Peyton Manning:Time to Quit

7 thoughts on “Peyton Manning:Time to Quit”

1. Dear Drew,

   In some ways this cartoon is eerieingly similar to another cartoon you did years ago involving Darryle Stingly. In that cartoon you put together had the Oakland player and the caption “This player was penalized 15 yards” then you had Stingly in his wheelchair with the caption “This player was penalized for life”. The only difference beteen Stingly and Manning is that Manning has the choice while Darryl did not.

   I pray he makes the wise decision.

   All the best

   Louis

2. P.S. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt if you still have it to repost that Stingly cartoon.

   All the best again

   Louis

3. Good Morning from Omaha,

   IF doctors can’t fix Peyton Mannings neck now, what will they be able to do when the damage to it is worse.

   that drive to be the best and at the top of the game is what made Peyton Manning the qb he is. Our daughter when she was in high school and the h.s. marching band went down to the sugar bowl when Tennessee was playing for the championship. One of the kids from a tennessee marching band said that MR peyton manning was his hero.

   He is 38 years old. He has won everything possible to win in football. Your sentiment is dead on accurate. I think the owner, Irsay, has a plan to move manning into the front office much like the Bronco’s did eventually with John Elway.

   That makes room for the colts to draft luck and get some of the best quarterback coaching available.

   Its up to Manning to make the decision. that drive is hard to deny but maybe that drive can be redirected in helping the colts rebuild.

   Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.

   Gene

4. Living in Indiana, I have come to admire Peyton a lot, even though I am not much of a Colts fan. I agree with you Drew and with Craig, it is time for Peyton to hang up the pads. He is one of the greats of the game, but it is not worth the health risks he could receive to play a couple of more years. No one with half a brain will question his reasons for quiting. He needs to put the needs of his family above his desire to play longer. They need a healthy dad, not one in a wheel chair. Please Peyton, go out on top, not on a stretcher!

5. I’m with you on this one, Drew. I loe Peyton, he’s a good guy and a great QB, but his health shouldn’t be worth “one more season.” I hope his family sit down with him and do like Craig Morton would have done, let him know they love him, always will, but that he needs to hang up the helmet, and be able to live the rest of his life.

6. Drew,

   The first thought that came to mind was that of Sterling Sharpe, and his decision to hang up his cleats after the injury to his neck, when he played for the Packers. A bright career cut short, because Sterling recognized the danger of repeated injury and what that would mean for him in retirement.

   Peyton should do the same. He has had a brilliant, successful career as a premiere quarterback. Taking the chance of getting back out on the field, only to risk more permanent and/or long-term damage, is a risk I think he should not take. It is time for him to spend more time with his young family, create and invest in business opportunities, host another episode of Saturday Night Live, or do whatever else comes his way. He seems like a fairly intelligent man. I hope he does the wise, and right, thing.

   As much as I want to see Brian Dawkins back on the field for our Bronco defense, I worry about his health. I’m hoping he takes the time in this off-season to not only get healthy, but to take a serious look at what playing another year would do to his already broken and scarred body.

   I’m excited that Jack Del Rio has been named the Defensive Coordinator. I think it is a good fit, and am looking forward to what he will bring to the Broncos.

7. First off a comment on Louis’s post. There was also a cartoon done by Mr. Litton after the Todd Bertuzie, Miller incident in hockey where it had Burtuzie saying “I hope I can play again” and Miller saying “I hope I can walk again” It still ranks as one of my favorite cartoons.

   As for Peyton Manning I have long thought that he will win more Superbowl’s as a coach then as a player.