02-05-2007, 01:42 PM
The Horrible Esthete Wrote:emperor penguin Wrote:hahahhaha ya, I noticed that too, I like how he's getting mad half way through the 4th quarter too when the game was already over.
I've been paying close attention to this for years now, and it's really influenced my opinion of Manning.
Is Peyton the best overall QB in the game, and has he been for the past several years? I think so.
But I can't begin to count the times where I see him bitching and scowling and acting all "put off" after an "unsuccessful" play, and it's something I never hear anyone mention.
I lose respect for players, no matter how good they are, when I see them act like that. Most QBs will do it a little bit here and there. I rarely ever see Tom Brady do it. That's something I find to be genuinely classy and admirable -- players who don't show their frustration and move on when things aren't going well, and guys who don't act like whatever went wrong somebody else's fault, even if it was.
Peyton contantly acts like it was somebody else's fault. And maybe it usually is somebody else's fault. Fine. But bitching and scowling and pointing fingers shows a lack of class in my book.
Whenever I watch a Colts game, I simply get the impression that Manning isn't really all that well liked by his teammates. You rarely if ever see any other teammates on the sidelines chatting with him - he's always by himself on the bench, usually with that pouty face expression.

