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Roberts: Peyton Manning is not normal

photo NFL quarterback Peyton Manning

Something is wrong with Peyton Manning. I don’t care if his neck operation is a success and he can thread a needle with a football, something is wrong in his gourd.

To sign with the Tennessee Titans, he was offered a sack of Krystals before every game and a lifetime supply of MoonPies, and he turned it down to go to Denver where a man can only breathe once a day!

The first time Daddy took me to a Krystal, I ate 14. So you know what I would have done if they had tendered such an offer to me.

Before the restaurants were built in Dallas, my son would drive north now and then for hours to get to a Krystal. So now you know he is a chip off the old block. Jeff is 6-foot-5, and if he had just liked football he would be packing for a return home to Tennessee right now.

After a long visit to Florida, I was about to pull out of Uncle Van’s driveway to return home and asked him how long I would have to drive before hitting a Krystal, and he knew the exact mileage and the exit number. Those Roberts boys have their heads on straight.