Peyton Manning Compares Career to Toby Keith Song

Faced with the prospect of sitting at a podium for an hour on Media Day at Super Bowl 50, Manning was locked into getting questioned about his potential retirement in the wake of comments to Bill Belichick about his “last rodeo”.

“The Brady-Manning discussion was over, I think, like five years ago”, Freeman told NESN.com’s Michaela Vernava on Tuesday on Super Bowl Radio Row.

Manning has posted an 6-11 record in head-to-head matchups against New England quarterback Tom Brady during his 18-year career.

It might be the most asked question as Super Bowl 50 approaches.

“That was not pre-planned”. The Denver Broncos quarterback added, “Sometimes you just want to tell someone something man to man – it’s better than via text or a handwritten letter or seeing them at a banquet. But I understand this really could be it and I wanted to tell both of them I really have enjoyed these games”, Manning said. It’s been a part of my football life. But just in case we don’t, I took the time to look them in the eye, man-to-man, shook their hands and I’m glad that I did it because it was important to me that they knew that.

“Hey, Brady’s gonna play till he’s 70, Belichick’s gonna coach till he’s 90”. I honestly think that having a little time off to heal my foot maybe helped some other parts. I know him. And he is a very, very good guy. The Seahawks disastrously bypassed Lynch in favor of throwing the ball on their final offensive play of last year’s Super Bowl. The Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos will battle it out at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

For the next six weeks Manning rehabbed an aching foot injury (plantar fasciitis) and unconfirmed upper-body injuries, before returning after halftime to rally the Broncos to a win over San Diego in the January 3 regular-season finale.