KC Joyner is pretentious "blogger," hates Peyton Manning

Do you actually watch football?

First off, didn’t I read this article a couple years ago? Are you just copy and pasting everything now?

Secondly, this is a dumb, not to mention inaccurate, list.

1) Pre-Snap Movement: You say Favre has been just as successful as Manning over the years without the pre-snap gestures, except, of course, he hasn’t. Look up their stats, wins, etc., for this decade, and you will see this. You can’t exactly give yourself the title of “Football Scientist” if you don’t know how to compare two player’s stats.

And, if you would interview any player who has ever played against Manning, you’ll realize those “histrionics” are extremely effective.

2) Pouting on the field when things don’t go well: Name one player who doesn’t pout when things don’t go well. That’s just stupid. Brady get’s caught on camera throwing a water bottle to the ground at a teammate’s feet and he is praised for his fire. Manning puts his head down, runs off the field and looks at game photos of the play, and he’s pouting. That’s just insane.

3) Throwing his teammates under the bus after a loss: Just doesn’t and hasn’t happened. You’re making it up. I know you’re referring to the loss against the Steelers a couple years ago in the playoffs when Manning had absolutely zero time to throw the ball all day because of so much pressure put on by the Steelers’ D. After the game, Manning was the first player, like always, into the press conference where he answered every question honestly – unlike some players who skip out after a tough loss…cough, cough, Tom Brady. Every reporter was asking Manning about the play of his offensive line. Finally, he told them that “yeah… there were problems with protection.” But he specifically said he WASN’T going to throw any one under the bus and trying to be a good teammate.

Only in your reality is that “throwing a teammate under the bus.”

4 & 5) You’re pretty much saying that he’s too smart, too well spoken and too successful. You’ve got to be kidding me.

6) And here you’re blaming him for being born. Tom Brady didn’t necessarily “over come” many obstacles, either. (You really don’t watch football, do you?) He was a great starting QB at Michigan. Was drafted late for God knows why. And then sat on the bench until Bledsoe got hurt. He had great success when he finally got to play. But you’re saying people will never like anyone who is a top ten draft pick. Have you ever heard of John Elway? Berry Sanders? LT? Walter Payton!? You’re just making stuff up to get to ten, aren’t you?

7) This makes me believe you voted for Bush twice, didn’t you. God you’re dumb.

8) If he let himself get the crap beat out of him like Trent Green or Steve Young late in his career, you’d consider him a better QB? Again, you’re dumb.

9) You realize the Colts are the only team to have won a Super Bowl in the pouring ran. Remember who was the MVP of that game? Again, you have to actually watch football if you want to write about it.

10) This is the one that really ticked me off. This should make you ashamed of yourself. Manning gave his name to Indy’s children’s hospital. His Peyback Foundation has given hundred’s of thousands of dollars to the communities of Indianapolis, Knoxville and New Orleans every year since its founding.

When Louisiana was hit by Hurricane Katrina, the Manning family chartered a plane full of water and supplies to help those who had just lost their homes and whose lives had been destroyed. He doesn’t get arrested for drunk driving or having too much fun in shady hotel rooms with various “models” and he isn’t followed and indirectly praised by paparazzi and journalists (like you) for dumping his pregnant girlfriend to date a super model.

He plays the game the right way on the field and, more importantly, conducts himself the right way off the field, too.

If you want to know why he isn’t seen as highly as he should be by those who follow football, it’s because of journalist like you and articles like this. You can’t find anything wrong with the guy, so you take his strengths and try to turn them into weaknesses – that’s a political tactic, too.

I feel sorry for you, because ten years from now, when he’s done playing, you’re going to realize how wrong you were and how there’s no one else like Manning playing the game. And you will have missed your opportunity to appreciate and enjoy him for what he is: One of the best QBs to have played the game, and quite possibly the best role model the NFL has ever had.