John Elway: Peyton still has plenty left

John Elway was a year older than Peyton Manning when he retired, and he had just come off back-to-back Super Bowls. But Elway says Manning could still go for a couple of years, according to the Boston Globe, saying he's "young."

“I still think he’s young and he’s playing well. That’s going to come down to Peyton. It’s going to come down to what he wants to do.

“Having been a football player before, when you leave this game, you want to leave it on your last leg, and try not to leave anything on the table.”

Peyton is 37 right now, and coming off the record setting season in 2013 that saw him throw for 55 TD passes and 5,477 yards, but he still only has 1 Super Bowl ring and 8 1 & done in the postseason appearances in his career.

Elway said every player who is a competitor, like Manning, wants to finish on top like he did, according to the Boston Globe. I don't know if winning a Super Bowl will affect Manning's decision or not, but Elway is correct in saying going out on top is a lot sweeter.

“Anybody that’s a competitor, that’s kind of the way they want to leave the game,” Elway said. “I was just fortunate to be able to be on two great football teams and be able to win world championships when my last leg broke.”

But before Manning decides on whether he wants to retire, he has to face off against fellow future Hall of Famer, Tom Brady for the right to play in the Super Bowl. Should he be so fortunate to be playing in New York, he has to play either the Seattle Seahawks or the San Francisco 49er's for the Lombardi Trophy. Both teams feature really tough defenses and promising young quarterbacks. At this point, Manning and the Broncos have about as much chance as anyone left in the playoffs to win the Super Bowl, which is to say he has a 1/4 chance at the Lombardi Trophy.

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