It began as frustration and then became disbelief. By the time the kick sailed wide, Manning had already put his head on the table.
The end of the "Monday Night Football" game between Seattle and Denver brought out a lot of emotions and confusion for this season's debut of ManningCast. The Broncos faced a 3rd-and-21 in their own territory with 1:11 left in the game. The pass made it fourth-and-5. The time was running out.
A timeout was called by Denver.
He said that they had three timeouts. I may use one. We should talk about this one.
Eli said "You don't want to waste that much time" as the clock continued to tick.
The player gestured to call a timeout.
He thinks we should call a timeout. "Now."
Santa is leaving. Manning wants to take over and make Brady look bad.
Denver called a timeout with 21 seconds to go. The man put his hand on his head.
You called a timeout in 30 seconds. Shannon came in.
They are going to kick it. The man was met with disbelief.
What do you think about kicking what? "He said that."
Are they kicking it here? "Do you want to know?" Eli asked.
The kicker said to kick the field goal.
Denver missed a field goal that would have tied the game.
Brandon had a small chance of making the kick. The chances of converting on 4th down were very low. The odds of scoring went up if the Broncos got the first down.
Regardless of the game's outcome, the ManningCast format showed the genius of the three players.
The original article was on Indianapolis Star.