Peyton Manning Gets Agitated on Live TV Looking At the Denver Broncos Last Play Call While Eli Manning & Shannon Sharpe Watch in Exasperation

The first Monday night match-up of this season saw the Denver Broncos visit the Seattle Seahawks. The once beloved, Russell Wilson, returned to Lumen Fields, where he played for the Seahawks, even winning a super bowl title together. However, the relationship between the fans and the player seems to have turned sour now. This created the perfect occasion to set the stage for both teams. With so much at stake, the game even had a legend like Peyton Manning on the edge of his chair.

In the Fourth and last quarter of the game. The Broncos were trailing 10-17 to the Seahawks. in possession of the ball at the 8-yard line, Wilson and the offense failed to convert a 3rd and goal into a touchdown. The team had to settle for a 3-point field goal. Taking the score to 16-17. After a robust defensive effort, they forced the Seahawks to punt the ball away. Giving possession back to the offense with the chance to finish the game.

In the dying minute of the game, with all their timeouts remaining, Denver was at the 5o-yard line. Going into the last minute, the team was in their 4th down and 5-yards away from conversion. Reacting to the match on ‘Monday Night Football’, ESPN, the former Indianapolis Colts and Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who has won a super bowl with both teams, was visibly nervous on the broadcast.

How Peyton Manning reacted to the end

Peyton wanted the Broncos to take the time-out and settle their nerves. He felt the team needed to make use of the time-outs at this stage of the game. Having to either go for a conversion or a 64-yard field goal attempt. The retired quarterback felt that the team needed to take a time-out and figure out their best option. After wasting 30 seconds, Broncos took a time-out. Leaving less time on the clock, they decided to go for the field goal to win the game. This decision did not sit well with Manning. He looked very unhappy at the time. Even Shannon Sharpe and Eli Manning, who were also reacting to the game, got puzzled by what had happened.

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To no one’s surprise and the Denver fans’ disappointment, the 64-yard field goal attempt did not come to fruition. The Seattle Seahawks won the game by a single point. Peyton Manning made it clear that if it was up to him, he would have done things differently. Do you agree with the former quarterback, or do you think Nathaniel Hackett was right to make the call?

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