Nonsense.
I have no love for the Saints and even less for their coach, YOU COWARD!
I'm not sure that I would call an on sides kick to open the 3rd Quarter as an act of cowardliness.
However, I might call Peyton's crying after he threw the game winning interception as an act of cowardliness and I would say that not shaking hands with Saints players after the game was an act of cowardliness.
BTW-I watched Peyton play high school ball and when he was a kid I would often see him around our neighborhood. And yes, he was a good kid.
IMHO the game was lost late in the second quarter when Indy couldn’t convert on third down deep in their territory. If only they convert, at the very least they run out the clock and go into the locker room up 10-3. Instead, the Saints get the ball back in great field position and kick the FG and make it 10-6.
If it’s 10-3, I don’t know if they do the onsides kick.
I can understand Peyton's reasoning here:
"I certainly know how it was three years ago when we won," Manning said. "There's not much consolation for the guys who didn't win. There's the stage being set up and the celebration. It's time for the Saints to celebrate. It's their field.
"I certainly congratulate all their players and the Saints organization. I'll speak to Drew and Sean. They deserve all the credit."
I will say, I don't like the on-field presentation of the Lombardi Trophy, I preferred it when the trophy was presented in the Locker room, I think that's probably one of the reasons players don't congratulate each other on the field as much, because they have to get out of the way for the presentation.