No, Manning wasn’t. And as a, still fan, as long as he isn’t playing us, it’s sad to see. But not unexpected. His neck injury was always going to be an issue, and I’m very glad he was able to come back and play.
We were very lucky to get Peyton and all the good years and a SB he gave us. Lucas Stadium is the house that Peyton built.
He’s a class act.
And we’ve been lucky (no pun intended) with Andrew Luck as well. Who’s also turned out to be a class act. Which isn’t all that surprising since the Mannings and Lucks have been intertwined for some time.
There was a third Manning Brother who was just as good as the other two. I could be wrong but I think he signed with Southern Miss.
A fortunate injury resulted in an X-Ray which found a hidden defect in his spine or spinal cord which could have very easily resulted in him being a paraplegic. Just one hit in the wrong place would have done it.