Cooper Kupp Has Been Ghosting Peyton Manning His Entire Career

Cooper Kupp is always catching everything, but this one he totally missed.

Kupp and Peyton Manning go way back. But despite their special connection and Peyton Manning being one of the NFL’s biggest icons, not everyone is guaranteed a text back.

During an NFL Twitter Spaces in November, Kupp explained how he once got a message from an unknown number with a picture of him and Peyton at the passing academy.

At the time, he was confused over who the sender was. Kupp eventually realized that the text messages aligned with when he would interact with Manning at these events.

“I think I’ve been ghosting Peyton Manning for my entire NFL career,” Kupp light-heartedly concluded. Considering how many fake message professional athletes get, it’s not surprising that Kupp was suspicious over who the sender was, but it’s still pretty wild that he ignored one of the sport’s all-time greats on accident.

Cooper Kupp has an interesting connection to Peyton and Eli.

Kupp’s grandfather, Jake Kupp, actually used to be Archie Manning’s teammate on the Saints. So there’s that.

Hopefully he put Peyton’s name in his phone this time around.

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