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Now that the Super Bowl is over, do you remember the NFL lockout? Me neither. Instead, I’ve been Tebowing about Tom Brady and Eli and Peyton Manning.
D.C. SPORTS BOG | Some skeptics have posited that Peyton Manning wouldn’t throw himself into the NFC East because his brother plays there. Mark Schlereth says balderdash.
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Now that the Super Bowl is over, do you remember the NFL lockout? Me neither. Instead, I’ve been Tebowing about Tom Brady and Eli and Peyton Manning.
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D.C. SPORTS BOG | Some skeptics have posited that Peyton Manning wouldn’t throw himself into the NFC East because his brother plays there. Mark Schlereth says balderdash.”
The wonder boy of last offseason is on the radio again, and again looking forward to his next opportunity.”
Old friends John Feinstein and Jason LaCanfora agree: he wouldn’t.”
ESPN analyst says the objections of his former colleague Joe Theismann are ‘silly.’”
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COLUMN | If the Redskins really want to build a winner, they need to groom their own quarterback, not bring in Peyton Manning.
COLUMN | If the Colts make Peyton Manning available, Dan Snyder should do what he does best: Pay up.
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