Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is having an MVP-type 2009 season. At the halfway point, he’s first in the National Football League in completion percentage (70.6), second in passing yards (2,545) and touchdown passes (16), and third in overall passer rating (105.2). Most importantly, his team is still undefeated at 8-0. This afternoon, he made some long-term noise by becoming the first quarterback in any decade to pass for 40,000 yards. Peyton was 34-of-50 passing for 318 yards and one touchdown as the Colts beat the Houston Texans 20-17.
Speaking of decades, Peyton now only needs three touchdown passes to become …read more

My two favorite quarterbacks of all-time are Fran Tarkenton and Brett Favre. And one is getting national headlines by talking trash about the other. Can’t we all just get along? One day after Brett “un-unretired” and became a member of the Minnesota Vikings (Fran’s old team, of course), Fran went off about his displeasure with Brett’s return to the NFL.
In two separate interviews today (ESPN and Sirius NFL Radio), Fran was in a foul mood:
“I really have no interest in what Brett Favre does. He kind of lost me a few years ago by retiring and un-retiring and here and …read more

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton was my original favorite professional football player. And he’s the reason why I became a Vikings fan at five-years-old. Fran greatly advanced the role of a mobile, scrambling quarterback in the National Football League. And while he never led the Vikes to a Super Bowl win, he did manage to play in three and has to be considered one of the best QBs to ever play the game. He’s in the Pro Football Hall of Fame to prove it.
Fran made his feelings about fellow quarterbacking legend Brett Favre public today, blasting Brett for being …read more

Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL
This month, my CE gave me the assignment of documenting my favorite childhood sports memory. Ok, a nice departure from the usual NFL news and interviews, but not an easy task, I thought, for I have many remembrances on- and off-the-field.
Sports has been a big part of my life as far back as I can remember. I played baseball, basketball and golf competitively and was pretty good at all three. My mom still has all my old newspaper clippings and trophies. But I’ll keep it football for the sake of EMQB and …read more