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Chiefs star Jamaal Charles causes ridiculous stir with Peyton Manning autograph request

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You cannot be a fan of NFL football and not be at least a little bit of a Peyton Manning fan.

Yeah, I said it. I mean it too.

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(Dont go getting a big head Peyton, I still love Randall Cunningham)

In my opinion, Manning is the best quarterback to ever play the game. If he was a bit more mobile, I’d have complete scientific proof but “The Sheriff” doesn’t need to run around. He can just sit back and pick apart defenses from the comfort of his own pocket.

Which is exactly what he did during Sunday’s victory over divisional rival Kansas City Chiefs.

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(pictured here, the last time they were relevent)

After the loss to Peyton’s Broncos, cameras caught a smiling fan asking Manning for his autograph. Nothing wrong with that, right? Well it just so happens that the “fan” was Chiefs starting running back Jamaal Charles.

In my mind, there is nothing wrong with that either.

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Although Manning himself has said players ask for his autograph all the time, Charles has been met with criticism for the move, which is absolutely ridiculous. Former Chiefs lineman Rick Baldinger (who according to my skewed figures has signed 4 autographs in his entire career) took offense to Charles’ autograph seeking. He said the following nonsense about Charles and the 1-10 Chiefs:

“I don’t understand it at that moment. They were smiling and laughing after the loss like that today. I just think it just goes to show what this team’s about. I don’t know if winning’s really that important.””

Why are the NFL players not allowed to be fans too? They love the game more than any of us do, why else would someone voluntarily play for the Buffalo Bills if not for a love of football and the occasional trip across the border for free meds?

Funny enough, Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe was also caught “pen-handed” asking for an autograph from the living legend, but most of the heat has fallen on Charles. That just goes to prove how ignored the Chiefs receivers have been all season, it’s not even just their QB that doesn’t care what they do.

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(Just another day at the office for a Chiefs QB)

I kinda smiled myself at the story to be honest. It’s refreshing to see athletes still be fans of other athletes. I’ve watched Peyton Manning play his entire career, and it’s completely understandable that some of these young guys consider him an idol or perhaps part of the reason they play the game in the first place. And after his recent neck surgery, the time in which we get to watch him play is almost at an end.

Like FOX without “Cops” or that stupid football robot, the NFL without #18 is hard to imagine but the time is fast approaching. Charles said he got the autograph for his mother, while Bowe copped to being just a huge Peyton Manning mark.

Anyone who has a problem with this needs to chill out and realize it’s just a game. If Charles or Bowe asked for the autograph in any of these scenarios, you’d have my permission to freak out over this:

- Intentionally runs out-of-bounds at midfield to the Denver sideline to ask him for it.

- Goes into Denver’s locker room at halftime.

- Stays on the field to play defence, asks him during a blitz.

- Agrees with Manning beforehand that if he fumbles a bunch of times, he’ll get an autograph.

They did none of those things, so I’m 100% behind them.

But don’t just take my word for it, what does Houston Texans running back Arian Foster think about this?

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Peyton Manning himself commented on the situation today with this gem that will make me miss him even more when he’s gone:

“I don’t even know why that cameraman was in that zone. It was kind of annoying.”

You can follow j.Bow on twitter (@jBowmancouver). He threw his autograph at Braylon Edwards once… but he dropped it.



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