03-07-2016, 04:33 PM
(03-07-2016, 10:19 AM)fredtoast Wrote: When players get old I don't blame them for playing as long as they can. There is nothing they will ever do that will be as big of a thrill as playing professional sports. If I was them I would not care what the fans felt about my "legacy". I would play as long as I could make a team even as a back up.
But Manning is not just old. He is beaten up. He has had multiple operations on his neck. There is no way he should risk further injury.
I read a column by a guy who described him getting out of his equipmen after a game. Took more than half an hour for him to do so.
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