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Badgered with Ben Algar: The Name Game

 

The Name Game

 

 

What’s the deal with that Peyton Manning guy? I mean, who is he anyway? So he’s had five surgeries, one unannounced. What’s the deal? I’ve had five surgeries, all unannounced, and the most painful root canal ever experience.

He can throw a ball and so can my baby sister. And he’s a QB? What does that mean?

So he’s a qualified bimbo, or maybe a quacked bigot.

Ugh. Let’s be real. Who is this guy?

. . .

Oh! That guy, the former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.

But wait. Former? That’s news to me. There needs to be a dialogue here to cover the gist about why this story matters. So spill the bean for us, Ben.

Gladly.

Peyton Manning is the former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Manning, #18, was drafted to the league in 1998.

Since then, Manning has thrown over 5,400 yards, has had a career completion percentage above 60 percent, has scored 399 touchdowns, and has one Super Bowl win. From 1998-2010, Peyton Manning was Indianapolis’ white knight.

But the following football season meant something totally different for Colts fans.

Manning was benched, for what was first deemed as indefinitely for the season and then listed as probable at the end of the season, after receiving neck surgery following a brunt of head injuries suffered during the season before.

Colts fans had a season full of disappointment in clear sight without the white knight at the helm.

A struggling Colts team ended their season with a majorly disappointing 2-14 record, two losses shy of an embarrassing imperfect season.

An anxious Manning stood on the side lines, or in the coach boxes, and watched as his team ran into defeat after defeat.

But it wasn’t until Peyton Manning’s brother, Eli Manning, won this year’s Super Bowl that the talk of Peyton Manning’s departure started to circulate.

Manning is owed a large sum of money, some $20 million, by the Colt’s management. That fact cannot be disputed.

Manning’s contract was up for renegotiation. The Colts had the opportunity to seize the superstar and secure his talent in Indi for at least up until his foreseeable retirement.

But Colt’s owner, Jim Irsay, after much negotiation with Colt’s head office, decided to let the 14-year pro search the sea of offers.

It’s also reported that Manning and Irsay communicated regularly and that their relationship was strong.

I could’ve spewed that bullshit to my folks as I continued to communicate with my ex-girlfriend weeks after our separation. They would polish that turd for all that it’s worth.

And I am not going to polish this turd, this steaming turd of a story that deserves to lie in the toilet water of a golden toilet. A super-sized dump.

You might look at this story and think that a 400-pound linebacker gave birth to baby elephant.

But there’s more. Don’t feed this turd after midnight.

Peyton has decided to play, to remain a force in the league on the field. Teams all around the league have showed interest in the 35 year old.

The Colts plan to take their secured first round pick in the NFL draft to pick up college football phenom Andrew Luck from Stanford University. And apparently Luck comes with all the talent and gifts that the 1998 first round pick Manning had.

While there are plenty of teams in the league that are in need of a quarterback, how can anyone tell that Manning is going to secure his new team any success or play time?

The Colts let Manning go because he made the their team into a hemophiliac team, meaning that once Manning was down the team was likely to bleed out.

This idea is not unprecedented. Just look at the previous year’s success by the embarrassing Colts without their captain.

There is just no way that any other team will find remote success with former #18 at the helm.

The problem isn’t his form or his ethics. It’s his vessel. The man’s falling apart.

Any righteous man would stand up after falling down for the millionth time and take another stab at success. I did, for three months, and ended up with a shattered heart instead of a cracked one.

Fans of the NFL respect Manning. He’s always been an iconic star in the league and a very likable guy on and off the screen according to people who know him.

But there comes a time when every man must accept defeat. And if defeat means saving a man’s life then I would suggest that #18 not suit up ever again.

His legacy is made. What else is on the horizon, really?

The unfathomable disrespect from the Colts organization towards their leader and savior, Manning, is what made this turd stink as much as it did.

More importantly, Manning’s debilitating injury and possible defeat shows millions of fans that his superpowers are just a gimmick.

A real Superman would save his own life and channel that logic to young athletes across the globe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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