Don’t know if you saw the following incident during pre-Super Bowl coverage. I actually watched very little the past two weeks. The hype and repetition gets old.
Anyway during the incident Jeff Saturday, Colts Pro Bowl center, muttered something in frustration as the offense was coming off the field. He thought the Colts needed to run the ball near the goal line. This set Peyton Manning off and he went out of his way and blasted Saturday who was sitting with other offensive linemen. Manning was really out of line yet he would later put a positive spin on it and define it in so many words as a healthy confrontation to clear the air.
That’s fine.
What shocked me was another Colt, Tarik Glenn stood toe-to-toe, face-to-face with Manning, forcefully telling the golden boy to, “Go sit down!"
Often these kinds of (stand-up) incidents do not happen without some background climate.
Interestingly enough, Glenn a Pro Bowler tackle in 2004, 2005 and 2006 retired after the 2006 season at the age of 30 claiming he lost his passion for football.
Finally, in 2009 I agreed that Manning is "better" (whatever that means) than Brady.
Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
Next year the Colts are going to play the same way with the same Manning-centric philosophy. I can’t see them changing their style of play. In their division, the regular season doesn’t offer that much resistance. Also, the strength has swung from the AFC to the NFC. The team that might have stood in the Colts way was the Chargers.
Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed that a new deal is expected to make the Colts’ star the highest-paid player in NFL history and to keep him with the franchise for his entire career.
Even though there may not be a salary cap in 2010 that situation will not be permanent. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that Manning is not the problem (roster-wise). Do you improve the Colts by giving Manning an even higher percentage of the finite financial resources? Surely, there are and have been other areas roster-wise that needed to be sacrificed in order to pay Manning so highly.
Also, what is Manning’s alternative if they Colts don’t offer more?
Retire?
Go to another team?
It’s not like he’s being slapped in the face financially by the Colts presently.
What is the sense of busting the budget for one position even if it is for the best QB in football?
Only one championship in 10 years plus a few early playoff exits is no accident!
By the way, Einstein must have foreseen the advent of the 325+ pound lineman … E=mc2
Don’t you just love this talk about the REASON why the Colts lost was because Garcon dropped a pass early in the game in the first quarter no less? In order to win, you have to overcome your mistakes particularly if made early in the game. The Saints overcame coming up empty-handed against the Colts goal-line stand.
If the Colts couldn’t overcome Garcon’s early mistake, they didn’t have the mental toughness to win.
Speaking of blame did I or did I not hear Phil Simms say that one reason Reggie Bush hasn’t lived up to the hype is because he’s not very tough? You’ve gotta love it. Who dat gonna leave dem Saints?
Reg-gie!
Reg-gie!
That party on Bourbon Street looked like a beast and what an appetizer for next week’s Mardi Gras. Good for all you Louisianans. You clearly deserve it!
And just think, it wasn’t that long ago when Saints’ owner Tom Benson seemed destined to pull an Irsay and bring in the Mayflower moving vans and take his team to San Antonio. Such an exodus would have made The Alamo seem like a cocktail hour.
While we’re on the topic of celebrations, those Hoosiers sure do love their Colts. Upon their return from Miami, the decade’s most winning team was greeted by 11 fans at Indianapolis International Airport.
Poetic justice if you ask me…
