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Peyton Manning even did wet ball drills before Colts home games. 'There might be a leak in the dome.'

Peyton Manning was a creature of habit. That meant that every few weeks, he and center Jeff Saturday would practice with wet footballs — even if the Colts were going to play in the RCA Dome or Lucas Oil Stadium.

“About once every three weeks, Jeff Saturday and I did a wet ball drill, where we were taking snaps with a ball covered with water. Jeff hated it,” Manning said in “Super Bowl Blueprints: Hall of Famers Reveal the Keys to Football's Greatest Dynasties,” a book co-authored by Bill Polian and Vic Carucci. “He just thought it was annoying and irritating because he got soaking wet.