Peyton Manning was never going to run away from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rush. Especially late in his career with the Denver Broncos. So using the football IQ he was known for, he decided a new technique. Slide like he was giving up on the play, pop back up, and make the Steelers’ pay.
On Monday night’s Manning Cast joined by brother Eli, Bill Belichick, and Lawrence Taylor, Manning brought up that play.
“It’s called playing possum!” Manning said to Taylor during the telecast. “You stay down just long enough. Count one-thousand one, one-thousand to, you get up and hit a comeback on the Steelers.