I love football. I also manage people. Lots of people. I can tell you this...the older Manning is trying to hold on long enough to tie the better Manning...Eli. If the Bronco's accept him it will be for one reason. Elway wants someone to buddy around with. He wants to live through Manning. Manning will give Denver a 6 game winning season and be done by the end of the year. Mannings medical problems will just be compounded in the Denver altitude and he will be forced to sit out 40% of the year. A quarter here, a half there. John Elway needs to be more patient and work with Tim. Manning would be no help with Tim. Look at the record he had trying to coach his old team. I think Payton's time has come to move into the booth and call games for awhile, kind of like that old guy who never won a superbowl...Marino.