Peyton Manning Drops Truth Bomb On The Patriots

Peyton Manning made history with each and every performance on the field, and fans will still remember his rivalry with the New England Patriots. Rivalries make great friends, right?

Manning has nothing but great words for the Patriots head coach. Belichick respects the signal-caller, too. He even said that Manning was the best quarterback he has ever coached against. Manning earned words of praise from the legendary head coach. He and Bill Simmons talked about this recently.

“I remember talking with the 49ers, talking with Seattle and talking to the Cardinals, and the whole recurring theme in my mind, I’m just an AFC guy,” Manning told Simmons. “I think I should stay in the AFC. You’d think it’d be, ‘Please get away from the Patriots, go play in the NFC.’ I don’t know, if you’re going to play in the Super Bowl, you’re going to have to go through New England, so might as well play them in the AFC championship every year.

“New England had a little role in my decision to go to Denver.”

Peyton Manning gave the Patriots a big headache

Manning doesn’t want reporters to ask Belichick anything that’s related to him.

“When you get a compliment from Bill Belichick, it means something. He’s not really impressed by a lot of things,” Manning said. “I remember sitting on a bus with him at a Pro Bowl and I love hearing about the old days when he’s a d-coordinator. What was it like (facing) Joe Montana. He’s like, ‘You’ve got Jerry Rice on these short drag routes, how hard is it to complete it to him.’ How about Jim Kelly in the K Gun? ‘You’ve got Thurman (Thomas).’

“Don’t ever ask Belichick what he thinks of me because I don’t want to hear it. It’s not that hard when you’ve got Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison.”

Manning and Tom Brady were rivals on the field. They both won a lot of games, but also suffered some major losses. TB12 is the best quarterback to ever play the game.

Brady left the New England Patriots to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He won a Super Bowl in his first year with the team. The quarterback will try to play similar game in the upcoming season. He is coming to Foxboro to meet his former coach.