Between Eli’s costly and inexplicable late-game brain cramp in Dallas and Peyton’s underwhelming display of weak-armed passing in Denver, it has been a rough week indeed for the Brothers Manning. And dare I say it, the worst may still be ahead.
If there is a tougher assignment for an NFL quarterback than the one Peyton Manning has drawn this week, I don’t know what it would be: A short-week road trip for a Thursday night game in the hostile environs of Kansas City’s home opener at Arrowhead Stadium, facing a Chiefs team that boasts Justin Houston and the league’s most disruptive and dangerous pass rush.