>>Manning admitted he played poorly on Sunday, and he understands Mora's criticism -- to a point.
"As far as his comments after the game, like I said, I agree with what he said about my performance, as far as the interceptions," Manning said. "I don't necessarily agree with how he said it, but he is the head coach and I am the player. ... But to use the words disgraceful ... Disgraceful to me would be if I had not prepared to play or if I had come into meetings late and sort of goofing off in practice and went out and played poorly 'cause I wasn't prepared.
"You know, I prepared harder for that 49ers game than any other game. I just went out there in the second half and didn't get it done. Was it bad? Yes, it was bad. Was it disgraceful? Uh, no. ... We are 4-6 with six games left. Disgraceful would be if we had anybody quit at this point in the season, if we had anybody jump ship at this point and say the season is over. ...
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