Have you ever watched a nature documentary that shows a cheetah chasing down a baby antelope, or some other helpless animal that can’t possibly outrun its oncoming predator? In the human world, such a scene plays out whenever Peyton Manning breaks free of the line of scrimmage and has to scramble in the open field, away from pursuing defenders. And the picture above, snapped by Justin Edmonds of Getty Images, is the perfect representation of said moment.

I love everything about this picture: the way Peyton is running like someone in high heels trying to catch a fleeing taxi, the way Josh McNary is taking steps like a running adult, while Peyton has the gait of a toddler trying to keep up with his father, how this could be easily Photoshopped into one of those cheesy wedding photos where the bridal party is being chased down by a dinosaur. (Spoiler alert: Peyton doesn’t make it.)

But it’s not until closer examination that the true jewel of the picture presents itself.

Peyton loves it! The thrill of the chase is invigorating. He’s like the bored, super-genius in a movie who needs a worthy adversary, if only for the sport of it. Throwing touchdowns against NFL defenses is no problem at all. But if occasionally threatening to run evens the playing field, so be it.

Now, a note: Peyton Manning isn’t actually slow. I’m slow. You’re slow. The rest of the world is slow. Peyton Manning is simply football slow. He’s slow only in comparison to his peers who run 4.3 in the 40. It’s the same way the last player on an NBA bench isn’t actually a scrub, but one of the best 400 basketball players in the word. These things are all relative.