I can honestly say that I never 'enjoyed' our meetings, but the respect I have for Peyton Manning as a competitor was, and will likely remain, second to none.
I have tremendous respect for both John Elway and Peyton Manning as people and as quarterbacks in the NFL, but I was not concerned one bit with playing in their shadow.
Any coach, any team in the NFL, if they had Peyton Manning healthy and ready to play, I think we all know who is going to play in the game.
I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.
Chelsea Manning has a platform to serve herself, but many veterans don't even get medical treatment when they need it.
Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.
I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.
In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea Manning because this is a large enterprise composed of human beings with all their idiosyncrasies.
Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players.
Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.
