Possible reason for Manning's failure in playoffs

[Richard Tanner]

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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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"...We had some protection problems out there"-PM

Now if you like Peyton of course you'll say "he's including himself" and if you don't like Peyton then "he's just saying we to throw his line under the bus".

When I first heard it I thought it was awful timing and a bad thing to say, now it's really just about the timing for me, but at least he was stating fact. Still bad, but really a non-issue.

Cody

[BadBoyBenny]

I'm not really bitching about the call here. The point is Manning threw a pass that should have been picked, and if it had been is rating would probably have dropped considerably so saying he had a decent game because he had a 90 passer rating isn't a great argument.

[Richard Tanner]

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I'm not really bitching about the call here. The point is Manning threw a pass that should have been picked, and if it had been is rating would probably have dropped considerably so saying he had a decent game because he had a 90 passer rating isn't a great argument.

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I agree with you, and what I was saying is that if another botched call get's changed, the stats change again. It's not really important, in any case, thus my joke.

Cody

[Huskiez]

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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

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The refs definitely dicked over the Steelers more than the Colts:

Polamalu had definitely one (and possibly two) interceptions.
There was a non call on the pass interference against Randel El.
In that false start situation (which they missed), they decided to give a "redo 4th down" even though, if they didn't see any movement by either team (which clearly they hadn't), it should have been encroachment.

[legendary loser]

There is no doubt Manning is the best quarterback in the league. A lot of the people responding missed the point of my original post. Maybe it wasn't clear, but there is a difference to regular season football and playoff football (yesterday's game is an example). I'm not only talking about the blitz against Manning, but I'm talking about the entire speed and intensity of the game. I don't think Manning has successfully adapted to the speed/intensity of playoff football.

[thatpfunk]

"There is no doubt Manning is the best quarterback in the league. "

There is alot of doubt.

[Jack of Arcades]

yeah, tom brady is all WASSUP! and then carson palmer's like don't forget about me! ow, my knee hurts! and then jake plummer's like, i need to shave! and then ben roethlisberger's like yeah, so do I! and then everyone goes, stfu n00b!

[thatpfunk]

alex smith says holla, look at my hands:

[Jack of Arcades]

it's funny, 'cause people said daunte culpepper had small hands too. when daunte wasn't putting up an awesome season, he was fumbling 300 times too.

alex smith, whoamg is he going nowhere. <font color="white">(he still would've done better than brady. ohhhhhhhhhhhhh burn)</font>

[Richard Tanner]

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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.



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I can't believe I'm saying this, but you might be right. That would explain alot.

Cody