NFL week 10 open thread

Blitz on November 11, 2007 at 11:18 PM

That just shows you how bad Norv Turner is.

TheBigOldDog on November 11, 2007 at 11:21 PM

And Bill Bilichick is vindicated yet again….

TheBigOldDog on November 11, 2007 at 11:35 PM

Blitz on November 11, 2007 at 11:36 PM

That’s 3 missed FGs in his lat 2 games

TheBigOldDog on November 11, 2007 at 11:38 PM

Woo Hoo! Chargers Win! Chargers Win! They did everything they could to give the game away and still managed to win.

TheBigOldDog on November 11, 2007 at 11:40 PM

That was a LEGAL shift….

Blitz on November 11, 2007 at 11:55 PM

Big deal. Their $3M kicker missed a 29 yard chip shot. Manning threw 6 picks. They allowed 2 kickoff returns for TDs. a 5 yard penalty, even if a bad call, did not decide the game.

TheBigOldDog on November 12, 2007 at 12:05 AM

This is for the Colts are Saints and Pats are Devils crowd. This is for those you put a halo on Manning and horns on Brady:

PEYTON EXPOSES HIS TRUE COLORS, AGAIN

So on a night when Colts quarterback Peyton Manning directly contributed to his team’s two-point loss by serving up six picks to the Chargers, what was Peyton doing after kicker Adam Vinatieri missed a chip-shot field goal attempt that would have given Indy an improbable late lead?

True to form, Peyton blaming someone else.

“We should have called a time out,” Manning could be seen saying — twice — to an unidentified teammate while seated on the bench.

His point was that the Colts should have called a time out before the missed field goal try, which followed an argument between coach Tony Dungy and the refs regarding a false-start penalty called on tight end Ben Utecht, who clearly used a pre-snap shift in an obvious effort to get the Chargers to jump offsides. Taking a time out arguably would have given the field-goal team a full opportunity to focus on the coming kick.

Said a league source to us on Monday morning, “Way to undermine your coaching staff by talking sh-t to your teammates.”

Added the source, “This is classic Peyton Manning. Excuses, excuses excuses. Rolls his eyes when things aren’t going his way. Gives teammates the Dan Marino treatment. And now he second guesses his coaches to teammates while the game is still being played. What about the six interceptions he threw?”

The source believes that Peyton exposes his true colors whenever he’s in a tough situation. (And when we say “true colors” we’re not talking about the purple mark on his oversized forehead that looked like a tattoo of the continent of Asia.)

“He just always thinks he’s smarter and better than everyone,” the source said. “But he tries to hide it with that ‘aw, shucks’, good old boy crap.”

We agree. Though the situation won’t catch the eye of the media like last year’s “why in the f–k did you bring me here?” from Cowboys receiver T.O against the Eagles, Manning’s comments can be just as divisive, because they can create confusion among the other players as to who is really running the show.

And if you don’t think that statements like that have an impact on a team, look at the Ravens, who have imploded since linebacker Ray Lewis openly questions the play-calling of coach Brian Billick.

TheBigOldDog on November 12, 2007 at 10:21 AM