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It’s Time

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While he did win Super Bowl XLI MVP, Manning posted one of the worst postseason runs for a Super Bowl winning quarterback of all-time. He threw three touchdown passes but posted seven interceptions and did not have a single game passer rating higher than 81.6. Despite slaying the Patriots on the way to winning the Super Bowl, something just seems missing from Manning’s resume.

He is missing THAT game. That hammer performance in a championship game. Montana had three monster Super Bowls; Unitas had the ’58 NFL title game; Brady had Super Bowl XXXVI & XXXVIII; Elway had back to back Super Bowls, both endearing in different ways. What is Peyton Manning’s defining postseason moment? The 2006 AFC title game? He was ok in Super Bowl XLI but far from lights out. He still needs THAT game.

Jets Stop Chargers; Setup Polian/Painter/Caldwell Bowl

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=New+York+Jets&iid=7578276″ src=”1/1/d/3/NFL_Divisional_Playoffs_b75a.jpg?adImageId=9176451&imageId=7578276″ width=”380″ height=”255″ /] The New York Jets, who stood at 7-7 several weeks ago and out of the playoff race, stormed into San Diego and defeated the Chargers on Sunday 17-14 in the AFC Divisional playoffs. The victory sends the Jets to the […]

Quoth the Colts Nevermore

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Colts+Ravens&iid=7562743″ src=”5/4/8/1/NFL_Divisional_Playoffs_5f65.jpg?adImageId=9122717&imageId=7562743″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /] The Ravens needed to run the ball effectively to win…and they didn’t. Peyton Manning, who is undergoing his third name change of the season (went from Peyton Manning to “The Sheriff” and to “18”), did enough (2 TDs) to hold […]

AFC Divisional Playoff Preview: Home Cooking

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Ravens+Colts&iid=7113953″ src=”8/e/1/8/Colts_Gary_Brackett_033f.JPG?adImageId=8954400&imageId=7113953″ width=”380″ height=”306″ /] It’s party time in the American Football Conference as we reintroduce the AFC heavyweights into the fray for Divisional Round action. Unlike the NFC playoffs, the AFC offers up Indianapolis and San Diego and their high tech passing games as […]

Manning Wins MVP Award…Again

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Peyton+Manning&iid=7452418″ src=”b/f/5/1/Indianapolis_Colts_v_5739.jpg?adImageId=8881113&imageId=7452418″ width=”380″ height=”256″ /] Despite all of the Drew Brees, Phil Rivers, and Chris Johnson talk, it was relatively obvious that the MVP award was Peyton Manning’s to lose. As it turns out, he didn’t lose according to Mike Chappell of the Indianapolis Star.

Down on the Bayou

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=New+Orleans+Saints&iid=7432994″ src=”b/1/6/a/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_ebb4.jpg?adImageId=8738755&imageId=7432994″ width=”380″ height=”290″ /] So, lost in the haze of verbal gunfire launched at Jim Caldwell, Bill Polian, Curtis Painter and the Indianapolis Colts is another brewing mess going in New Orleans.

Week 16’s Face of Defeat

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[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Jim+Caldwell&iid=7435067″ src=”c/1/0/e/New_York_Jets_bc33.jpg?adImageId=8696337&imageId=7435067″ width=”380″ height=”495″ /] While he was starting to approach a realism level similar to that of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, Jim Caldwell does really exist. The Colts elected to eschew going for the perfect season and mailed it in during a […]