Word: ely
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...royal brothers talk about during the NFL season? Peyton Manning, the record-breaking quarterback for the game's most dominant team, the Indianapolis Colts, avoids evangelism. "I kind of let him ask me any questions before I give him advice," says Peyton, 29, of his discussions with younger brother Eli, 24, the second-year quarterback for the New York Giants. "He's got his coaches, and he's learning from his experience. What are you going to tell somebody? 'Hey! This team is fast.' He knows that...
According to Eli, however, Peyton is not above espionage. "He's been asking a lot of questions," says Eli. "I think he knows we play [against each other] next year-- he's getting too specific with things. I think he's taking notes, so I have to be careful now." Any chance Peyton might be prepping for an earlier Manning matchup, Super Bowl XL this February in Detroit? Eli winces, sidestepping the question as he would a blitzing linebacker. "Aw. I don't know...
...ignominy of leading the New Orleans team in the 1970s and early '80s, when the Saints were nicknamed the Aints. The brothers "both have tremendous ability to see the field," says David Cutcliffe, the offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee when Peyton starred there in 1994-97 and Eli's head coach at the University of Mississippi in 2000-03. "Their brains work so quick it's unbelievable. What occurs in 3.2 seconds, it takes them 25 seconds to tell you what went through their minds--to verbalize it. I've never been around anybody like those...
Despite their similar looks, strong arms and size (both are almost 6 ft. 5 in., Peyton a broader 230 lbs.), the Mannings offer a study in contrasts: Perfectionist Peyton vs. Easy Eli. "They're pretty different across the board," says Cooper Manning, 31, the eldest brother, an institutional equity broker whose promising football career was cut short by spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the spinal canal) before his freshman year at Ole Miss. "You can always see Peyton just grinding it the whole time. He's so intense, it's impossible to ignore. And with Eli, there's such...
...play, never finishing better than 4-3 in the league during that stretch. If the Bulldog faithful are content with 5-5 or 6-4 records and third-place finishes in the league, then Siedlecki has proven that he is the man for the job. If the sons of Eli ever want to celebrate the big win over Harvard or Penn—against whom Yale is 2-10 in the past six seasons—and another Ivy title, however, it might be time to look a different direction...