Eli escapes Peyton's shadow (AP)

 
Baby brothers across America know hardship. They grow up playing "permanent center" while the bigger kids get to be quarterbacks and wide receivers. They lose every game of Monopoly and Risk, every wrestling match and household power struggle until their 15th birthday -- if they're lucky. And in the very special case of the Manning family of New Orleans, the baby brother had to wait his turn to make... [link]

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