During the 2002-03 NFL playoffs, Peyton Manning vastly underestimated a New York Jets home crowd. Two decades later, he doesn’t appear to have learned his lesson.
Manning and recording artist Luke Bryan jabbed the Jets during a monologue at Wednesday’s Country Music Awards in Nashville, invoking CMA mainstay and current pop sensation Taylor Swift in the process. The hosting duo unfavorably compared Jets fans to Swift’s devoted fanbase, which packed NFL stadiums during her ongoing “Eras Tour.” Manning and Bryan accused Gang Green supporters of being unable to do the same.
“Luke, you know the difference between Taylor Swift and the New York Jets?