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Daily Mirror
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Charlie Wilson

NFL coach's ruthless reason behind Peyton Manning's quarterback backups lack of practice

As a coach when you have a quarterback, who has a strong case of being the greatest of all-time, you're not going to be overly thrilled about the prospect of not playing him.

And that's exactly what the Indianapolis Colts were thinking when they had Peyton Manning - who hadn't missed a game throughout the first 13 years of his career.

Manning had hardly given his back-up a slither of an opportunity - only coming out of the game and giving them reps when the Colts had an unassailable lead over their opponents.

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