Bobby Orr’s Blackhawks Career Could Be Warning For Peyton Manning In Denver Boston

Bobby Orr’s Blackhawks Career Could Be Warning For Peyton Manning In Denver

March 20, 2012 12:00 AM

" BOSTON (CBS) — By all accounts, Peyton Manning will be introduced officially as a Denver Bronco on Tuesday afternoon, the recipient of a shiny, new contract worth $96 million over five years. By many accounts, the soon-to-be-36-year-old will be his old self, and he’ll take the 8-8 Broncos to the next level, leading them to Super Bowl glory and allowing John Elway to rid his franchise of young phenom Tim Tebow.

To that, it’s important for everyone to take a long, deep breath of Mile High air and remember that this might not work out.

For one, there is the fact that Manning is old and has not played in the NFL for a year. Any quarterback at any age struggles to get re-acclimated to the speed of the game, and that only gets harder with age. Then there are the stats, which have been the most underreported aspect of the Manning hysteria. Manning was still great in 2009 and ’10, but he also threw 33 interceptions in that two-year span. The 16 and 17 picks he threw in those years were his highest totals since 2001, not-so-subtle indications of the beginning of his decline "

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