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Get To Know Peyton Manning’s Obsessive Genius

Peyton Manning is not normal. You probably already know this. And not in a “he-might-be-the-greatest-quarterback-ever” sense of being abnormal. More like, “he-watches-tape-every-waking-hour” type of strange. The dude’s a bit obsessed.

↵But Slate’s Stefan Fatsis details exactly how single-minded Peyton Manning is in his excellent profile of the Colts quarterback. Nuggets like this:

↵↵When Meadows left practice early to attend the birth of his second daughter, he says Manning asked why he couldn’t have babies in the offseason.

↵↵Check out the whole piece here.

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