Venting on Manning

So as an ex-high school quarterback who played the game a lot like Peyton Manning, you'd think I'd like the guy and be cheering for him. But nope. I can't stand the guy. He's my 'most hated' player in pro sports right now. In the past that guy has been Christian Laettner, Charles Barkley, and the entire University of Miami.

He's too whiny. He's too tightly wound. He's too distanced from his teammates. He's too fakey in commercials. He's just overall too annoying. Sure, he's pretty good, but not the good that makes me want to watch and cheer for him. I'd rather root for Vick, Pennington, Kitna, Palmer, Carr and Favre than him (and I'm a Vikings fan, so that's saying something).

Now he finally has his Super Bowl ring. Can we stop talking about him now? There's nothing left to say. He's a guaranteed first ballot HOF'er. No doubt one of the top 3 statistical QB's ever (Favre and Marino) I'm just sick of listening to Madden and Simms get all teary eyed yapping about him and talking about his prep.

Don't get me wrong, I really really really dislike the other side, the guys like "Tank" Johnson who never saw a sandwich or firearm (or drug) that he didn't like. But Manning is too far on the opposite end of the spectrum. My kind of guy is the Robert Smith type. Smart, but still cool enough to fit in with the rest of the guys. Anyway. Stupid Manning.