Our story begins here, in St. Louis, when the Clark Kents in the press box watched the man in Superman’s outfit and wondered if he was Clark Kent, too.
Wearing his intimidating 18 on his chest, Peyton Manning, superhero, was suppressed. Emasculated. Regular. Shoot, Shaun Hill looked more like Peyton Manning that day than Peyton Manning. It was Nov. 16, 2014, just 14 months ago, and the Rams stymied the then-7-2 Broncos, who scored just seven points.
I was there. Worked in Denver at the time. And against a 3-6 Rams team, Manning was just a man.