Mandatory Manning: #14 - #11

There's plenty of Peyton out there, a multitude of Manning commercials, and here's the next batch of the top 18 for #18. I'll have more the next 2 Sundays, a few honorable mentions that didn't make the cut on during the NFL season opener and the top 2 commercials before the Colts open the season at Lucas against the Bears on September 7th.





#14 X-Box - NFL Fever 2003 - This was in the days when EA didn't have the exclusive rights to NFL video games. Fever was Microsoft's NFL game and their cover boy every year for their short lived series was Peyton. The graphics were better than Madden at the time, but player models looked like they were pumped up with more 'roids than every slugger on the Mitchell Report combined. The mechanics of the game weren't realistic at all receivers never seemed to be able to catch and run routes at the same time, resulting in almost no YAC. Anyways, Peyton acting silly again.




#13 DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket - If I can recall, this is the first commercial I remember Peyton coming a little out of his shell early in his career and have a little less serious commercial. He's also able to poke a little fun at his "student/historian of the game" image.




#12 Master Card: 'Fan' Commercial 2 - These Master Card endorsements solidified Manning's humorous side (or his willingness to do anything for the almighty dollar) in commercials - Because there are some things money can't buy, and Peyton Manning endorsing whatever it is you're trying to sell isn't one of them.




#11 DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket - Unfortunately, as of this posting, I cannot find this commercial anywhere. I always thought this commercial was genious. Like the current ad campaign, where movie icons like Doc Brown, Ripley, or T-1000 would come out of character to advertise Direct TV, Manning came out from behind center to advertise NFL Sunday Ticket just before he's about to throw the memorable single season TD record to Brandon Stokely during the 2005 season.