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Having anointed Manning recently this season many members of the establishment media cannot do a U-turn & criticize him because it would "look" like they were wrong. They cannot repudiate themselves this quickly. They have to be "all in" or all out. They can't have a balanced view of him.
I watched the game again last night on the NFL Network. There was a scene in the 3rd Q (just before Brees' TD pass to Shockey) of Manning standing in front of his O line who were seated on the bench. Even Jim Nance spontaneously used the word "lectures" or "lecturing" to describe the scene. If asked about it, I'm sure that Nance would recant though because to do otherwise would go against conventional wisdom.
I think that there are feelings among some team members about Manning that he is wearing thin on them. There are often different perceptions that the establishment media foists upon us & what goes on behind the scene ... e.g., Tiger Woods. Michael (Jordan) was revered by the media for his performance but his Hall of Fame speech revealed the JERK that Jordan has always been.
There is a very fine line between being determined & being obsessed. Really think Peyton is showing signs of becoming Ahab (Moby Dick) like. If the Colts keep doing the same things that they've been doing the past several years, I suspect the results will be the same. People forget that before Bill Belichick's handing the game to Peyton, New England had the Colts thoroughly beaten and basically they were not unmasked again until the Super Bowl.
I shared these same thoughts with a friend yesterday and low and behold this appears on ESPN.com today. In the piece Colts’ Pres Bill Polian throws the offensive line under the bus as well as the special teams. Gotta wonder what those O-linemen think of Polian’s finger pointing, particularly with no mention of Peyton.
It will be interesting today to see the establishment media's response to Polian having anointed him too.
I watched the game again last night on the NFL Network. There was a scene in the 3rd Q (just before Brees' TD pass to Shockey) of Manning standing in front of his O line who were seated on the bench. Even Jim Nance spontaneously used the word "lectures" or "lecturing" to describe the scene. If asked about it, I'm sure that Nance would recant though because to do otherwise would go against conventional wisdom.
I think that there are feelings among some team members about Manning that he is wearing thin on them. There are often different perceptions that the establishment media foists upon us & what goes on behind the scene ... e.g., Tiger Woods. Michael (Jordan) was revered by the media for his performance but his Hall of Fame speech revealed the JERK that Jordan has always been.
There is a very fine line between being determined & being obsessed. Really think Peyton is showing signs of becoming Ahab (Moby Dick) like. If the Colts keep doing the same things that they've been doing the past several years, I suspect the results will be the same. People forget that before Bill Belichick's handing the game to Peyton, New England had the Colts thoroughly beaten and basically they were not unmasked again until the Super Bowl.
I shared these same thoughts with a friend yesterday and low and behold this appears on ESPN.com today. In the piece Colts’ Pres Bill Polian throws the offensive line under the bus as well as the special teams. Gotta wonder what those O-linemen think of Polian’s finger pointing, particularly with no mention of Peyton.
It will be interesting today to see the establishment media's response to Polian having anointed him too.
Look the people in this town don't want to hear it but Cal Ripken was among the untouchables too. One of the dirty dark secrets is that Cal did juice to accelerate the healing process as part of an effort to sustain his streak. And let's not overlook some of the statistical peaks and valleys in his career. Can you say cycles?
ReplyDeleteThere was also a mysterious game played in the late 90's that was called unnecessarily. Some BS about the lights not working properly. We won't go there but can you say Baltimore County Detention Center?
As far as Polian backing the bus up over the O-line, last time I checked the Colts ran the ball effectively in that game and Manning was sacked how many times?
Finally, word has begun to surface that Peyton has a little Tiger Woods in him and I'm not talking about Buicks, Nike or American Express.
Just telling it like it is!