Back in 2010, Peyton Manning was already a legend in Indianapolis. He had a Super Bowl ring and several records to his name. However, one neck injury flipped everything for him. After he missed the entire 2011 season, the Indianapolis Colts released him, ending a 13-year run that once felt untouchable. During that injury, belief in Peyton’s future faded so much that even his brother, Eli Manning, silently prepared for the worst.

“After that injury, he sat out a whole year,” Eli Manning said on Pardon My Take in October, looking back at the time he thought his brother’s football career was done. I remember back in New Orleans, it was Mardi Gras, and he was like, ‘Hey! Come out and throw with me. I just wanted to see something.’ And he was throwing.

“I was like, ‘There is zero chance y

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