NFL NOTEBOOK Peyton Manning plans to take time to watch sibling

Peyton Manning wishes his little brother Eli good luck against the Falcons.
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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning spends hours viewing film in his home theater. Sunday night's session will have a personal theme.
Manning intends to take a rare break from his regular routine to watch his brother, Eli, make his first NFL start for the New York Giants.
"It's probably the closest thing, I guess, to watching your son play," last year's NFL co-MVP said. "When I see a linebacker coming that he doesn't, you want to be out there and help him, but you can't."
Peyton Manning hasn't seen his younger brother play much. He estimates he's only attended about six of Eli's career games.
But he's always kept track of Eli's performances, calling for updates, taping telecasts and talking to him a couple times each week.
This week, Manning will record the Giants game and view it after returning from Indianapolis' contest at Chicago.
Who has the most difficult job in the Manning family? The four-time Pro Bowler thinks it is no contest.
"He always had the most pressure with me and my dad [Archie] and with Cooper being such a social legend at Mississippi," Peyton Manning said, referring to his older brother. "I called him earlier this week to tell him good luck. This is not a time to say congratulations, it's a time to say good luck."
A coach
Romeo Crennel's only regret during his coaching career is losing one of the five Super Bowls he's been to. Or so he says.
New England's defensive coordinator had a rare press conference this week, and talked about his past, the New England defense and his potential head coaching future.
Crennel, 57, has had little exposure to the media, one reason he only started getting head coaching interviews last year. That's because, in part, he's spent much of his career working for Bill Parcells and Parcells' disciples, who allow their assistants to speak publicly only on rare occasions.
He said that came up during his interviews last year for head coaching jobs with the Giants, Bears, Bills and Falcons.
"All of them kind of wanted to find out about me because in the programs that I have been associated with, the head coach does most of the talking, so they don't know me personally, and they wanted to find out what my philosophy was."
Crennel also was asked if his age might work against him when vacancies come up this year.
"I don't know whether age will be a problem or not," he replied. "I don't think anybody can say age will be a problem because of the laws of the land."
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