Handbook to cheering against Peyton Manning
Mainstream American is crazy in its support for Peyton Manning. I'll prove to you that the Colts quarterback is actually EASY to cheer against. Consider this the handbook to cheering against No. 18.
You might think I've taken some strange powdery drug, or all these years of overnight radio have finally gotten to me, but trust me when I tell you Peyton must be stopped!
American's in theory love the underdog, people who started with little and worked hard to reach the top of the mountain.
Peyton Manning is the anti role model, he has been fed with a silver spoon his whole life. Manning was spoiled growing up the son of Archie an NFL star. His career is not that of a Cinderella story.
One of the most annoying things about Peyton is the fact he doesn't seem to get the fact he was handed everything in life, he thinks he earned it. From youth football up the ladder to Isidore Newman School, a private high school in New Orleans, college at Tennessee and the pros, he always had the quarterback slot handed over to him because of his last name. So why do you root for a guy like that?
I'm pretty sure if Peyton Manning wasn't playing in the NFL he'd be hawking crap on the streets or at a carnival. Seriously, this guy is the Krusty the Clown of pro sports. Is there a product he wouldn't endorse. He's a real life cheapjack.
If you don't watch "The Simpsons," Krusty is a multi-millionaire who amassed his fortune mostly by licensing his name and image to a variety of sub-standard products and services -- everything from Krusty alarm clocks to Krusty crowd control barriers, according to Wikipedia.
Peyton stands to earn an extra $3 million in endorsements if the Colts win the Super Bowl. He's already over exposed as it is, can you imagine being stuck seeing MORE of this dope on TV?
FIVE reasons to root against Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl 44:
1. Silver Spoon - Peyton always had things easier growing up. He went into the family business of football. Archie's name helped open many starting QB doors from youth football all the way up the ladder.
2. Cheapjack - Manning has yet to find a product he won't endorse. The late Billy Mays must have been jealous of all the crap Peyton puts his name to in commercials. Manning makes about $13 million a year from endorsement contracts, according to Bloomberg. He'll put his name on pretty much anything as long as the check is big enough.
3. Attention Whore - Its one thing to audible at the line of scrimmage to gain an advantage against a defense. What Peyton does is put on a show for the TV camera's. The pre-snap head moving and arms flying in the air are just his way of saying hey look at me. He eats up the attention.
4. Media Brown Nosing - This isn't all Peyton Manning's fault, but I've never been a typical media suck up hack. I respect great athletes but DON'T fawn all over them. Peyton has the cleanest tush in the NFL with all these brown nosing TV and writers following him around like little lap dogs.
5. He's a Dork - While he's not ugly enough to be the Susan Boyle of NFL quarterbacks, he sure looks like a dork. A modern day Herman Munster.
Bonus reasons:
-- Peyton's boss with the Colts is Bill "Weasel" Polian a real dirtbag in the NFL, the guy who spit in the face of Colts fans by resting starters against the Jets instead of going for 16-0. Manning is guilty by his association to Polian.
-- Manning was along for the ride when the Colts beat the Bears to win Super Bowl 41. Peyton had a 70.5 QB Rating to go with 3 TD's and 7 interceptions. It was the Colts defense and running game that carried Indy to the title NOT Peyton Manning.
