We’ll say this for Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. They have a lot more class than your New England Patriots. Manning famously waited in an empty locker room to congratulate Ray Lewis after Baltimore upset the Broncos in Denver on Saturday, and it wasn’t the first time on this day Peyton patiently waited on his old pal.
He did the same in the first quarter of the playoff game . . . and then in the second quarter . . . and the third and fourth, too. He did it all day, and for that, Lewis and the Ravens will forever be grateful. You can rip on poor Peyton if you want, but you can be sure he won’t be hearing any derisive comments from Brendon Ayanbadejo. The Ravens scrub hasn’t been tweeting lately, but...
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