espn.com is reporting that Peyton has missed the first practice of his pro career to attend his grandmother's funeral in Mississippi. I'm sure some of you have read this. Geez, what a hard-working athlete!
Frances Thomas Williams died Monday at age 86 in Meridian, Miss.
She was the grandmother of Peyton and Eli Manning, the New York Giants quarterback, and the mother-in-law of former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning.