Anyone know why Reggie Wayne pushed Manning?

[Dan2330]

For those that did not see it- near the end of the INDY/JAGS game, Reggie Wayne pushed Peyton 'the cry-baby' Manning on the sidelines. This was just seconds before INDY's last drive of the game. FOX cameras caught it and re-played it, the god-awful Dan Dierdorf said it was probably something about Wayne being shut out on catches. Anyone know the reason?

[skyline]

For those that did not see it- near the end of the INDY/JAGS game, Reggie Wayne pushed Peyton 'the cry-baby' Manning on the sidelines. This was just seconds before INDY's last drive of the game. FOX cameras caught it and re-played it, the god-awful Dan Dierdorf said it was probably something about Wayne being shut out on catches. Anyone know the reason?

My impression was that Wayne was just trying to get everyone pumped up...

[Barbarian]

Peyton Manning is notorious for calling guys out in the huddle. I just wonder if this is an instance of it????

[skyline]

Peyton Manning is notorious for calling guys out in the huddle. I just wonder if this is an instance of it????

Turns out, it is. Manning got onto Wayne for not getting into the huddle fast enough.

[CincyJay]

I wouldn't get on Manning's bad side. Reggie is likely to find himself somewhere other than Indy if that happens. Hell, Marvin Harrison might start getting some receptions then!!

[kevnz]

Well if it says anything, even load mouth Irvan called Reggie Wayne out for what he did.

[Barbarian]

Peyton Manning is notorious for calling guys out in the huddle.  I just wonder if this is an instance of it????

Turns out, it is. Manning got onto Wayne for not getting into the huddle fast enough.

You can't lollygag in the NFL--what is the playclock 25 seconds????

That's not a whole lot of time to call audibles if the defense shifts at the line of scrimmage--especially away from home when the opposing teams' crowd is loud as hell.

I don't blame Manning for being pissed off.

[HoosierCat]

The NFL gossip gurus over at profootballtalk.com had this take on the confrontation:

TEAMMATES RESENTFUL OF MANNING?

 

The folks in Indy are mum and/or in full spin cycle when it comes to the topic of Peyton Manning and his sideline scuffle with receiver Reggie Wayne.  Rumors circulating through the league as of Monday night are that Wayne's shout-and-shove of Peyton reflects an undercurrent of resentment toward Manning for his cap-busting contract.

 

The thinking, per a league source, is that Manning was a "pig" when he didn't have to be.  With eight starters slated to become unrestricted free agents after the 2004 season, more than a few players are getting antsy about the effect of Manning's deal on their own ability to get paid.

 

As one league insider told us on Monday night, "The players know that it's going to impact all of them in coming years."  

 

Meanwhile, it turns out that Wayne isn't the only guy who was in the face of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning on Sunday at the end of the team's loss to the Jaguars.  Peyton also was told to stifle himself by the game officials, whom Manning apparently was trying to instruct on the finer points of handling an instant replay review.

 

Sources close to the on-field action tell us that Manning was acting like a "f--king baby, and like he was the Commissioner orsomething."

 

We know it's heresy in some circles to dub Manning a big phony.  But we've heard it from enough league insiders to persuade us that there must indeed be something to it.  And with some of Manning's own players mustering the stones to take him on in the public eye, Peyton's authority over the team could be crumbling.