John Elway wants Peyton Manning to leave the game of football the same way in which he did—with a Super Bowl win.
Speaking with Les Shapiro at the JCC Sports Hall of Fame Breakfast on Thursday morning, Elway conveyed his desire for Manning to exit the NFL on top of the world.
“He understands the idea and what my focus is, and that’s trying to win a World Championship and obviously with him being 39-years-old, that’s his focus too,” Elway said, via the team’s website. “I told him this: I appreciate him coming to Denver and playing and finishing his career in Denver and I feel obligated to him as much as I do the Broncos is to try to figure out a way to let him walk away into the sunset with a World Championship.