Though others have eclipsed him in some sections of the record book, Peyton Manning’s stamp on the NFL is very much a thing of 2021 and beyond.
Manning, the quarterback whose meticulous attention to detail helped turn the 21st-century gridiron into a chessboard on turf, was awarded his spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in his first year of eligibility.
The son of Saints legend Archie and brother of two-time Super Bowl champion Eli will be joined this year in Canton, Ohio, by another first-ballot lock, defensive back Charles Woodson, who beat out Manning for the Heisman Trophy in 1997 and then spent nearly two decades trying to stop him.