“Tom, the way he takes care of himself, he can go as long as he wants to go, as long as the organization keeps a supporting cast around him, somebody that can block for him,” Law told McDonald.
“He’s going to be all right because his mind is sharp as ever. It isn’t like he was very fast to begin with, but he can move and slip and do the things that he needed to do as a young guy. He’s showing some signs of running even more now.
“It’s all about a supporting cast. As long as Tom’s mind is sharp and he’s healthy, he’s going to be fine. I don’t think all of his story is written, even though you can write a book right now and put it on the shelf and it’s a best-seller. I don’t think the ending is yet. I think Tom Brady has another championship run in him. Maybe even two.”
Law played for the Patriots during a time when Peyton hatred in New England was at its peak, but he had nothing but positive things to say about Manning, who, he said, isn’t so different from Brady away from the gridiron.
“I think people really didn’t understand how cool of a guy that Peyton was,” Law told McDonald. “Just what you see on those commercials; for me, playing against him, I loved seeing that side of Peyton. Being down there, playing against him, and in Pro Bowls with him, sitting down in the bar and having a beer, he’s a real down-to-earth guy. Similar to Tom Brady.
“They could have acted like they were bigger than the game; if anybody had the right to act like the typical stereotype for, ‘I’m the quarterback and everybody else (is below me),’ they could have done it, but they didn’t. So that is what impresses me about Peyton more than anything, his humility.”
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