Peyton Manning

It was an emotional moment that kind of ended pretty quickly with Hester. All right. We got to lock in, boys.

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I mean, look, when you're mic'd up, to me, the sooner you can forget about it, the better, right? For sure. I always kind of knew I was mic'd up in pregame warm-ups because they, you know, you put your pads on, you can see the tape over the mic, so you're just kind of thinking about it, and hopefully once the game goes, but... We had run the ball all the way down there. Jason had a good run game.

I mean, look, when you're mic'd up, to me, the sooner you can forget about it, the better, right? For sure. I always kind of knew I was mic'd up in pregame warm-ups because they, you know, you put your pads on, you can see the tape over the mic, so you're just kind of thinking about it, and hopefully once the game goes, but... We had run the ball all the way down there. Jason had a good run game.

I mean, look, when you're mic'd up, to me, the sooner you can forget about it, the better, right? For sure. I always kind of knew I was mic'd up in pregame warm-ups because they, you know, you put your pads on, you can see the tape over the mic, so you're just kind of thinking about it, and hopefully once the game goes, but... We had run the ball all the way down there. Jason had a good run game.

We were playing a Monday night game against the Rams. Ran it down there, and the Rams, in the side of the five-yard line, basically said, okay, enough's enough. They loaded the box. We had a run play called. First down and second down, they were blitzing everybody. We audibled. Throw, throw, incomplete. Now it's third and goal. Throw again.

We were playing a Monday night game against the Rams. Ran it down there, and the Rams, in the side of the five-yard line, basically said, okay, enough's enough. They loaded the box. We had a run play called. First down and second down, they were blitzing everybody. We audibled. Throw, throw, incomplete. Now it's third and goal. Throw again.

We were playing a Monday night game against the Rams. Ran it down there, and the Rams, in the side of the five-yard line, basically said, okay, enough's enough. They loaded the box. We had a run play called. First down and second down, they were blitzing everybody. We audibled. Throw, throw, incomplete. Now it's third and goal. Throw again.

So naturally, Jeff and the offensive line, just like all of you, are not happy. Like, you know, why did you run it? to get down there, and now we're going to throw it.

So naturally, Jeff and the offensive line, just like all of you, are not happy. Like, you know, why did you run it? to get down there, and now we're going to throw it.

So naturally, Jeff and the offensive line, just like all of you, are not happy. Like, you know, why did you run it? to get down there, and now we're going to throw it.

And so we sit on our separate sides of the bench, but I can hear them talking. I can hear them, you know, why are we throwing it? Just run the rock, run the rock. I kind of let it breathe, let it breathe, and finally I just snapped. And I go down there, and I'm all fired up. Then I realized, Travis, I mean, I am in enemy territory. The entire offensive line is right there.

And so we sit on our separate sides of the bench, but I can hear them talking. I can hear them, you know, why are we throwing it? Just run the rock, run the rock. I kind of let it breathe, let it breathe, and finally I just snapped. And I go down there, and I'm all fired up. Then I realized, Travis, I mean, I am in enemy territory. The entire offensive line is right there.

And so we sit on our separate sides of the bench, but I can hear them talking. I can hear them, you know, why are we throwing it? Just run the rock, run the rock. I kind of let it breathe, let it breathe, and finally I just snapped. And I go down there, and I'm all fired up. Then I realized, Travis, I mean, I am in enemy territory. The entire offensive line is right there.

ready to, you know, support their center and come right at me. I'm like, okay, let me kind of back off of this. But, hey, I'll tell you a good Super Bowl story about Jeff Saturday real quick. Every Thursday during our entire career in Indianapolis, Jeff and I played together forever. We always did wet ball drills, right, where, you know, we're taking snaps.

ready to, you know, support their center and come right at me. I'm like, okay, let me kind of back off of this. But, hey, I'll tell you a good Super Bowl story about Jeff Saturday real quick. Every Thursday during our entire career in Indianapolis, Jeff and I played together forever. We always did wet ball drills, right, where, you know, we're taking snaps.

ready to, you know, support their center and come right at me. I'm like, okay, let me kind of back off of this. But, hey, I'll tell you a good Super Bowl story about Jeff Saturday real quick. Every Thursday during our entire career in Indianapolis, Jeff and I played together forever. We always did wet ball drills, right, where, you know, we're taking snaps.

before practice, and the equipment guy is spraying the water bottle on the football, creating the environment. And Jeff would get so mad, Travis, because he'd say, Peyton, we're playing in the RCA dome this week. There's no chance of rain. I'm like, you never know. You never know. It's ritual at this point. Anyway, we do that for eight years, right?