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Posted Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at 5:01 PM ETJosh Levin argued that Peyton Manning's postseason failures don't mean he's a choker. Two weeks ago, Levin, Brendan I. Koerner, Seth Stevenson, and Justin Peters discussed Peyton Manning and other NFL fodder. Whet Moser argued that the Colts' quest for an undefeated season was more thrilling than the Super Bowl.
Oops! That one's about Bill Gates. Sorry.
It's time, I think, for football to embrace its poor Screech, Peyton Manning. Let the dorks into the fraternity. After all, we nerds are one of the NFL's sustaining life forces, with our fantasy football and our Football Outsiders and our Madden NFL 07. Like the man says: Let's go, insurance adjusters, let's go!
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