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Denver Native (Carol)
09-16-2014, 02:21 PM
Peyton Manning is a normal guy.

That's no newsflash. Just about every article about the future Hall of Famer mentions his genuine interest and concern for everyone around him — whether it's a defensive lineman who's trying to sack him, a stadium employee or the guy who mows his lawn.

It's that character trait that prompted me to write a guest commentary in The Denver Post last February defending the quarterback's "legacy" that so many football critics were suddenly abandoning because the Broncos got walloped in the Super Bowl.

It's also that character trait that has continued to set him apart from so many others. The past couple weeks have been a sobering reminder of that, as NFL headlines were dominated by storylines from Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, and players missing games because they were supsended for substance abuse or performancing-enhancing-drug violations.

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