Eli senses it’s the end: Peyton should ‘go out on top’

Peyton and Eli Manning after a 2013 game.For so long, Big Brother Peyton Manning was the prototypical NFL quarterback, this big, strapping throwing machine destined for greatness. Everyone, Little Brother included, wanted to Be Like Peyton. Every coach, except for Bill Belichick, trembled when The Sheriff swaggered into town. And Little Brother beamed with pride the night Big Brother won that Super Bowl in the rain in Miami.

Little Brother had no idea, of course, that Big Brother would not win another Super Bowl. Would lose his next two. And would watch proudly as Little Brother beat Tom Brady twice in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.

So here we are now, Big Brother is 39 years old, with an arm…