Will he now ride off into the sunset on his blue and orange bronco? Is this the final chapter of Peyton Manning’s illustrious career? We don’t know, but what we do know is that Peyton is a man ‘in-the-moment’, and as he said in our “Quote of the Week” on our home page, I’m taking it one week at a time. I don’t want to look too far ahead and I don’t want to look too far back. I am a realist. I am aware this could be it. Yes, as an #5 FEIR, Manning is the ultimate realist, and for now he is just taking it easy and biding his time.
With the victory over the Panthers on Sunday, Peyton became the oldest starting quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl, the first quarterback to win 200 games in his career, and the first in history to lead two different teams to victory in the Super Bowl. The last feat is the most notable, because while a Tom Brady (#9 FCAR) can boast 4 of championships, all were accomplished on the same team under the same mastermind coach, Bill Belichick (#15 FCIL). But wow, to be the first quarterback in NFL history to start for two winning teams really is impressive especially when one considers all that Manning had to overcome personally and team-wise.
“nor that he gave in to the Empirical, Right brain ‘playful’ impulses that so often can keep #5s from seeing stardom”
Got to ask the obvious: might Johnny Manziel be a #5? What a great talent, but what a trainwreck off the field. Yikes.
There is an Empirical Right b-ball great who has overcome a lot and has remained business-like, however: LeBron James. Yes, his #1 emotions still sometimes get the better of him sometimes (tantrums on the court occasionally, especially ref-whining), as does his naivete (association with Jay-Z), but he’s managed to avoid a lot of the usual Empirical Right pitfalls en route to one of the greatest careers in NBA history. A certain quieter Empirical Right teammate of his, however, has become increasingly preoccupied with his looks, and shows no sign of letting up on lower-key media appearances that seem clearly designed to tempt his female fan base, however “playfully.” Distractions aside, these guys would still be on their way to easy rings this season were it not for two teams coached by B_ILs, the Spurs and the Warriors (Draymond Green, incidentally, appears to be the only Empirical Right star of these teams besides old man #2 Duncan, except possibly a #2 in Harrison Barnes, if you consider Barnes close enough to stardom; at any rate, I see Green as a very lively, likely #1 whose faith keeps his bubbly personality from bubbling completely over like an exploding soda).
Thanks for inspiring that b-ball rabbit trail.