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Found February 07, 2010 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Peyton Manning
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts,  Cincinnati Bengals,  New Orleans Saints

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Filed under: Colts, Super Bowl, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL AnalysisMIAMI -- The great ones thrive in this situation. Everything has gone against you for the longest time. The whole world is watching. Your opponents have admitted often that they are scared to death of your skills. You're trailing by a touchdown within the final six minutes of the Super Bowl, and you're driving, driving, driving. You're Peyton Manning, seeking to prove without a doubt that you're more than just a bunch of pretty numbers on your NFL resume. Oh, well. He'll never live this down. While this otherwise extraordinary quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts will reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame someday, he just moved closer to the city limits of the Chokers Hall of Fame. I mean, you're Peyton Manning, and you're so close Sunday against the New Orleans Saints to becoming Joe Montana, a truly great one, who produced magic 21 years ago down the stretch of a Super Bowl on this same ...
Original Story: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/02/08/pe...
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