Questions and Thoughts on Peyton.

[therealitytheory]

Peyton won it but his free safety gave it back.

The Flacco Heave... pfft

 

[RhodesVol]

You learn in high school not to let a receiver get behind you when time is running out. The Broncos had two guys let that receiver beat them. That's just unacceptable. I kept saying on all those 3rd and one plays, play action! Apparently they couldn't hear me.

What was so frustrating to me was that the free safety was there in time to have made a play on the receiver. He wasn't really beat, but made an idiotic decision to play the ball, leaving the man wide open. Then after stumbling and falling in his failed attempt at a tip, the receiver had nothin but green in front of him.

The corner got straight burnt though.

Tori Smith made Bailey look old the whole game though.

 

[armchair]

peyton's lost some zip on this throws---it was a matter of time. Luckily, that 95 million deal is guaranteed.

between $12 M and $14 M a year, for as along as he plays. NFL contracts are not guaranteed; you get cut, you don't get paid. That's why the signing bonuses are big.

 

[armchair]

The Denver DBs were great all year but terrible yesterday--and they looked like high school players on that raven bomb to tie the game late. Killer.

 

[TheDirector]

Never will forget that wonderful bootleg play against Alabama for a TD. The play called was for him to give the ball to the running back....& at the last possible second he pulled the ball out & went the other way for a TD.....beautiful smarts of a true QB. I hope he want try throwing back against his body next time. But yesterday, the defense messed up big time. That game was not on Peyton losing it.

One of the most satisfying victories in our history. After that heart breaker in 1993 when Palmer ran for the 2 point conversion, that bootleg in 1995 is the signature moment in that game. Unfortunately the 1998 season overshadows a lot of great games in the 90s for the Vols. I'm not saying that that season wasn't the best, but there were a lot of other great seasons and games that lead up to that season. The 1995 Bama game turned the tide, literally!

 

[Volosaurus rex]

peyton's lost some zip on this throws---it was a matter of time. Luckily, that 95 million deal is guaranteed.

Remember that Peyton has said that he is still adjusting to the post-surgery version of his body. The process of neural regeneration may not yet be complete. He conceded that the reason that he wore gloves is that his forearm/grip strength still has not returned to former levels and the gloves improve his tactile feel for the ball. The extreme cold (<10 degrees, with wind chill near zero) may well have affected him more than it ordinarily would.

 

[Smokeytom]

Peyton won the game in the 4th quarter when he put the Broncs ahead 35-28.

It's too bad their Defense snatched loss from the jaws of victory allowing that inexcusable TD pass with 30 seconds left in the game. They had no freaking timeouts. You tackle the guy and time expires. Unreal.

And Peyton somehow choked?

I agree with everything you said except Peyton did still choked in OT. It shouldn't have been in OT, but Peyton made a mistake he hasn't made all year (literally). In OT he choked.

 

[Smokeytom]

Never will forget that wonderful bootleg play against Alabama for a TD. The play called was for him to give the ball to the running back....& at the last possible second he pulled the ball out & went the other way for a TD.....beautiful smarts of a true QB. I hope he want try throwing back against his body next time. But yesterday, the defense messed up big time. That game was not on Peyton losing it.

I definitely agree. But Peyton still had a chance to win it, had multiple possessions to win it. It kills me to say it honestly but if Tom Brady gets the ball in OT my bet is he goes and wins it. No matter what the Defense does to try and lose the game in regulation.

 

[Smokeytom]

Remember that Peyton has said that he is still adjusting to the post-surgery version of his body. The process of neural regeneration may not yet be complete. He conceded that the reason that he wore gloves is that his forearm/grip strength still has not returned to former levels and the gloves improve his tactile feel for the ball. The extreme cold (<10 degrees, with wind chill near zero) may well have affected him more than it ordinarily would.

He should've gone to San Fransisco then, imo. I would bet he knew that would be the case long before he made his decision. But he probably didn't want to play in the same conference as his brother. It'd be tough to meet up in the Playoffs against your brother's team. I'd love to see an all Manning SB though.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

I always thought San Francisco was the best fit, a team with an outstanding defense, good offensive supporting cast but with a less than stellar quarterback. I found it somewhat baffling that the 49ers didn't make a more concerted effort to sign Peyton, then came out in support of Alex Smith only to go with Kaepernick halfway through the season. Of course, Peyton's decision to sign with Denver probably hinged, in part, on the fact that, as a quarterback, he related so well to John Elway.

 

[sammyhagar]

Peyton Manning has has awful coaches throughout his pro career. Brady has the best coach of all time. Would love to see what Brady would do if Jim Caldwell or Jim Mora was his head coach his first few years in the league?

 

[beachbums624]

HMMM , Thoughts on Peyton Manning , In the Nfl ??? One of the BEST that has ever played that position . Offensive Co-Ordinator in a uniform . Seems like he has been NFL MVP a couple of times .....BLAH , blah . Really ?

Hell dude , I am a Green Bay fan . Peyton Manning is a first ballot HOF'er .

 

[In the Boro]

In Manning's era of great quarterbacking there 3 QB's with more Super Bowl titles. Four QBs have been to more Super Bowls than Manning. He is tied for the most playoff losses in NFL history. He has 8 one-and-dones in the playoffs. Four of those came when his team earned a bye. He is and has been great, I cannot say he is the greatest when someone like Brady puts up equal to or better numbers and then also plays better in the biggest games in the playoffs.