‘No disrespect to Ryan Fitzpatrick, the current occupant of the revolving-door position, but with not all that much respect either, these fans reasoned that only a signal-calling saviour cut from the Manning mold, preferably Peyton but Eli would do; with the arm of an Aikman, the bravado of a Bradshaw, the elan of an Elway and the pluckiness of a Plunkett would be the only answer for the long term.’