Marshall Manning Throwing at the Pro Bowl

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perico said:
He needs to follow his own path. I would welcome him with open arms, but Peyton is the last Manning whose footsteps I would want to follow in. Archie would be difficult. Eli was a great college QB and NFL HOFer in his own right, but Peyton's shadow is so big when it comes to the Vols. It got downright creepy at times. Peyton deserves a statue and pedestal, no doubt, but his success here put expectations on every single pocket passing QB that followed. Whether it was Clausen, Ainge, or whatever, every nice completion was compared to Peyton by some announcer or fans (or Coach Fulmer saying every young QB reminded him of Peyton). It was over the top hero worship in some cases. Don't get me wrong, I love Peyton and am so grateful that he is a VFL, but he was a once in a lifetime player here, and the game has changed so much at this level.

If I were in that position, I would just let my kid go where he is most comfortable and be happy if he chose Tennessee, but aware that it might not be the best place for him to grow as a person and football player.
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Like Eli at Ole Miss 😉
If Coach Cutt had been at Ole Miss so would Peyton most likely.
I don't see the kid coming to Tennessee but again it's not anything new to follow in Dad's footsteps.
FYI, I predicted Arch would be a Texas Longhorn as a highschool junior long before he visited anywhere.
I recall people telling me I was nuts then.
 
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BornAndRaisedVOL! said:
Zero chance he ends up here. Would you want to go to a school where you will be expected to be Peyton 2.0?

I think expectations will be high anywhere he goes but with our fan base, they will be off the charts if he comes here.
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Dude, Arch Manning who is only a nephew, has crazy expectations. Being the actual son of Peyton, the expectations will be astronomically higher no matter where he goes.
 
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Stoked said:
Dude, Arch Manning who is only a nephew, has crazy expectations. Being the actual son of Peyton, the expectations will be astronomically higher no matter where he goes.
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And yet higher at UT. It can be true that all the saunas are hot.. but one is hotter than the rest and likely to burn you. Peyton's son going to say anywhere but Ole Miss or UT would have high pressure but those people would not be invested. There aren't streets with his last name or statues of his father on campus. It's a totally different kind of pressure.
 
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pimo1 said:
And yet higher at UT. It can be true that all the saunas are hot.. but one is hotter than the rest and likely to burn you. Peyton's son going to say anywhere but Ole Miss or UT would have high pressure but those people would not be invested. There aren't streets with his last name or statues of his father on campus. It's a totally different kind of pressure.
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This was my whole point.
 
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How old is Mannings kid? Like 12 or 13?

Kid may not even want to play football and Peyton doesn't really seem like the type to force his kid into something like that.

Why not wait until he is at least playing in high school to get the Heisman campaign going?
 
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stolitonic said:
How old is Mannings kid? Like 12 or 13?

Kid may not even want to play football and Peyton doesn't really seem like the type to force his kid into something like that.

Why not wait until he is at least playing in high school to get the Heisman campaign going?
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Pretty sure he's 13yo/7th grade (same age as one of mine)
 
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Volanta said:
Does coaches son play ball? Didn’t know that
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I have no idea. He probably hasn’t been old enough to play middle school ball yet.

Peyton Manning wasn’t allowed to play by his parents until he was in the 7th grade. 13 is when many kids begin playing football.
 
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utvolpj said:
Pretty sure he's 13yo/7th grade (same age as one of mine)
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Cool. Still too young to be worried about someones future in football.

Hell 13 year old me was sure I was destined for the MLB HOF. Didn't quite work out that way.

Let the kid at least get into high school and see if he likes the game before writing his future. He may very well decide it is not for him

Arch may not have had as much pressure on him because he is Coopers kid, but can you imagine the stress Peyton or Elis kids will be under? Hell, Brady's oldest kid is probably about high school age as well.
 
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adam.vol said:
I have no idea. He probably hasn’t been old enough to play middle school ball yet.

Peyton Manning wasn’t allowed to play by his parents until he was in the 7th grade. 13 is when many kids begin playing football.
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I started at 5 inflag football. We still wore helmets and the usual hip, butt, thigh,and knee pads
 
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stolitonic said:
How old is Mannings kid? Like 12 or 13?

Kid may not even want to play football and Peyton doesn't really seem like the type to force his kid into something like that.

Why not wait until he is at least playing in high school to get the Heisman campaign going?
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Exactly....I was thinking we may not even WANT to extend a scholarship offer. A lot can change during those formative high school years.
 
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