Lions Wish Manning Had Taken the Holiday
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Growing up in New Orleans, Peyton Manning watched Thanksgiving football on television and dreamed of playing in the annual game in Detroit.
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Bee Staff Writer. In keeping with his gentlemanly manner, Peyton Manning isn&#39;t the least bit smug as he approaches a possibly historic game tonight in Indianapolis.
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Peyton Manning added the missing  ingredient to his Hall of Fame credentials by leading the  Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in  Super Bowl XLI on Sunday.
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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning would rather talk about anything but himself. That isn't going to happen this week.
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The blame will fall, to a great extent, on Rex Grossman for the Chicago Bears' defeat in Super Bowl XLI, just as the MVP award for victory went undeservedly to Peyton Manning. That is the quarterback's lot, for good or ill. But Manning was not the MVP of the 29-17 victory, nor was Grossman the reason the Bears ...
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Peyton Manning threw six touchdown passes, setting a National Football League record with his fifth straight game with at least four TD tosses, as the Indianapolis Colts hammered the Detroit Lions 41-9 in U.S. Thanksgiving Day play in Detroit.
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Peyton Manning's Super Bowl  MVP honors last year provided the inspiration for younger  brother Eli to lead his team to the title game, the New York  Giants quarterback said on Thursday.
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&quot;All right, vacation&#39;s over,&quot; he told the Lions players Monday. &quot;Now, wire in. Go to work.&quot;. And, although he didn&#39;t say it, he might have included one more thought: Heal faster.
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The Giants might as well let Eli Manning start again next Saturday because they are not going anywhere anyway.
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It's usually easy to avoid Thanksgiving games, especially the early one. That's because Detroit is always involved and the Lions are what might be called "traditionally challenged" on a traditional day.
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When Peyton Manning breaks the single- season NFL record for passing touchdowns, an event that will likely occur this Sunday, I won&#39;t go nuts celebrating the man.
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PHOENIX, Arizona  - Peyton Manning's Super Bowl MVP honors last year provided the inspiration for younger brother Eli to lead his team to the title game, the New York Giants quarterback said on Thursday.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The day belonged to Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons. The New York Giants have every right to believe the future belongs to Eli Manning.
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Some quarterbacks take weeks to get comfortable in the NFL. Sometimes it takes several years. Yesterday it took Eli Manning a mere 30 minutes.
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The New Orleans Saints received a nice holiday present from the Atlanta Falcons, who decided to rest quarterback Michael Vick on Sunday.
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Eli Manning is behind schedule compared to his brother, Peyton, who set the family&#39;s standard for rookie quarterbacks in 1998 with the Indianapolis Colts.
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Former Colt and current Saints cornerback Justin David, above, and the rest of his new defensive teammates will be tasked with slowing down Peyton Manning and the defending Super Bowl champion Colts in the NFL season-opener Thursday.