Jim Mora Jr. said he knew 18 was going to be great Tip to Stan.
Not only that, Mora said Manning was better then than cannon-armed Jim Everett, who was the Saints’ starter.
“Jim was our quarterback. He had a great arm. I mean, he could fire it,” Mora said. “Well, Peyton was a senior in high school, and he would come out – this is before they had all the rules in place (about offseason workouts) – and he would actually take seven-on-seven, throw one-on-one, and do that stuff with us.
“I kid you not, at age 17 or 18, even with Jim Everett and the talent he had, Peyton was the best quarterback on the field.”
While in New Orleans, Mora used to go to Manning’s games at Isidore Newman High.
“You know that cliche, ‘He’s like a man among boys?’ It was just that way,” Mora said. “I mean, he was just big. He was fast. He was smarter. He had a whip for an arm. He made great decisions. It was a joke watching him play against these guys.
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