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BroncoWave
10-17-2013, 12:01 PM
This article mostly deals with his days in Indy, but gives some pretty good insight into how meticulous his preparation is.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--football-thursday--colts-can-tell-you-how-really-meticulous--obsessive-peyton-manning-can-get-034654197.html


March was when Peyton Manning embarked upon his review of the previous season, a laborious task that began on the first Monday of the month. This is when Manning arrived at the Indianapolis Colts' headquarters at 6:30 a.m., ready to lock himself in the offensive coach's meeting room with offensive coordinator Tom Moore and whichever quarterback coach the team had at that time. They clicked on the television, cued up the Colts' first offensive play of the season and tore it apart.

Did the play work? If not, why? Was it blocked right? Were the receivers in the best position? How about the running back? Did it turn into a sack? Manning HATED sacks. What could they do to prevent sacks?

They wrote all their thoughts about the season's first play on pads in front of them, always asking themselves: "How can we do this differently?" When they couldn't discuss the first play anymore they went to the second, dissecting it for every flaw. Then the third and the fourth and the fifth …