Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said he has no plans to write a book after his career, saying “there are some things that sort of stay in house.” (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
In the wake of Spygate, Deflategate, add a claim that is closer to the actual history of president Richard Nixon’s Watergate.
Speaking on Dan Patrick’s radio show, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy said Manning took special care not to discuss the game plan in the New England Patriots’ visiting locker room. He thought New England might be listening in, Dungy explained.
“That is very true,” Dungy said. “As Peyton talked to guys who played for the Patriots and some of the guys who came over (to the Colts), whether it is true or not, he treated it as true and we didn’t have a lot of strategy discussed inside the locker room (at Gillette Stadium).”
Manning spoke the media on Thursday, but declined to discuss the matter. He didn’t, however, deny Dungy’s story.
“I think there’s kind of a rule, when you’re still playing, what goes on in the locker room kind of stays in the locker room,” Manning said. “When you stop playing, you write a book and you get commentary and it all kind of seems to be told. I am still playing so I don’t really talk about what goes on in the locker room. And I won’t write a book, by the way, so you won’t find out what goes on in the locker room even after I stop playing. Those are kind of some of the things that sort of stay in house.”
