Talking NFL

Reason 327 why I Hate Peyton Manning: Peyton Manning speaks;

“I’m trying to be a good teammate here… let’s just say we had some problems with protection.�?
- Peyton Manning after the Colts loss to the Steelers, January, 2006

My personal favorite.

“It is what it is, we are what we are. It’s not like basketball where you can play on both sides of the ball. You can only control when you are out there.�?
- Peyton Manning after the Colts loss to the Texans, December, 2006

My other personal favorite. Yes, I can have two. My blog!

“Here we are, I’m out at my third Pro Bowl, I’m about to go in and throw a touchdown to Jerry Rice, we’re honoring the Hall of Fame, and we’re talking about our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off. The sad thing is, he’s a good kicker. He’s a good kicker. But he’s an idiot.”
- On then Indianapolis Colts kicker, Mike Vanderjagt, February 2003

…well, I can’t really argue with that. Like I even needed to say who he was talking about.

“If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback.”
- ESPN Interview, August 2001

…insert Tom Brady joke here.

“Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing.”
- Manning’s favorite quote, coined by Hall-of-Fame coach Chuck Noll

Is this what it looks like when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing?

And of course, the newest addition to the family:

“It seems like for so long it’s been ‘Colts win’, but then ‘Peyton Manning loses’. Either give me all the credit when we win or give the team the blame when we lose. The way it should be is Colts win or Colts lose. That’s the way I always thought it was.”
- After Colts victory over the Ravens on Sunday

Cue the violin, cue the tears, cue the whining! Just don’t cue any surprise from this blogger that Peyton Manning said something like this. We’ve been here before. We’ll be here again soon. I’m guessing Sunday evening.

“I hate your whining, Peyton.”