Overtime Thoughts of Peyton Manning

Fortunate for most, and unfortunate for some, I am back for a daily double on the Working Days... blog. For those NFL fans out there, forget Christmas and New Years, it is now the most wonderful time of the year...The Playoffs. After watching the Cardinals drub the Falcons, it was time to settle in for the much anticipated Chargers/Colts game. Both teams are hotter than Jennifer Aniston's GQ cover shoot, and one had to go down. Not only was the game great, but we got some free football as well. If there is one thing in NFL football that I am not wild about, it is the overtime rules. I don't like the coin toss being the most dramatic situation during the whole game. The Chargers didn't win the game when Darren Sproles scampered into the end zone, they won when tails was face up on the coin at the beginning of overtime. Back to the point of the post though... I don't know if anyone caught the look on Peyton Manning's face as the Chargers drove down the field in overtime. It was a cross between a stock broker at the end of a horrendous day, and Macho Man Randy Savage before he was about to pile drive someone to the mat. I sat there and pondered what might be going through his bright red head. Here's what I think were Peyton's overtime thoughts:

1. He planning his next attack strategy in the off chance that the Chargers didn't score from the 25 yard line. I think it might have been as futile as General Petraeus strategizing over how to train Iraqi soldiers for the re-establishment of the new Iraqi government. A tough task nonetheless...see video

2. He was thinking about all those anger management brochures that his brother Eli has been sending him since they were teenagers, and Peyton cold cocked him after a game of teather ball. Pondering whether he should enroll after the Chargers punched it in for the victory. How was the media going to handle this? Would it get out to them? Once admitted, would he ever get out. The brochure did say that it has worked on NYC cab drivers for over 10 years.

3. He knew that the game was over and he was fretting over the fact that he would have to pay $15 for the first bag, and $25 for the second bag to travel to the Pro Bowl.

4. He was confused about the process of getting the grass stains out of his pants. He was thinking, "do I use cold water or hot? should I spray shout on it? should I let the dry cleaners deal with is?"

5. He was thinking about his next Gatorade commercial and what color he wanted to sweat. Purple, Black, Green, Magenta?

Whatever the thoughts, you know the intensity was there evidenced by the bulging vein in his forehead. Any one have other ideas what he was thinking about?