04-20-2020, 05:23 PM
(04-19-2020, 02:47 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Peyton Manning on his conversation with Joe (from ESPN):
"He called me about some of the things that I tried to do as a rookie that maybe he can apply to his NFL career. Looks like it’s going to be for the Cincinnati Bengals. What I told him, ‘Look Joe, if you’re the first pick in the NFL draft you are going to a team that has earned the first pick in the NFL draft. There are going to be some holes there. There’s a reason the Colts were picking No. 1 that year. There’s a reason the Bengals are picking No. 1 this year."
"[Then-Colts coach] Jim Mora never took me out. I learned some things in the fourth quarter of those blowouts about what it took to be an NFL quarterback and the next year we went from 3-13 to 13-3. That wouldn't have happened if I hadn't have hung in there and learned the ropes as a rookie, even though we took some bumps and bruises."
"So that's what I tried to encourage Joe and all the other rookie quarterbacks, that your rookie year is not going to be the same as your senior year in college. But if you learn how fast the defensive backs are, how soon you have to get rid of the ball, understand defenses, you can become a better player and really get it going the year or two after that."
"I threw 28 interceptions my first year. That's still an NFL record. If Joe wants to break that, I'd be OK with that, we'd still be friends."
Lol, I still like Peyton man, even with his commercials.
