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Originally Posted by Cassel>Manning
Manning is also among the greatest of all time. And John Elway was in much worse shape at age 36 than Manning is, nobody got beat up more than Elway and Elway had some of his best years at the ages of 37 and 38.
QB's nowadays - especially pocket passers like Manning - can play at a high level into their 40's because of how the league protects the QB.
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Elway had a MUCH MUCH better supporting cast at that time.
Despite the hate on the guy Favre could have been the toughest SOB to ever step foot on the football field. Do you really think Manning could handle at 30 what Favre did at 40?