In American football, a game manager is a quarterback who, despite pedestrian individual statistics such as passing yards and touchdowns, also maintains low numbers of mistakes, such as interceptions and fumbles.
[3][4] Arizona Sports said that "game manager" was "a term that often comes with negative connotations of a non-talented, play-it-safe type of quarterback".
[6] The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "As consolation ... Quarterbacks are called game managers only if they're winning.
Former Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian laughed, "Every quarterback is a game manager, it's what the job is all about".
[4] Peyton Manning, who was a five-time NFL Most Valuable Player, transitioned into a game manager role with a defensive-oriented Denver Broncos squad in his final season in 2015, when he won his second championship and became at the time the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, at age 39.