Former Super Bowl Champion Not Closing Doors On Running Own NFL Team

As far as retired NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is concerned, enjoying football games from where he is right now is enough. After playing 18 seasons of pro football, some would expect the 43-year-old to be up there and accept and executive position or even run his very own NFL team. That is a possibility only that the XLI Super Bowl MVP has no plans to rush into it.

Looking at his resume, the top pick of the 1998 NFL Draft seems to have done it all as a player. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion and is a 14-time Pro Bowler. And nothing perhaps could be sweeter than retiring a champion. He was part of the Denver Broncos team that won Super Bowl 50 that defeated the Cam Newton-led Carolina Panthers 24-10 back in February 2016.

"[I get to] go to a lot of games ... see the Broncos play, Colts play, see the Giants play ... so I'm kind of enjoying doing that part of it right now but we'll see," Manning said in a report from TMZ Sports.

Aside from running his own NFL team, it seems Manning is also not coy to the idea of being a football analyst for now. According to Yahoo Sports, the future Hall of Famer passed on the Monday Night Football opportunity with his brother, Eli Manning, in the equation. It appears he did not want to end in a spot where he would be conflicted in his analysis and place himself in an uncomfortable situation.

“If he ever decides [Monday Night Football] is something he wants to do, it’s going to be after Eli has finished his career and he gets a little bit further from his era of playing and maybe some of his teammates have moved on, too,” a source said.

At some point, Manning is likely to accept something which only he can answer. He has gotten several calls from high-ranking executives from companies like ESPN, Disney, and other major networks but none have prospered. Pundits feel that his decision could change once his brother Eli is out of the equation. Seeing that his brother is now at 38, it may happen soon - unless he prefers to watch games and enjoy it like any other NFL fan.