Peyton Manning sternly addresses the Broncos coordinators over a problem, stating…

Since the Denver Broncos were destroyed in the Super Bowl nine months ago,

they’ve been assembling a team to match up with the reigning champs, the

Seattle Seahawks.

But at the same time, something else has been going on around the NFL:

Everyone has been building a team to beat Peyton Manning.

In the constant personnel chess match that goes on among the NFL’s 32 front

offices, this is the trend that has defined the past year. Manning, the Broncos’

record-setting quarterback, was neutralized in the Super Bowl by Seattle’s

huge, hulking cornerbacks, who disrupted his receivers’ timing. The rest of the

NFL—which has a long tradition of mimicking the Super Bowl champion—

decided they needed some disruption of their own.

The spread of these monster defensive backs, and the fast-changing way

defense is played in the NFL, is now the norm. And that’s bad news for

Manning.    The issue that Peyton Manning is having