I agree with your thoughts about the Dolts and Manning.
I think that they are becoming a past winning team.
With only one SB win, a bunch of MVPs, an SB loss, on the path to make records, Peyton really is looking more and more overrated just like Brett.
Well I don't like Peyton, for one reason; media attention.
Even after the Super Bowl, all I heard was excuses for him throwing a pick six. i don't know about ESPN and every other sports news cast, but it looked like the Saints kicked their ***** if you asked me. LMAO the Colts had a 10-0 lead on them and still lost by 14. They just didn't want to admit the Saints were the better team after they won the Super Bowl that year. Peyton
forced the ball and threw it right to him. He's lucky they didn't pick him off again in the end zone after the pass interference call put them at first and goal with a minute left.
Peyton is a pocket quarterback. he has NEVER had to run for his life like Brett, or Aaron, or even Warren Moon has. i don't give a crap what people say, but sometimes a weak O-line early in a QB's career will benefit them greatly. Rodgers is a good example. He learned all that scrambling and breaks this year after the torture he went through in '09. Brett also scrambled early in his career. And Warren Moon; one of my favorite quarterbacks, had some of the worst protection ever, but he could still avoid rushes. When Peyton gets pass rushed, or blitzed like in the Super Bowl, he just simply throws out of bounds (unlike the 1980's, that used to be a 10 yard penalty)
If the Colts do break the old 49ers record for winning the division so many times, I would be pretty upset cause those 49ers won 16 division titles and played one tough division, with the Rams rematching them in the NFC Championship one time, and the Saints and Falcons both were wild card teams later on, but bottom line is that same team that won 16 division titles also won 5 Super Bowls. The Colts have won more than 10 divisions I think with Peyton and only one Super Bowl, and also a blown CHOKED Super Bowl by him. So if they win more divisions than the Montana/Young Niners but only one Super Bowl, that is pretty sad.
They are washed up. I look for them to crash and burn this year, and I will be so happy when that time finally comes. Now Houston, give it to those guys. They had it rough last season but they are actually trying.