Regardless of your feelings about Peyton....

[Chiefshrink]

you have to give him props that he is one committed tough SOB. After you read this article and realize how far Peyton has come, you also realize how much Elway did not want to be stuck with Tebow and how "chancy" it was to give Manning an opportunity. Great read and sheds some light on many things and especially why the cold bothers him so much more now. I posted the first page from the article and the link below to read the rest of the story.


Peyton Manning on his neck surgeries rehab — and how he almost didn’t make it back

By Sally Jenkins, Published: October 21

At first, when Peyton Manning woke up from the anesthesia, he was relieved: The pain in the neck that he had lived with for years was gone. As he came to, he stirred in the hospital bed, took stock of his misery-free condition, and started to push himself upright. Then it happened — his right arm buckled beneath him. Surprised, he struggled again to sit up, and at that moment, he understood his career was in jeopardy.

It was May 2011, and Manning had checked into Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for surgery on a herniated disc, a tear in the protective ring in his neck that had undermined his performance after 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. The procedure was supposed to fix it, but now when he pushed himself up in bed, his right triceps was unable to bear his weight. Trying to contain his alarm, the most eminent quarterback in the NFL asked his surgeon what had happened to his arm. The surgeon explained that the disc had been pressing on a nerve. It would take some time for the irritation to subside, and for the nerve and muscle to come back alive.

But two weeks later, Manning’s arm still felt weak. By this time he noticed that the grip strength in his hand also appeared to be affected. “If any other part of your body has some weakness you go, ‘Well I can probably manage,’” Manning says. “But when you’re a quarterback and it’s your right hand, you’re certainly concerned far as being able to do your job.” His doctors discovered that he had re-herniated the disc, and Manning returned to the hospital for a second surgery, this one in virtual secrecy.

While he waited to heal, Manning largely disappeared from public view, unwilling to let anyone see his arm in such feeble condition. “I wasn’t just going to throw with anybody around watching,” he says. “I was guarded and protective.” The NFL was in the midst of a four-month labor lockout, which meant he couldn’t use the Colts’ facilities or trainers, so he looked for a place to rehab unobserved. His old college friend Todd Helton, then a first baseman with the Colorado Rockies, suggested he come out to Denver where he could work out secretly and get treatment from the Rockies’ trainers, who were accustomed to dealing with arms.

The first pass Manning threw post-surgery was to Helton, and they were so concerned with privacy that they went to an underground batting cage beneath the Rockies’ stadium. Helton took up a position about 10 yards away and held out his hands. Manning reared back, and threw.

“The ball nose-dived after about five yards,” Manning says.

It didn’t even make it halfway to Helton before it hit the ground. Helton burst out laughing — he thought Manning was joking.

“C’mon, quit kidding,” he said.

“Man, I wish I was,” Manning said.

‘I had to relearn’ how to throw

It’s always been an interesting question what Peyton Manning was given and what he acquired for himself. At this point, 37 years old, with a zipper scar on his neck, stoop-shouldered and slack-armed compared to his youth, it’s safe to conclude that his inherited genetic gifts are the least of him. Even in shoulder pads he is lank and relatively unmuscled next to younger specimens, and with his shirt off, well, he’s no Gatorade commercial.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...c3e_story.html

[RealSNR]

Too gay/reeruned/shitty/stupid/boring/worthless/uninteresting/vile/fetid; didn't read

[-King-]

Couldn't give a shit.

[the Talking Can]

my heart breaks for a millionaire rehabbing his throwing arm

[Simply Red]

Honestly - I really like him - Although I can't now - but he seems like pretty solid people.

[Iconic]

He's one of the best QB's that has ever played the game of football. We are literally watching history. So from that stand point, of course I give him props.

[Bewbies]

Any updates on the growth of his forehead?

[Baby Lee]

Can you blame his neck?

Sputnik, spherical and pointy in places, and whatnot.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Not a **** given

[Mr_Tomahawk]

And what sort of response were you expecting from CP?

LOL.

[TLO]

Peyton Manning.

[RealSNR]

I hope Poe does to Peyton's neck when he did to Ben Tate's ribs

[-King-]

Panning Meyton

[Bewbies]

He's a donk. **** him.

[Bewbies]

Has Elway taught him how to eat oats and hay yet?