If the Peyton Manning we saw in this years Super Bowl was a car, he'd be a 1974 Pontiac GTO.
That means putting up some good numbers on another team (or car) but ultimately, not getting the job done. This handsome little car, with shaker hood in tact and recycled GTO badges, was a stout street performer but on the big scoreboard, sales, like a recycled Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl, it didn't do well. Peyton Manning put up some impressive numbers in the Super Bowl, even setting a Super Bowl record for completions. However, on that big scoreboard, he didn't do well either. Chances are, though, Peyton will be back for 2014 and at least a couple more years after that. Unlike the 1974 GTO; there was no 1975 GTO.
By the end of 1973, when this "GTO" trimmed Ventura first saw the light of day, muscle cars where all but dead and buried. Never the strongest sellers in the first place, insurance company surcharges strangling what was left of them. Therefore, putting the venerated "GTO" on a Chevrolet Nova clone didn't seem nearly as wrong then as it does today. A harmless marketing tactic. The 1974 GTO was the last chance for a GTO. Buyers stayed away.
Peyton Manning is not the first super star QB to take up with another team after his old team had no use for them anymore. Manning has performed better than most in that situation but raw numbers don't always tell the story. For years Manning has dragged around the criticism, like tin cans tied to the back of a high-end car, that he produces more great statistics than great victories. That noise just got louder with that Super Bowl performance he turned in a couple of weeks ago.
No quarterback has won Super Bowls with two different teams, no coach either if you're wondering. No recycled automobile badge has ever had the impact of the original.
If the Peyton Manning we saw in this years Super Bowl was a car, he'd be a 1974 Pontiac GTO.
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