Peyton Manning

Birth Date:  03/24/76 Place of Birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana Uniform Number: 18 Position:   Quarterback Current Team:  Indianapolis Colts Height: 6-5 Weight: 230 High School: Isidore Newman School (New Orleans, Louisiana) College: Tennessee Peyton Manning, the greatest NFL star ever to come out of the SEC, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1976. His father, Archie Manning, was the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints and local hero so, unsurprisingly; the younger Manning was groomed for...Read Full Story

While this Super Bowl weekend should be centered around the New England Patriots and the New York Giants championship rematch and how Eli Manning is on the cusp of a second Super Bowl win  that would put him in elite territory, much of the talk is focused on the other Manning. Peyton Manning , who hasn't played a snap since last season due to a neck injury, will continue to be one of the main story lines throughout the Super Bowl festivities and off-season. The surefire hall-of-famer who has...Read Full Story

Former Indianapolis Colts vice chairman Bill Polian appeared on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption on Thursday via NFL.com and said that he believes quarterback Peyton Manning will come back at a high level despite the problems that he’s having with being able to throw a football with the same velocity he did before his neck surgeries. “It’s marked (improvement) from where he was back in September,” Polian said. “He threw it accurately, he threw it with a good, tight spiral, and he threw it...Read Full Story

We’ve all been hearing how Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is having trouble regaining his arm strength.  It seems things are looking even worse then many people have thought, when it comes to him being to throw a football. “He can’t throw,” said Michael Lombardi of the NFL Network via Evan Silva .  “I’ve talked to people who’ve caught the ball for him. He can’t throw the ball to his left.  He can’t throw…across his body because he doesn’t feel it. People that catch the ball...Read Full Story

With all of the rumors of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning possibly landing with the Washington Redskins, there’s one former player that isn’t crazy about the idea. Former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann gave his honest opinion on the matter. “It’s not a good idea, it’s not a bad idea — It’s a horrific idea,” he told 106.7 The Fan’s Mike Wise and Holden Kushner last week via the DC Sports Bog .  “It would be one of the poorest things that we could do as a franchise. Are we...Read Full Story