To Peyton Manning: From Miami with love

Why live more than a
mile high when you can
live less than a mile from
the beach.
As the clock is ticking
on Peyton's decision to
pick his next team to play
for - which should take less than a week as he has
stated - teams are starting
to drop out of the race
while the Dolphins have
held their position from
the beginning. The Jets recently
locked down Mark
Sanchez for three years,
even to the dismay of their
own fan base. The Redskins
just traded the Rams an arm and a leg, three
first round picks along
with a second round pick
(which some argue may be
worse), to acquire Robert
Griffin III.
So now it looks like it's
going to be a showdown
between Miami, Arizona
and Denver, and from the
looks of it, things are looking
brighter for the Sunshine
State. However, the
tables are probably shifting
as I write this article.
Although Peyton met
with the Broncos front office
this past Friday, he
flew directly to his second
home in Miami right after
being released earlier in
the week.
Phins' owner, Stephen
Ross, is currently drooling
more just thinking about
Peyton than when he sits
behind Jennifer Lopez - a
part owner in the Dolphins
- in the press box. Also,
Peyton is known to be
great friends with all-time
Dolphins legend, #13, Dan
Marino. 13 is a meaningful
number to Dolphin fans.
Not only does it represent
our bragging rights in Dan
Marino - with our only
other source of pride being
the '72 undefeated season
- but also marks a 13 year
hiatus from acquiring anything
resembling a franchise-
type quarterback.
Over the past 13 years, Dolphins fans have shouldered
the burden of watching
16 different starting
QB's try-out in a sense, and
watched each fail miserably:
Huard, Fiedler, Lucas,
Griese, Feeley, Rosenfels,
Ferotte, Harrington, Culpepper,
Lemon, Green,
Beck, Pennington, Henne,
Thigpen, Moore. Basically,
if the Dolphins can't land
Manning, their choices for
starting QB will be comparably
worse than the GOP
pool of candidates.So here
goes nothing, a ballad to
Peyton Manning from a
hopeful Miami Dolphins
fan:
Hey Peyton,
If you are reading this,
than it may not be too late.
Please come to Miami; it's
warm and it's fun. Will
Smith didn't describe it as,
"The city that keeps the
roof blazing" for nothing.
Who will appreciate
you more than a fan base
that has been through
years of disappointment?
Denver has Tebowmania;
they have their fun.
Arizona made the Super
Bowl a couple of years
ago. The most Miami has
had to celebrate in a long
time was our win over the
Packers in 2010 in the fifth
game of the season. That's
it! That's all I can think of
that has went in our favor
recently.
Please Peyton! We
need you. We need you
like Mark Sanchez needs
a mid-game hotdog. We
need you like the Patriots
need a video camera
on the opposing coaching
staff (they have yet to win
a Super Bowl since Spy-
Gate, you know).
You'll have Reggie
Bush, you'll have a solid
defense, and you'll have
the best left-side blocker
in the league, Jake Long.
Come on Peyton, we need
you! I'm not sure how
much more rejection Dolphin
fans can take. Please
come to Miami and win us
a Super Bowl.
Your soon-to-be biggest fan,
-Ryan