Then there was James, sitting on the bench. He saw himself on the screen, smiled as usual, and raised his left hand to acknowledge a sellout crowd that cheered him from the first of five touches to his last.
“That was sweet,” he said of the video. “A lot of guys on this team didn’t know I could move like that.”
Manning also was moved by the touching tribute.
“I kind of got a little choked up watching the highlights tape,” the three-time league MVP said. “I’ve never forgotten how great he was, and I truly use the word great.”
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