Peyton and Eli have met Obama during visits to the White House to celebrate the former quarterbacks’ Super Bowl victories, and Peyton has joined Obama at least once on the golf course.
“Peton’s game is very tight,” Obama said, describing a “fantastic game” at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
“I’m not going to talk about anyone’s game because I’m sure I hit woods and trees a few times,” he added, noting that forests and trees aren’t quite as abundant on the Riviera.
Peyton admitted that his shot on the first hole was, well, a disaster that Obama “pardoned” with Mulligan. “It was the least I could do,” Obama joked. “I felt bad for you. I thought you were a very dangerous performer.”
Peyton replied, “I’d rather make four objections on national television than do what I did in front of you.”
Obama Help the famous coach His daughter Sasha’s youth basketball team for a while, volunteered with his assistant Reggie Love “after watching the first two great but chaotic games,” he wrote in his book The Promised Land. That’s another thing he has in common with Peyton, although Eli cracked that Peyton designed “197 plays” for his son Marshall’s football team who is 11 and under a flag.
“The problem is, it’s believable that he might actually have 197 plays,” Obama said. “You may not be making this up. My suggestion is similar to my suggestion for bears: simplify this crime.”
The former president remains an ardent Bears fan and admitted that it was a little difficult to welcome team rival Green Bay Packers into the White House after they won the Super Bowl in 2011, but he also welcomed the Bears 25 years after the Super Bowl. . The 1985 Bears had never visited because their flight was ruled out by the Challenger shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986, two days after Super Bowl XX. At the time of the 2011 ceremony, Obama admitted, “This is as much fun as I will have as President of the United States.”
“It was hard having the Packers and being nice to them,” he told Mannings. “I moved to Chicago in ’85. You show up in this city, and you have this team that captures everyone’s imagination. I understood the fact that they never got the White House, what’s the point of being president?” If you can’t make up for it?”
As for what Manning’s brother was the better guest in the White House, Obama went the diplomatic route, with Zinger targeting Peyton’s trip with the Denver Broncos in 2016. “I have to say you both were gentlemen,” He said. “There were some silverware missing after that visit, but we couldn’t trace it directly to you, but we had a great time. One of the fun things about being president – and there are a lot of things that aren’t so fun – is to have the opportunity to greet world class athletes and give them a chance to shine. It’s so much fun, although I’ll tell you when the football teams come in – I’m a skinny guy as he is, and when I stand next to some of these workers or shake hands with them ‘We have paws, it makes you feel a little small.’
Obama’s appearance provided Ellie the opportunity to show the ex-president’s impression of Peyton’s famous “Omaha!” Audible on the line of scrimmage, but Obama turned wisdom on the former New York Giants quarterback who often protected himself when his protection collapsed. “I fell down quickly when that rush was coming,” Obama cracked.
Obama used appearances to get people to vote, regardless of their preference.
Comedian Bill Burr, a Patriots fan, followed Obama and said of appearing alongside the Manning brothers, “That’s like an antichrist quarterback to me.” Vince Vaughn was the last guest of the night, and the actor drew some criticism from fellow Bears fans on social media for referring to the Chicago stadium as “Soldiers Square.”
The Bears beat the Patriots, 33-14, and missed the opportunity to score again on coach Bill Belichick’s team in the end, which did not satisfy Peyton.
“Don’t take your knees,” he said in disgust. “I think if you have a chance to score 40 at Foxborough, you score 40 at Foxborough.”