Posted on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 11:09:48 AM EST in NFL
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Unless you're talking about the new Madden cover, Brett Favre is long gone from the NFL...for now. Who knows what will come in the months leading up to the season's kickoff, but No. 4 has not walked through the Packers' locker room doors yet, meaning the league needs a new, loveable, ol' dog to talk about the good old days and how the youngsters make him feel like he's still just kicking up dirt on the playground. As of now it looks like 32-year-old Peyton Manning is that man.

The veteran QB says the rookies sometimes make him feel old.

"It's hard for me to realize why some of these guys are nervous. As one of them, I can't remember who it was, they were saying how they like watching me on ESPN Classic. I don't consider myself to be an ESPN Classic type but when I was a 22-year-old senior at Tennessee these guys were I guess 11 years old. But I do enjoy being around these young guys cause it still is very much a young man's game and it does kind of keep you feeling young," said Manning.

You know what else keeps you feeling young at heart? Creepy, licking contests with Eli.

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[WISHTV.com]: Veteran QB Manning says rookies can make him feel old

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