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Comparing All-Time Great NFL Quarterbacks To American Presidents

By Erik Lambert

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a Denver Broncos jersey presented to him as a gift by Annabel Bowlen (R), wife of Broncos majority owner Pat Bowlen, while welcoming the National Football League Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos to the White House Rose Garden on June 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a Denver Broncos jersey presented to him as a gift by Annabel Bowlen (R), wife of Broncos majority owner Pat Bowlen, while welcoming the National Football League Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos to the White House Rose Garden on June 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JANUARY 08: Quarterback Peyton Manning
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JANUARY 08: Quarterback Peyton Manning /

Peyton Manning:  Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt inherited a lot of difficult things. He took over a United States that was mired in the Great Depression. If that weren’t enough, he held the same last name as one of the most revered political figures in history, Theodore Roosevelt. Through tireless work and single-minded will he lifted the country out of the mud only to find World War II waiting for him at the end of the tunnel. Undeterred and despite declining health he got them through it, leading the nation to some of its proudest achievements.

Peyton Manning embodies FDR eerily well. He too had a big name to live up to. His father Archie Manning was a kingpin of college football and two-time NFL Pro Bowler. The Indianapolis Colts were going through their own depression. From 1978 to 1997 they’d made the playoffs just three times. Manning turned them into an AFC powerhouse almost overnight. Then right as he was about to enjoy the spoils, a great war began. In this case a rivalry with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

Despite plenty of doubts and diminishing health he led his troops to victory with two Super Bowl championships and every offensive passing record in the book by the time he retired.

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