The Goat Pen

on this special day good of dave to stop by and offer his congratulations on the career of the #1 qb retiring on top as super bowl champion

Ah well. Thought we might get one more Peyton face for old times sake.

Yeah Rickart is right. It couldn't be the fact that he played 18 seasons, won 2 SBs including the most recent, and wanting to go out on top to be the reason he retired.

Nope. He wanted to get cut so he could play one more season for the Rams but apparently they had no interest so he just hung them up.

Dynamite scoop Rickart. On it like always.

well, we did gloss over the fact his performance has deteriorate to the point no one was willing to offer him a contract.

think about it, when's the last time a Super Bowl champion did NOT want its starting quarterback to return the next season? (Dilfer, maybe?)

Brady is still better.

Obviously.

blasphemy

mannings records

NFL career passing touchdown record: 539
•Most passing yards, career: 71,940
•Single season touchdown record (2013): 55
•Most passing yards, season (2013): 5,477
•Most wins (including playoffs): 200
•Most games throwing for 300+ yards: 93
•Most passing touchdowns in a single game (tied, 2013): 7
•Most games with a passing rating higher than 105: 97
•Most games with a perfect passer rating of 158.3: 5
•Most seasons with 350+ completions: 10
•Most games completing 80-percent passing: 19
•Most game-winning drives: 56
•Most comeback wins: 45
•Highest completion percentage in a postseason game with 450+ yards (2005): 81.8
•Highest yards-per-game, season (2013): 342.31
•Most games with 4+ touchdown passes: 25
•Most seasons passing for 4,000+ yards: 14
•Most consecutive seasons with 25+ touchdowns: 13
•One of two quarterbacks to ever beat all 32 teams (along with Brett Favre)
•First quarterback to beat 31 franchises: 2007
•Most Associated Press NFL MVP awards: 5 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)

Don't get me wrong. He was probably the greatest regular season QB in history.

There's other ways to define greatness. Haters ought to read this article - at least to appreciate what they're up against.

The First and Only Time I Outsmarted Peyton Manning - Sports Illustrated
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/the ... id+U142DHP

Well when I think of legendary QBs, Terry Bradshaw has to come to mind along with Joe, Tom, and Farve, right???

BigRedMan wrote:Well when I think of legendary QBs, Terry Bradshaw has to come to mind along with Joe, Tom, and Farve, right???

heh

Poor TB will never live down that Hollywood Henderson quote about him not being able to spell cat even if you spotted him the "c" and the "a."

Did Henderson say that before, during, or after he got coked out of football?

Congrats to Peyton on a great post-college football career.

so its time for tom to just give up and serve the suspension

The way he did his contract for this year was smart

wonder how much the suspension had to do with him taking a big base salary cut this year

I forget..how many games does Brady have to sit out?

Nevermind...saw it here 4 games...cardinals, dolphins, texans, bills. Too bad the Texans are a mess; an 0-4 start would be super awesome.

I hope in Game 5 he comes out blows out both knees and then finds out he has brain cancer. Fuck him and anybody that looks like him.

my daughter has decided since she lives near Inglewood she is now a rams fan

I have now disowned her

If your daughter lives in Inglewood, being a Rams fan is the worst of her problems.

crashcourse wrote:my daughter has decided since she lives near Inglewood she is now a rams fan

I have now disowned her

Don't worry, they will be gone again in less 20 years so it isn't a life long commitment.