The Peter King Podcast

Peyton Manning on hanging with Joe Namath, recreating the Immaculate Reception, and Elvis Presley's football league

07.17.2019 - By Peter King, NBC SportsPlay

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Peter King chats with the great Peyton Manning about his upcoming project "Peyton's Places" to celebrate the NFL's 100th season, and what the future holds.

-Peter riffs on the possibility of an 18-game season, CBA negotiations, and how quickly the new QBs can get up to speed (1:45)

-How a $50k investment back in the late 1920's led to the boom of the NFL (10:00)

-The origin behind the idea for "Peyton's Places", and spending time in a stadium that saw the first shotgun snap, a player running the wrong way, the first alley-oop pass, and where Dirty Harry was filmed (12:10)

-Watching back Super Bowl III with Joe Namath and trying on his old fur coat (13:15) and recreating the Immaculate Reception (14:30)

-Learning about Elvis Presley's full-blown football fanaticism, his own football league, and offensive playbook (18:05)

-What lies ahead for Peyton, whether he's been approached by NFL teams to run a franchise, and why he hates the word retirement (21:00)

-Why he loves watching Patrick Mahomes and why the Chiefs QB reminds him of John Elway (24:30)

-Finally, an update on Peter's Training Camp Tour (30:30)

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