Archie Manning
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"Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III" is a former American professional American football/football quarterback who played in the National Football League. He played for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, then for the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. Manning is the List of professional sports families/father of Cooper Manning, current Denver Broncos starting quarterback Peyton Manning, and current New York Giants starting quarterback Eli Manning.

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I never intended to stay in New Orleans, ... [But] along the way, New Orleans was really good to me. We were the only pro team in town. We weren't too good, but the fans were passionate about the Saints and extremely good to me and my family.

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New Orleans is just a doggone fun place to be.

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I know they'll be calling on us.

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The Saints are doing a good job adjusting. I think their focus is on trying to make the best of their season, but also to try and help the people of New Orleans in the process. From everything I've seen and heard they are doing a good job of it.

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I was just pleased and hope he continues to be successful. But somewhere along the line, you've got to achieve a little bit of success to keep it going.

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I did a couple of interviews about the Saints and the great win they had, and at one point I had to correct the guy, ... I said, 'Now wait a minute. You have to understand, this wasn't like TCU beating Oklahoma. The Saints have a good team.'

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They're talking about the Saints being America's Team instead of the (Dallas) Cowboys this year.

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In my first year, I always looked for positive things and kept working, ... The good news is the score is always zero-zero when you kick off the next week. I've told Eli to 'keep sawing wood.'

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I was very proud of them. It was heavy on their hearts and they moved fast. Peyton got the plane lined up. Their mother and I think that it did some good. I've heard so many comments from people in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. And after talking to the boys when I got back I could tell it did them some good, too.

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