If Peyton Played in Philly…
Posted by Johnny Goodtimes on February 8th, 2010
Indulge me for a second as I pretend that the Philadelphia Colts lost to the Saints last night. Here would be the local reaction.
Peyton Manning came up small in a big game…again. Yes, he won one Super Bowl, but that was against Rex Grossman, which hardly counts. And he really wasn’t very good in that game, or that year’s playoffs. He is now 9-9 in the playoffs for his career. If that doesn’t scream pedestrian I don’t know what does. Did you see how much freaking time he had in the pocket last night? He could launched it deep all night with that time he had, and yet he just kept playing dink and dunk. And that final interception was just the icing on the cake. It was a sign that Manning’s time here should be over. It is time to give Curtis Painter the ball and see what he can do behind such a stalwart offensive line. I mean, seriously, he can’t do any worse.
And it’s not that Manning always loses the big ones. It’s that he doesn’t seem to care about the big ones. He’s too busy doing commercials with Justin Timberlake to concentrate on football. Perhaps if he really cared about this team and about this city, he would say, “Hey Justin, sorry, but this year I’m really going to do some serious preparation for the upcoming season.” But that won’t happen.
Another question: why can’t Peyton run the plays that get sent out to the huddle, like every other quarterback in the NFL? This isn’t the 1950s, Otto Graham isn’t calling plays anymore. Peyton changes half the plays at the line. If I was the coach that would drive me nuts. I mean, these guys up in the booth spend their lives determining what plays to run against certain defenses, yet Peyton thinks he knows better after studying the defense for 3 seconds. It is insubordination, if you ask me, and I’d like to see it carried out in some other town. If “Mr. Know It All” was really such a genius at changing plays, would he be 9-9 in the playoffs, with his biggest win against Rex Grossman? I think not. Listen, I’m not a Peyton hater, but I just think that he is past his prime. I think we saw that in last night’s game. And I think it’s time to give the kid a shot.
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Ilya Kovalchuk was told yesterday by Atlanta Thrashers’ GM, Don Waddell, that he will be traded. 
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