Charles Pierce’s column about Peyton Manning is worth considering because of the reasons why he believes Peyton should hang it up — for his health’s sake.
Right now, his fingertips are numb and he can’t get out of anyone’s way on the field. Peyton Manning is gambling against fearsome odds, and he’s using his future for chips as certainly as his brother Cooper would have done if he’d continued to suit up for the Rebels. He is not the “exception that proves the rule,” which is good, because there aren’t any.
