Peyton Manning Making Football Nerdy for Kids Too

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has an annoying habit of quickly getting his team to the line of scrimmage and then, for the remaining 40 seconds, he barks, stomps, flails, gesticulates, and generally looks like he's a strobe light away from having a seizure. All in an effort to confuse the defense while hopefully not confusing his teammates. Well, Mannings-in-training are paying attention:

"I ran into Todd Blackledge (last) summer at the Hall of Fame Game and Todd has four boys and he told me his oldest is playing Pop Warner quarterback, walking up and down the line, trying to emulate what Peyton does," says Archie Manning, Peyton's dad and a former NFL quarterback. "I get that a lot. It's a whole new Pop Warner fad Peyton's created now."

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: The NFL needs more Mannings. Sure, guys like Chad Johnson and Steve Smith are exciting to watch and their touchdown celebrations were swell. At least until the owners, after a matinee viewing of "Footloose" at the winter meetings, 86ed dancing altogether. And while I don't agree with the new rule, if the NFL is inundated with Peyton clones in the near future, trust me, dancing is the absolute last thing you'll want to see after a touchdown. Think Tucker Carlson, but worse.