No, Peyton Manning’s arm isn’t as strong as it used to be.
But he’s no Timmy Lupus, either.
The Broncos quarterback was asked Wednesday if a pair of long throws he made last week were a result of some of the increased agility work he was doing.
“You guys are getting so desperate here,” Manning said, via Nicki Jhabvala of the Denver Post. “I had like these big throws and it almost reminds me of ‘The Bad News Bears’ when Buttermaker was trying to encourage his team when they’re really bad. He asked whoever kept the stats — I can’t remember if it was Rudi or whatever — he said, ‘Come on guys, get me the stats. Look on the bright side. Two of our runners have almost reached first base and we did hit 17 foul balls. That’s the spirit.’
“Well, two good throws in there. I’ll take it. Hey, I love it. I’m just going to keep trying to hit foul balls and almost reach first base. Maybe we’ll get on base on some point and get going.”
Other than confusing Rudi Stein and Ogilvie, that’s a pretty solid pull of a movie that was made the year Manning was born (1976).
And the next time his elbow gets sore, he can stick it in the bucket of cold beers Gary Kubiak/Morris Buttermaker keeps in the dugout.
