Mandatory Manning: #18 - #15

It's almost 3 weeks before the '08-'09 NFL Season starts opening Thursday, September 4th with the 'Skins at the Giants. Colts will open the season on Sunday Night Football on the 7th against their defeated Super Bowl XLI opponent Bears in the new Lucas Oil Stadium. I can't wait to see what happens this year. Brady and the Pats have been defeated by a Manning the last 2 years, although it's a slim chance the Giants will return to the promised land we'll wait and see if the Manning Bowl will ever occur - Peyton's not getting any younger. Peyton's still rehabbing that knee after having the infected bursa sac removed and should be ready for the season opener. I'm really hoping he'll surpass Favre's consecutive game record - whenever #4 wants to retire! Anyways, in anticipation of the new season, I'm going to be posting the top 18 Peyton commercials leading up to the season opener. Peyton's been the poster boy for the NFL and has definitely been the most advertised athlete as of late. He's also got the skills, records, and a title to warrant having his face on everything. So here goes with #18 - #15:

#18 - Manning Family Reading PSA - Public service announcement features the 3 Manning quarterbacks as well as the rarely shown older brother Cooper with an actual utterance, who never made it to the pros but was a big impact on Peyton's life and the reason for the #18 Colts jersey - if you remember Peyton was #16 when playing with the Vols.




#17 - NFLSHOP.COM: Mannings Make Breakfast - The Manning QB's use teamwork to achieve everyday tasks. How would a huddle of 3 quarterbacks really work?




#16 - Gatorade 'Big Heads' Commercial - Sports stars Kevin Garnett, Dwayne Wade, Jennie Finch, and Derek Jeter join Peyton in a commercial placing their heads on kids bodies, transforming them into live bobblehead dolls. The funny part about this commercial is that Peyton already has a huge head, this commercial doesn't add to that at all!




#15 - Gatorade Fierce: 'Gladiator' - Older commercial for Peyton, before he was really portrayed as humorous. Definitely high in production value, taking on lions and bears. The only beef I have with the commercial is the use of all the fake Colts players. Fortunately, as the Colts have become more iconic as a team lately, other players have been featured in more recent commercials.