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Manning, who temporarily lost his starting job during the
season due to injuries that limited his throwing ability, is
widely expected to call it a career after playing in the Feb. 7
Super Bowl less than two months shy of his 40th birthday.
"We don't really care if this is his last game," fullback Mike
Tolbert told the Charlotte Observer. "He's played what - 18, 19
years? He's had enough, you know what I'm saying? It's our
turn."
Manning is a five-time NFL Most Valuable Player with a slew of
passing records and a sure-fire Hall of Famer looking for his
second Super Bowl title.
But Panthers safety Tre Boston said he would not feel a pang of
pity should he pick off some Manning passes in the National
Football League title game in Santa Clara, California.
"So if a man has the last piece of pizza in the world, are you
going to take that last piece?" Boston asked.
"One of y'all got to live! One of us has to win, and I'm not
trying to lose. It's you and that one man. You gonna live or
not? I'm trying to win. I don't care who you are."
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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