Sunday, March 18, 2012

Sticking Your Neck Out

The Peyton Manning drama is like waiting for someone to give birth. You know it's going to happen, but it's a question of when. Meanwhile, he is holding several teams hostage as his situation will have a rippling effect on teams looking for a quarterback.

It sounds like decision day will be this week. Some team is going to drown him with money. The "losing" teams are the winners. Some team will cripple themselves with his contract. He will never last another five years or even three.

I base my thoughts on one observation. Any time I see Manning in his workout clothes, I am struck by how much his neck sticks ahead of the rest of his body. NFL players are physical freaks. There are many different physiques out there. There are so many gigantic players with odd looking bodies. They all have their own unique physical characteristics.

When you look at Manning and know that his neck has faced four surgeries, you realize his body is no longer normal. He has fused vertebrae in his neck. That is not normal for people playing in the NFL

I admire his determination to keep playing to the very end. I just don't like the way his neck sticks out. It's not good.

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