Nobody can convince me Peyton choked the last time he went to New England. The turning point was obviously DRC getting hurt at the end of the first half. That game was like ours at Philadelphia - a turnover frenzy followed by a defensive back being knocked out in the first half, then the defense imploded without one of its star players. But if you ask Wes Welker, he will blame himself because of a botched fair catch attempt in overtime. Anyone who tries to call Peyton a choker for losing last year did not watch the game and is just hating on him.

 

Something weird came out of that game. All night Manning tightened his right glove before the snap. When Michele Tafoya explained why he did that, I thought he will never wear that glove again. The next week, he started wearing only his right glove instead of only the left as I expected. He is still doing that.

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