Peyton Manning

Completions = 450  /  Attempts = 679  /  Completion% = 66.3%

Passing Yards = 4,700  /  TDs = 33  /  INTs = 17

Rush Attempts = 18  /  Rush Yards = 18  /  Rush TDs = 0

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2010 FANTASY STATISTICS

Total Fantasy Pts = 321.8

QB Rank = 3

Fantasy Pts/Game = 20.1

QB Fantasy Pts/Game Rank = 3

*Games Played = 16

In a league full of change and speculation, there's a couple things that are guaranteed to remain constant from season to season. Brett Favre gets older (but none-the-more wiser), Bill Belichick gets grumpier, and Peyton Manning gets better. One thing is for sure- it’s clear we’re in the midst of watching one of the greatest players the NFL has ever seen. Heck, the Sprint pitchman just won his NFL record 4th MVP Award! 

Entering his first season on record without his mainstay #1 receiver, Marvin Harrison, nobody quite knew what to expect from Manning.  Then, when his default #2 receiver, Anthony Gonzalez, suffered a season-ending injury in Week 1, the rest of the AFC let out collective sigh of relief thinking that they wouldn’t have to deal with Manning and Co. for the AFC crown.  Nevertheless, per usual, Peyton took on the role of Road Runner and foiled the Coyote’s plans.  The prematurity of relief transformed into dread as Manning once again led the Colts into the Super Bowl, setting records and turning guys like Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie into household names along the way.  After accomplishing what he did in 2009, under the direction of a rookie head coach no less, all doubts of his genius and mastery of the game were wiped away with an eraser the size of an Acme rocket.

These stats are despite sitting out 5 quarters in the last 2 games

~ Has not finished outside the Top-6 in fantasy points in any year this past decade

~ Ranked second in the league with 571 attempts despite sitting out 5 quarters in the last 2 games

~ Set career bests in completion percentage (68.8), completions (393), and sacks taken (10)

~ Tied a career best with 14 regular season wins

~ Set an NFL record by receiving his 4^th NFL MVP Award

~ Set an NFL record in regular season fourth quarter comeback wins with 7

~ Set an NFL record for most regular season wins by a starting QB in a decade (115)

~ Has led the Colts to 7 consecutive seasons with 12 or more wins

~ Led the Colts to the most consecutive regular season wins in NFL history (23, 2008-09)

If 2009 proved anything, it’s that Peyton Manning should never be considered outside the Top-5 fantasy QBs in the league, and he’ll continue that trend this coming year.  Another full off-season working with his young receivers should help them all to be that much better, and if Anthony Gonzalez comes back at anywhere near the level he played in 2008, the Colts and Manning will again be at the top of the heap in 2010.  Manning has averaged 4,177 yards and 30.5 TDs a season over his 12-year career, but we expect better numbers than that in what will be his lucky 13^th season.

~ The offensive line is as solid as it gets, and not much looks to change on that front

~ Losing in the Super Bowl has Manning as fired up as he’ll ever be to win the big one this year

~ Dallas Clark is coming off a career season and only looks to be getting better

~ With Anthony Gonzalez coming back, the Colts will have one of the better receiving corps in the league

Click here to read our OP ED article to find out who is better, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.

Manning does not have a Twitter account.  The official Team Twitter account comes through here:  Colts Player Tweets 

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Sound FX: Peyton Manning mic'd up

Tiger: "Hey Peyton, you want to come out whoring with Charles, Michael and me tonight?"

Peyton: "What's whoring?"

Tiger: "It's where we bang little white porn stars and waitresses."

Peyton: "I'm married Tiger."

Tiger: "So am I."

Peyton: "I have a Wheaties and Gatorade shoot tomorrow bro."

Tiger: "So do I."

Peyton: "Let me ask my Archie if he thinks its a good idea, I am supposed to watch some game film."

Tiger: "Ok, but it's fun as hell. These Vegas girls love to get dirty with rich and famous athletes."

Peyton Manning Saturday Night Live United Way Skit

Back in March of ’04, the Colts wisely locked up Mr. Manning for the next seven years at the bargain price of $99.2 million, including a $34.5 million signing bonus.  The remainder of that deal is as follows, though Peyton should be inking his name to an extension that will amount to the most massive contract in NFL history soon enough:

2010 - $15.8 million

2011 - $14 million (voidable year)

2012 - $14 million (voidable year)

2013 - Free Agent

It's tough to advocate anyone as a handcuff to Manning given his 12-year run without injury, but Curtis Painter would  be that guy if pressed.  Go ahead grab him in the last round or two if you have a slot open.

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Pro football players are typically pretty terrible actors, but Peyton Manning’s body of work is doing well to debunk that:

Such versatility.

Oh, and if you didn't catch it the first time above, this is probably the funniest skit ever made by a professional athlete:

SNL Skit

The Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza, the Coliseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, and now Peyton Manning. Okay that's a little bit of a stretch. The Great Wall wasn't really that great. But Manning has all the tools to become the 8th Wonder of the World. He's as strong as Hercules, has the vision of an eagle, the mind of Alexander the Great, and the charisma of Jerry Seinfeld. Wow. He reads defenses with the same precision President Obama reads a teleprompter.  Audibles, the hurry-up offense, game-prep, accuracy, arm-strength, footwork, clock management – there isn’t much that he doesn’t do well.  Did we mention that he can act?

So much range, so many faces, it’s overwhelming.   There can be only one Peyton Manning.

The numbers speak for themselves.  Manning has more records than Tiger Woods has women.

1.     Most seasons w/ at least 4,000 passing yards: 9 (1999-2004, 2006-2008)

2.     Most consecutive seasons w/ at least 4,000 passing yards: 6 (1999-2004)

3.     Most consecutive seasons w/ at least 25 TD passes: 11 (1998-2008; current)

4.     Most games w/ a perfect passer rating, career: 4 (includes 1 playoff game)

5.     Most consecutive games started to open a career by a QB (current): 176

6.     Highest passer rating, season: 121.1 (2004)

7.     Most consecutive games with at least 2 TD passes: 13 (games 1-13, 2004)

8.     Most consecutive games with at least 4 TD passes: 5 (games 7-11, 2004)

9.     Most games with at least 4 TD passes (season, 2004): 6 (tied with 1984 Marino)

10.   Most games with at least 5 TD passes, career: 7 (includes 1 playoff game)

11.   Highest career TDs/game average for any QB with at least 150 TDs: 1.90 TDs/game

12.   Highest career completions/game average (min. 100 games played): 21.7

13.   Most consecutive games with a rating over 100: 9 (games 5-13 of 2004 season; record tied by Carson Palmer, 2004-05 and Tom Brady, 2006-07)

14.   Most seasons with 12+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 7 (1999, 2003-2008)

15.   Only QB with at least 12 wins as a starter in 6 consecutive seasons (2003-2008)

16.   First QB to defeat the other 31 teams in the regular season (Tom Brady did this later the same day, and Brett Favre did it the following week)

He's also played 16 games every season since entering the league.  This list is merely a clip of his total collection. He has destroyed every QB Colt record there is and also holds many playoff records.

While this doesn't impact your fantasy season, and thus shouldn't influence the fact that he should be one of the first QBs off the board, we gotta mention Peyton's playoff vs. regular season numbers because frankly, they just don't seem to add up.  Yes, he beat Da Bears to get a ring in 2006, but shouldn't he have 5 by now?  His regular season record (131-61) is much better than his 9-9 playoff record, while his QB Rating in the playoffs of 84.6 is also well off of his regular season rating of 94.7.  In the regular season, he throws two TDs compared to every one interception, yet in the playoffs, it’s almost one for one.  Ok, we're done here.