Peyton Manning played football.
The hurry-up offense is an American football offensive style , which has two different but related forms in which the offensive team avoids delays between plays . Peyton Manning . During a 2009 Monday Night Football game , Manning received the nickname `` The Sheriff '' from color commentator Jon Gruden due to his tendency to audible prior to the snap , and he was one of the most recognizable and parodied players in the NFL . A quarterback ( commonly abbreviated to QB ) is a position in American and Canadian football . Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2015 season .