Amazing how the medias opinion on Peyton has so many people being such jerks about him. Peyton didn't ask for any of it, he goes out and plays the game and does a damn good job of it. Meanwhile haters are so pissed at their own lives they can't wait to see a nice guy fail. Does Peyton go off on everyone around him in a yell fest when he loses like that Brady does? No he actually has some class.
Montana and Brady both refer to Peyton as one of the greatest that has ever played the game too.
IMO, PFM is a class act. Normally, he's a fucking artist with the football. I rooted for him when he was in Indy, (unless he was playing one of my teams) but when he signed with the Denver Donkeys, he became "one of the hated" to me. (I still think PFM is a class act...but as long as he wears Denver Orange, he's dead to me)
Who got MVP? Missed his name.
Eli look ashamed to be Peyton's brother after that game.
Seattle's D deserves the credit, but Manning DID choke. Broncos special teams looked almost as bad as the Redskins tonight. Well maybe not that bad, but this was the Superbowl. Christ.
Their tackling was terrible. The pass interference in the end zone was stupid. The game was over as soon as it started because the offense was worse than inept, but the defense certainly did nothing to keep them in the game.
Choked? You're not giving the Seahawks the credit they deserve. That was seriously one of the best defensive performances I've ever seen in a Super Bowl, and I've been watching them for over 30 years. Only the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens Super Bowl performances rival this one.
Manning didn't play well, but pinning this loss him is ridiculous. I didn't see one facet of the game where the Broncos played well:
1. The Broncos offensive line was TERRIBLE and made my Colts line look impenetrable. How do you blame Manning when arguably the two biggest plays in the game (the opening safety and the INT return) were ENTIRELY on the offensive line?
2. The Broncos defense did play OK at first, but was just on the field too long and as a result, was easy to shred later. Champ Bailey was burned all over the place and needs to hang it up.
3. The Broncos special teams looked bad too.
4. Manning obviously did not play well either, but the Seahawks deserve the credit there. This defensive performance will go down as one of the best ever.
5. The coaching was terrible. Where were the adjustments? I don't think anyone would've beaten the Seahawks tonight, but I bet my Colts would've made a game of it in the second half as they're masters of the half time adjustments.
You guys are also ignoring the fact that of the 5 previous times the #1 offense and #1 defense met, the team with the defense won 4 times.
Choked? You're not giving the Seahawks the credit they deserve. That was seriously one of the best defensive performances I've ever seen in a Super Bowl, and I've been watching them for over 30 years. Only the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens Super Bowl performances rival this one.
Manning didn't play well, but pinning this loss him is ridiculous. I didn't see one facet of the game where the Broncos played well:
1. The Broncos offensive line was TERRIBLE and made my Colts line look impenetrable. How do you blame Manning when arguably the two biggest plays in the game (the opening safety and the INT return) were ENTIRELY on the offensive line?
2. The Broncos defense did play OK at first, but was just on the field too long and as a result, was easy to shred later. Champ Bailey was burned all over the place and needs to hang it up.
3. The Broncos special teams looked bad too.
4. Manning obviously did not play well either, but the Seahawks deserve the credit there. This defensive performance will go down as one of the best ever.
5. The coaching was terrible. Where were the adjustments? I don't think anyone would've beaten the Seahawks tonight, but I bet my Colts would've made a game of it in the second half as they're masters of the half time adjustments.
You guys are also ignoring the fact that of the 5 previous times the #1 offense and #1 defense met, the team with the defense won 4 times.
Wait... there was 24 commercial? OMG NIGHT SALVAGED! Time to scour YouTube.
There might have been adjustments, but it still ended poorly. There were games all season where Denver looked like a different team in the 2nd half. This time they don't get the ball first and a kickoff return is what they have to deal with. Even with that though, IIRC they still started moving the ball but then the ball got punched out for a fumble. That fumble was pretty much the end of any hope. The defense was tired and stopped trying, and the offense scored one measly TD.
Again, they did pretty well until that kickoff return and were down 29-0. Before that the only touchdown they let up was a 1 yd goal line run that was easy to get because of the pick. They even stopped him the play before, so it took several tries for "beast mode" to get through that defense.
After that kickoff return they were god awful. Maybe they would have been that bad if it was a close game anyway, but it looked like they just gave up. Shame on them for giving up with half the game left, but IMO the defense did what they could to keep Denver in it as long as it mattered. The offense couldn't do their part though.
Manning sucked hard in the game. He alone makes the halftime adjustments (known fact). The fact is, Denver is terrible in the first half of games (defense and offense). Manning is the only reason they got as far as they did. Hell, the Chiefs and Chargers are a more complete "team" than the Broncos.
Oh, it's also widely know that Manning calls the shots and gameplay for all upcoming offense schemes in the preparation for games.
Widely known? You might want to tell that to Adam Gase and Peyton Manning (read Peyton's quote).
Umm, no.
"When No. 18 asks questions, he wants answers, and he wants them quickly. It