[Schwartzy61]

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Manning is THE best qb in the nfl when blitzed. The problem is he, like every other qb in the nfl, does not do well when there are five guys in his face.

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Anyone who thinks otherwise just needs to check the stats over the last few years. His passing numbers against the blitz are far and above any one else. I can't find anything online right now, but remember watching a Sportscenter report that said this exact thing.

The key to beating the Colts offense is the same as beating any offense where the QB is the key. Get the QB on the ground as much as possible. It worked for the Broncos vs. the Patriots Saturday. It's worked for the Patriots in years past vs. the Colts and Rams. It is what brought that prolific Rams offense down after everyone figured out how to beat it. And it forced Spurrier out of the NFL after two years. If you don't protect the QB your offense will struggle no matter who is playing QB.

As for the 4th and 16 play, there really is no point in throwing it up after allowing the WRs to run for all of 1 second because the only players that will see the ball are defenders. Manning needed to hopefully buy a couple seconds and to do that he had to run as fast as he could. Well we all know he can't run that fast and he got sacked. If Manning winds up moving out of the pocket and heaving it downfield you guys would still say he screwed it up, so on 4th and 16 and a guy in his face there is absolutely nothing Manning could've done to impress anyone that is already biased against him.