09-07-2011, 02:33 PM | #101 |
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Here's how my Sunday looks: I'll be glued to NFL Red Zone hoping for the Buffalo/Kansas City game, just so I can hear Rich Gannon say "ow-fense" over and over. When all the games get to the fourth quarter, I'm going to turn off my TV's sound and call the games myself using my best Gus Johnson impression. Then my wife will kill me and I'll come back and haunt you all as Gus Johnson or perhaps as Terry Bradshaw.
So if I were you, I probably wouldn't plan on a good night's sleep Sunday night.
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09-07-2011, 02:38 PM | #102 | |
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Please, please, please choose to haunt me as Gus. If you choose to haunt me as Terry I am very likely to kill myself, and that won't be much fun for anybody.
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09-07-2011, 02:44 PM | #103 | |
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Here's how my Sunday looks: I'll be glued to the Lions/Bucaneers game. When that game is over, I am going to run out to the store, buy a potter's wheel, a bunch of clay and a "Best of The Righteous Brothers" CD. When all the games get to the fourth quarter, I am going to start making clay pots while listening to "Unchained Melody" over and over again, until Pumpy's ghost comes to my house, inhabits my wife's body and we re-create that famous scene from "Ghost". So if I were you, I probably wouldn't plan on a good night's sleep Sunday night, because that shit's gonna be sexy hot.
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09-07-2011, 02:45 PM | #104 |
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I just felt a little joy on the inside... but mostly on the outside.
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09-07-2011, 02:48 PM | #105 |
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Oh, wait....sweet I got the rules backwards. Browns aren't on, but the Steelers are. Nice.
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09-07-2011, 04:10 PM | #106 | |
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Reports are saying Manning is out for the season!
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09-07-2011, 04:18 PM | #107 |
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09-07-2011, 04:25 PM | #108 |
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Enter the Texans
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09-07-2011, 04:31 PM | #109 |
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I've had the suspicion for at least a month now that Manning may not end up playing this year, but I don't see any way he could officially or unofficially be out for the season already. If he went back in for more surgery and it actually works this time, he could be back in a couple months.
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09-07-2011, 05:12 PM | #110 |
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Is he still able to get a PUP exemption, or is IR his only roster option.
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09-07-2011, 05:29 PM | #111 |
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ESPN, SI, and Yahoo all have articles on him just missing game one.
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09-07-2011, 05:53 PM | #112 |
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I really feel that if Manning was even at 75%, he would play this Sunday. Now that he's out, I'm thinking he's out at least 3-4 games. The season thing scares me to death, but considering another surgery is at least a possibility from what I've read, then season ending injury is at least on the table.
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09-07-2011, 06:15 PM | #113 |
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If Manning misses a significant amount of time it will be really interesting to see what unfolds. I assume, like most, that the Colts will really struggle to win games. I imagine this will be because of a combination of just how good/valuable Manning is and just how poorly the Colts have planned for this eventuality.
It's not like this neck thing came out of the blue is it? They had to know that this could be serious and the best they did was Orlovsky and Painter until a week or so ago? I wonder how the Colts would perform if they even had a decent back-up or is Manning just /that/ good and the team that reliant on him that if he goes down... Kaput. While I like Peyton Manning, I will find the Colts much more interesting to watch (well, maybe not watch, but keep tabs on) if he misses significant time.
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09-07-2011, 06:34 PM | #114 |
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At a Labor Day cookout I was telling everyone his career was over. Some of the reactions I got from some folks was pretty comical.
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09-07-2011, 06:38 PM | #115 |
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I have some faith in Collins. He is 11th in all time passing yards and he was the QB of the Giants when they lost the SB to the Ravens.
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09-07-2011, 07:02 PM | #117 | |
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How many career passing yards does Favre have? And one of your reasons for optimism is he started a SB he lost 11 years ago? By that standard, Rex Grossman is your man, he lost one more recently than Collins. He's going to have a rough go of it with a poor pass blocking OL and a substandard running game, though better passing game targets than in Tenn. |
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09-07-2011, 07:26 PM | #118 |
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I think Polian may have a master plan to get Andrew Luck so Manning can mentor him for a year before he retires prematurely after next season in the interest of self preservation. That would mean Manning being out for the year is not necessarily a bad idea. Otherwise, why haven't they brought in Garrard?
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09-07-2011, 07:36 PM | #119 | |
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They would either have to have the worst record in the league and even with Manning gone, that's a hell of a drop, or they would have to get close enough to trade up and get him. Even with the new rookie cap, I think the next draft could be rather difficult to trade up to get Luck. Garrard, while having good moments, can be outright awful.
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09-07-2011, 07:42 PM | #120 | |
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He's going to have to fight San Francisco for that, and I don't think Indy is going 1-15. |
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09-07-2011, 07:47 PM | #121 |
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I just honestly don;t see how a 30 year old career backup is better option than David Garrard. This HAS to be about the 9 million. With an abbreviated off season, there is no way you can sell me on Garrard looked poor in practice so he got fired.
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09-07-2011, 10:19 PM | #122 |
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One thing is for sure if he is out: We will finally see how good Manning really is this year. My opinion is that he is responsible for about 80% of that teams success over the past couple years. His neck likely is having issues from having to shoulder the weight of the entire team over that period. I predict without him returning, they finish 2-14.
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I thought this was interesting:
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09-08-2011, 07:03 AM | #125 | |
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He was on the PUP, moved when he was reported to be making progress. I believe you must be on the PUP at the start of the league year calendar, and assuming this was Saturday when 53-man rosters went into effect. He was put on the active roster because 1) if they felt there was any chance he'd be prepared at all to play week 1-6, he needed removed from PUP before season started and 2) that 53rd spot was between him and their version of Steve McClendon, so roster wise it didn't mean a thing.
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09-08-2011, 10:46 AM | #126 |
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09-08-2011, 10:56 AM | #127 |
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In retrospect, when Manning drafted Aaron Rodgers in his fantasy league, that should have been a dead giveaway he wasn't too confident in his chances of playing.
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09-08-2011, 02:07 PM | #128 |
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Mort reporting on espn Manning had another surgery today
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09-08-2011, 02:14 PM | #129 |
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Will Carroll (yeah, yeah) just tweeted that if its a cervical fusion procedure it is potentially a career-ender.
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Let the 2011 Indianapolis Colts experiment begin!
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Or the league might award Manning the MVP after this season, when they realize how important he is to the Colts... |
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09-08-2011, 04:32 PM | #135 |
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09-08-2011, 05:23 PM | #136 |
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Kill me now. 6-10, at best. *sigh*
I would think the Colts will hold off on placing him on IR unless he absolutely can't come back. If the Colts are somehow 4-4 at the midway point, they may try to bring him back for a playoff push. But if they are 2-6, which is possible with only the Bengals being a "bad" team in the first 8 games....I say they shelf him for the year. Either way, what was a hopeful season with the Super Bowl in Indy turns into a disaster quickly. Just hope the Pats don't win it all...I plan on spending 3-4 days in Indy just hanging out for the festivities...the Pats would put a damper on that. It's the Texans division to lose now. No Manning. Jags in disarray. Titans in transition. |
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Two years in a row the team that hosts the Super Bowl sees their starting QB miss significant time due to injury.
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09-08-2011, 06:22 PM | #139 |
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Colts will be better than people think. If I was a betting man, I'd be really tempted by the 8 or 9 points they are getting this week.
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I really don't think if the Colts tank this year it proves they would have tanked every year of Manning's career without him. Your team talent level is going to go down when you blow 5 drafts in a row. They did used to have more talent around him. They may have leveled off this year even with Manning.
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The Colts have several elite players, but have drafted really shitty. Defense is essentially the Stud DE's and replacement level guys. Most of the line is garbage on offense.
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09-08-2011, 06:34 PM | #143 |
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Triple jinx
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I think it's a combination of Manning able to make meh receivers good and that the offense has always been high flying enough that teams end up passing more to keep up because Indy hasn't been good at stopping the run in forever. I'm not overwhelmingly impressed with their post-Dungy coaching staff, either. |
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09-08-2011, 08:56 PM | #146 |
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As long as you aren't a Saints fan hoping for halfway decent defense.... Worst half I have ever seen out of a GW Saints defense. Ugly.
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09-08-2011, 08:58 PM | #147 |
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Might be first to 45 wins.
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On defense you have 4 that could start for other teams. Freeney and Mathis of course. Brackett is very underrated...there's a reason he's the only LB the Colts have signed to a big contract in the last 15 years. The other would be Antoine Bethea. Extremely overshadowed by Bob Sanders. Didn't have Sanders' intimidation factor, but he is a solid at the run and pass. When he got hurt, you could see the drop in the defense more so than when Sanders went down. Jerraud Powers and Melvin Bullitt are good players as well, maybe not starter caliber for better teams. Offensively, you'd have Clark, Wayne, and Collie. Collie led the league last year in catch % off balls thrown to him. Best hands I've ever seen with the Colts, and that counts Marvin Harrison. If he puts in a full year with Manning, you'd see Welker numbers but with more TDs. Saturday has an outside shot at the hall and is still a very good center. After him, though, the line is weak. Diem has never been much more than above average. |
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Holy shit, that's a freaking barrell roll on the KR for a TD
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