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Related: About this forumReport: Peyton Manning has told close friends he’ll retire
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Manning has told close friends that hell retire after Super Bowl 50.
Manning consistently has declined to tip his hand publicly, most recently in a Pro Bowl halftime interview with ESPNs Chris Berman. If Manning is done, the decision represents a stark contrast from his mindset in November, when he was telling teammates that he intended to play in 2016.
Circumstances have changed dramatically since then, however. After exiting the lineup to rehab a partially torn plantar fascia tendon in this foot, Manning wasnt expected to make it back to the field in 2015. And surely he wouldnt have wanted a string of subpar performances to represent his final NFL season.
Now that Manning has made an unexpected return and an event more unexpected run to the Super Bowl, how can he top it in 2016? He cant, especially if the Broncos win.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/02/01/report-peyton-manning-has-told-close-friends-hell-retire/
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Report: Peyton Manning has told close friends he’ll retire (Original Post)
El Supremo
Feb 2016
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hughee99
(16,113 posts)1. Not terribly surprising.
I can't imagine he wants to play another year at the level he played this one. He's played a long time and his body has taken a beating. This is his chance to "walk off into the sunset" from a player standpoint anyway.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)2. I would if it were me.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. He has close friends?
Oh, right, his HGH dealer.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)4. His close friends are.............
Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill O'Rielly, Rush Limbaugh, David Duke, and Cliven Bundy.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. And Papa John Schlatter.
Also a big-time repuke.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)6. He is the one that sells those delicious cardborad/cheap cheese pizzas?
The ones where the box tastes the same as the pizza.