NFL 2014

[Donovan]

I have a disturbing and unfounded thought that Peyton Manning will not finish the year. Don't know if retirement or injury will do it, but my gut feeling is that this was his swansong. If I was a betting man I'd say he over does it in response to his "choke" critics and either tanks the season or gets hurt.

Now aren't you just a ray of sunshine?

Nah, just a realist. Peyton jacked up their last run by throwing that godawful forced pass across the body into traffic etc. It's how the guy does when he's under pressure. The Seahawks demonstrated just how effective that can be. Two years, two playoff runs, two humiliating defeats due to defensive pressure. So I foresee a WHOLE lot of qb pressure situations next year...and a whole lot of falling down for grampaw Manning.