Peyton Manning had multiple neck surgeries and missed all of 2011 before returning to the field with the Denver Broncos in 2012. He promptly earned a 12th Pro Bowl selection after throwing for 4,659 yards and the second most touchdowns of his career (37). Manning accomplished all that without being 100 percent recovered from those surgeries. "You know, I still have certain challenges," Manning said to WATE-TV while visiting the University of Tennessee campus on Friday. "When you're dealing with nerves, I've learned it's a patience deal. They kind of say it could be a year or two, or it may never come back, so I'm kind of hopeful. I kind of wish certain things would come back a little bit more, but I have learned to adjust and compensate in the state that I am. I still would like to make some more improvement. I still work at it. "Obviously, I still can perform kind of status quo, but I still have hopes and (am) determined to try to seek some more improvement. But, yeah, I'm certainly better than I was last year. But I'm still not quite where I was before I was injured." Source: NFL.com
Damn its crazy what he was able to do last year with that. I hope he wins another superbowl before he retires.
He'll probably deal with this stuff for the rest of his life. Unless he's lucky and does indeed make a full recovery.
