If you read a lot of Broncos news on the internet you are bound to stumble across a ‘Peyton Manning is a Choker’ article from time to time. And I get why they are being written – as flawed and lazy as I might find these articles to be (mostly because it’s a team sport, not an individual one) – any fan of Peyton Manning or the Broncos obviously wishes his post-season record was better and that the Super Bowl had gone another way.

For Broncos fans, we just want to win the Super Bowl. Period. And if (I mean when) we do win the Super Bowl this year, no one will really care if Peyton Manning played particularly well that day. I’m guessing if Manning plays poorly and the Broncos still win the Super Bowl no one will be calling Manning a choker. But if Manning has the game of his life but fumbles and missed field goals dominate the game and the Broncos lose, Manning will still get the blame.

Manning doesn’t always play well – this is true – no one does. I’m not going to try and convince anyone that Peyton Manning is or is not a choker, but I am going to make fun of the constant list of reasons people seem to find before every game for why Peyton Manning is clearly going to cause the Broncos to lose a game.

Because the reality is, when you are talking about a man who is smashing records after a surgery that would have ended most player’s careers, it’s easier for some to look for the bad rather than enjoy the greatness right in front of you.