Eli Manning Was Peyton’s Third Favorite Quarterback

Typical big brother

Here’s just another way in which I, a 5'9" sportswriter, and Peyton Manning, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, are different: only one of us considers Eli Manning our favorite football player.

For basically as long as I’ve been able to understand the rules of football, Eli Manning has been the starting quarterback of my favorite team. His first season came when I was 12 years old and his last came when I started noticing one or two gray hairs in my beard.

With Eli set to officially announce his retirement at a press conference Friday afternoon, Peyton gave a lengthy interview to the Broncos’ website about his brother’s career.

Peyton looked back on some of Eli’s…