When the Colts released Peyton Manning in 2012, free agency became unlike anything the NFL had ever seen.
Helicopters trailing Peyton's car, decoy vehicles peeling off in different directions to shake reporters, a secret workout in the rain at a random high school field because a team didn't want the cameras to see.
At one point, two coaches watched him throw from inside a parked car 40 yards away, wearing hoodies so nobody would recognize them.
Manning had been secretly rebuilding his throwing motion from the ground up, and half the league was trying to catch a glimpse of whether it was actually coming back.
His brother, Cooper, remembered him struggling to throw the ball even 10 yards.
Team after team made their pitch.
But one team kept pulling him back.
When the Colts released Peyton Manning in 2012, free agency became unlike anything the NFL had ever seen.
Helicopters trailing Peyton's car, decoy vehicles peeling off in different directions to shake reporters, a secret workout in the rain at a random high school field because a team didn't want the cameras to see.
At one point, two coaches watched him throw from inside a parked car 40 yards away, wearing hoodies so nobody would recognize them.
Manning had been secretly rebuilding his throwing motion from the ground up, and half the league was trying to catch a glimpse of whether it was actually coming back.
His brother, Cooper, remembered him struggling to throw the ball even 10 yards.
Team after team made their pitch.
But one team kept pulling him back.
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