Late in the fourth quarter against the Chargers on Thursday, Peyton Manning should have been in a good mood. The Broncos were up 35-21 and Denver had the ball.
However, Manning clearly wasn't in a good mood, as you can see below.
Manning was peeved because the Broncos got called for a false start just before the two minute warning in the fourth quarter.
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Manning was trying to get the fans to quiet down, but he couldn't do that because he was in direct competition with the scoreboard operator, who was trying to get the fans to cheer louder.
The Broncos quarterback wasn't happy with the stadium scoreboard operator and he let everyone know it after the game.
During his postgame press conference, Manning was asked if he was mad at Denver's fans for cheering when he didn't want them to be cheering.
"I have no problem with our fans, our fans are great. I have a problem with our scoreboard operator," Manning said. "I'm going to have to have a little talk with him. I'm not sure what he's doing. He was playing music and showing people players dancing and getting the crowd fired up and we have the ball -- I don't think we should be doing that."
Manning also didn't like the fact that Philip Rivers was being shown on the big screen.
Peyton Manning is not happy with the Broncos scoreboard operator. (USATSI)
"I don't think we should be showing their quarterback on the sideline," Manning said. "I thought that was kind of disrespectful. Our fans are great, our fans are loud. The scoreboard operator, it wasn't his best night."
If you see an ad for a scoreboard operator in Denver this weekend, now you know why.
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The Tennessee Titans are moving to their third quarterback of the season in Week 8. Rookie Zach Mettenberger will be under center for Tennessee when the Titans face off with the Houston Texans Sunday. Head coach Ken Whisenhunt made the announcement Thursday. "We're going with Zach," Whisenhunt emphasized, "and we're going to stay with Zach."This likely spells the end for QB Jake Locker in Tennessee. The Titans have not picked up the option to re-sign him for 2015. He is set to become a free agent in March. Locker, the Titans' first-round pick (eighth overall) in the 2011 draft, has been a huge disappointment, as he's been unable to stay healthy enough to remain the team's starter. In his four games this season, Locker has completed 58 percent of his passes for 764 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions.Mettenberger, the Titans' 2014 sixth-round draft pick out of LSU, will be making his first career start. He threw for 3,082 yards, 22 touchdowns and eight interceptions his senior year for the Tigers.
When you get to your third-string QB by week 8, and that guy is a rookie you drafted in the sixth round, that isn't good. Such is the life of the Titans this week. Mettenberger is unproven and has never seen a defense like the ones he'll see from now until the end of the season. Obviously, he's not a QB you're going to start. The players that take the biggest his are WRs Kendall Wright and Justin Hunter. They have a good matchup in Week 8 against a Texans secondary that allows the third-most fantasy points per game to receivers. With Mettenberger at QB, knock them down a notch. Wright probably drops to a low-end WR2 option this week. Hunter is a flier at flex, at best.
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