Possible reason for Manning's failure in playoffs

[TheRover]

I'd REALLY like to know who's gimmick account this is.

[RacersEdge]

Kind of a hand waving argument.

If all teams had to do was blitz Manning, he wouldn't be the number 1 passing QB in the league.

BTW, his passing rating yesterday was 91 - a pretty good game.

[Jack of Arcades]

Manning is one of the best qbs 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.

[BadBoyBenny]

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BTW, his passing rating yesterday was 91 - a pretty good game.

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I wonder what it would be if the Polamolu interception hadn't been overturned.

[JackCase]

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"It takes time to move on from a game like this, make peace with the football gods and move on to next season," Manning said Sunday.

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Manning is on the right track, but still doesn't get it. The football gods have put an eternal curse on the Colts for back-stabbing their fans.

[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.

[Jack of Arcades]

Schwartzy,

This year plummer and brady have been pretty good as well.

The problem for the Colts was that their O-Line got dominated, plain and simple. The team just can't handle graet bullrushing like was shown in the san diego and ptitsburgh games.

[Jeremy517]

Since Manning is the one gyrating and pointing out where blitzes are coming from on every play, part of the line's failure is on him.

Even when there wasn't pressure on him, he had numerous throws that were just way off.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Since Manning is the one gyrating and pointing out where blitzes are coming from on every play, part of the line's failure is on him.

Even when there wasn't pressure on him, he had numerous throws that were just way off.

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It's not like the O-Line were missing their assignments and failing to pick up guys - they were just getting run over.

[Richard Tanner]

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BTW, his passing rating yesterday was 91 - a pretty good game.

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I wonder what it would be if the Polamolu interception hadn't been overturned.

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Or if that false start on the Steelers would've been called and Peyton would've taken over after a punt with momentum. Over all the refs were second only to the Colts in costing the colts this game.

Cody