“He’s the alien now,” Jaworski said. “He’s playing the game like he’s from outer space. No one on this planet is playing the game like he is. The performance he had against the [New York] Jets [in the AFC championship game], that is a damn good defense. That is not some slappy defense put together with a bunch of guys; that’s a defense terrorizing people. Manning made them look pedestrian.
“The skill set is there, the pocket presence is there, the speed of decision-making is incomparable. He sees the field with incredible clarity. But the thing I see with him and other great quarterbacks, his movement in the pocket. It’s not talked about a lot, but he really perceives where the pressure is coming from.”