‘Omaha, oh yeah!’ The greatest Peyton Manning tribute. Ever.
Can’t get enough Peyton Manning? Neither can we.
We bask in the glory of the wobbly passes as much as we do the ageless greatness, the oversized forehead and the NFL records, the aww-shucks approach and the killer instinct.
It’s all Manning. And it’s all in this video — quite simply the most amazing one we’ve ever come across celebrating all things Peyton.
Watch it. Watch it again. Sing the song in the shower. You know you will.
No best tribute ever should be without the line: “Really tall (oh yeah!) / red forehead (oh yeah!) / His brothers (oh yeah!) / Papa John’s (oh yeah!)”
It sums up Manning better than any erudite longform feature ever could.
The second-greatest tribute for a football player ever? That’s certainly up for debate. But we’ll nominate one for a certain quarterback who happened to share the field with Manning on Sunday night.
Greatness has a weird way of attracting greatness.
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