Some things run in the family. Others don’t.
Over Archie Manning’s 14 years in the NFL, the longtime Saints quarterback rushed for 2,197 yards. His sons, Eli and Peyton, who combine for 30 seasons of experience (12 for the Giants’ signal-caller and 18 for his older brother, who now plays for the Broncos), make up nearly half that number with 1,135 yards combined on the ground.
But, as evidenced by football’s first family, there is more than one track to success at the position.
So when it came to the hallowed 40-yard dash growing up, the first and only set of brothers to win Super Bowl MVPs didn’t exactly get recruited based on their speed.