, Manning trailed 2 0, because center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball over his head as Manning approached the line of scrimmage.
"A cadence issue," Manning said. "Nobody's fault. Just a noise issue that really caused that play to happen."
After 4:39, Manning trailed 5 0. cheap nfl jerseys
With 2:16 left in the first quarter, Manning trailed 8 0. Wright, and Kam Chancellor intercepted at the Denver 37.
"Poor play on my part," Manning said.
By the end of the first quarter, Manning had possessed the ball for all of 3:19.
With 12 minutes left in the second quarter, Manning trailed 15 0.
"They smelled blood," John Elway said.
Finally, he began looking like Manning, moving the ball down the field with short, surgical strikes to Demaryius Thomas.
But now it was third and 13, and Manning needed to convert in the worst way.
Only Avril had other ideas. Avril brought the heat into Manning's kitchen and hit his elbow as cheap nfl jerseys Manning unloaded the ball and Malcolm Smith returned the fluttering lollipop 69 yards to pay dirt. Manning trudged to the shell shocked Denver sidelines as the Seahawks whooped it up.
With 3:21 left in the half, Manning trailed Wholesale NFL Jerseys 22 0.
Manning needed a touchdown before the half in the worst way. He marched his team to fourth and 2 at the Seattle 19, only to have Chris Clemons deflect a pass left for Demaryius Thomas.
His quarterback rating for the half? 46.3. He didn't bother trying to establish a ground game. His longest completion went for 19 yards.
Percy Harvin resembled Usain Bolt returning the opening kickoff 87 yards, and 12 seconds into the second half, Manning trailed 29 0.
When it was over, after the confetti had landed on Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson and euphoric misfits called Seahawks, Manning walked briskly down a hall accompanied by a New Jersey state policeman and showed his class by stopping to sign autographs for several fans on his way out. No Lombardi Trophy for him. No second ring. No historic championships with two different teams. No Greatest Ever. No legacy to stand on.
Steve this is a great article and summarizes what I heard all last week before the game. I heard your exact column on PBSNews Hour, PBS Nightly News and also late night with Charley Rose also on PBS. This was a Big Money Game and all the Big Money Players were on the side of Denver and Payton Manning going down in history as the Greatest to ever play the game. I beg to differ as I think Johnny Unitas was really great and didn't go down as the Greatest, because when Baltimore played the New York Jets, the coach wouldn't play Johnny until the 2nd half of the 4th qt. when they were down 16 to nothing. Johnny came into the game and threw 2 touch down passes before the game was over to end at 16 14 for Joe Name and the Jets.
Hey Steve, I hate to break it to you, but football TEAMS win football games. The Seahawks manhandled the entire offense. Every few years, you go on a 'who's the greatest' rant. Montana, Elway, Brady, and now Manning. (I guess Unitas, Starr, et al from the 60s merit no mention.) The fact is, this game doesn't diminish Peyton's star at all. He's great. Period. Just not that greatest of all time. And that's ok. Personally, I'd rather have a guy who can move around in the pocket. But why split hairs? Greatness comes in many forms.
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Michael Jordan and Juanita Jordan: Of course, MJ tops the list. Air Jordan's bank account was deflated a bit when he divorced his wife of 17 years in 2006. Forbes ranked the NBA Legend's $168 million divorce settlement at the top of its list of the "The 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces."
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston: The Hollywood fairytale ended with "irreconcilable differences." They were married in a lavish $1 million wedding in June 2000 and the divorce was finalized on Oct. 2, 2005. While separated from Aniston, Pitt sparked a romance with Angelina Jolie that became fodder for gossip columns. Over the last five years, Aniston has reportedly carried a torch for Pitt, who remains in a relationship with Jolie.
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren: Tiger was, well, a cheater. When he got caught and word got out about the number of women he was having affairs with it shook up the golf world and made international news. Their divorce was settled in August. TMZ reported Woods agreed to pay Nordegren about $100 million in return for Nordegren agreeing to never talk about his affairs. She also received custody of the kids. and hasn't said a word.
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills: The billionaire Beatle married the former model in June 2002 without first signing a prenuptial agreement. Their split in February 2008 cost McCartney about $47 million, not including lawyers' fees and child support payments. Divorce Lesson of the Decade: If you're rich, always get a prenup.
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James: Talk about the Oscar Curse. Shortly after America's sweetheart won the Academy Award for her role in The Blind Side, she found out her bad boy husband was. a really bad boy. James admitted to having an affair with tattoo model Michelle (Bombshell) McGee and Bullock left him. They married in July 2005 and the split was final in June this year. James made the understatement of the year: "I took a pretty amazing life and marriage. and threw it away."
Madonna and Guy Ritchie: In the end, the Material Girl was rumored to have forked over about $70 million in cash and property to settle her divorce from Ritchie, according to London's Daily Mail. That would be one of the biggest divorce settlements from a woman to her ex husband. Ritchie, however, has said he didn't receive that cash. And since their divorce settlement remains private, it's impossible to know. Madonna, who was rumored to be having an affair with New York Yankee's star Alex Rodriguez, cited Ritchie's "unreasonable behavior" for the reason for their split.
Greg Norman and Laura Andrassy; Greg Norman and Chris Everett: Call it a double bogey in the marriage department: "The Shark" got divorced twice during the last 10 years. In May 2006, he divorced Laura Andrassy, his wife of 25 years. The price of freedom: $103 million, according to the Palm Beach Post. Two years later, Norman married former tennis star Chris Everett. Their marriage lasted until December 2009, when Norman again filed for divorce. Norman, however, took another mulligan in the marriage department in November, when he married interior decorator Kirsten Kutner.
Runners Up: Pop Star Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline; Actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidmann; Former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore; Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover
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Elliott Spitzer and Silda Wall Spitzer: The former New York Governor was caught in a high priced prostitution scandal that resulted in his resignation. Spitzer's wife, though, stood by him through the ordeal.
Brett Favre and Deanna Favre: The future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback got caught taking a picture of himself with his pants down and sending it to another woman. The NFL is investigating, but his wife, a breast cancer survivor, has stood by him. "I'm a woman of faith," Deanna Favre told Good Morning America in October. "Faith has gotten me through many difficult struggles. It will get me through this one."
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