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The flip side to that is the Ravens have yet to face a QB of Manning's stature or an offense with the weapons the Colts have in the passing game. The closest would be Pittsburgh but Roethlisberger is playing hurt. None of the other QBs they've faced (Palmer, Anderson or Collins) come close to Manning. Combine that with the fact the game is in Indy and I could see Manning having a big day. I don't think the Colts will even try to run much. They'll just concede the fact they can't and turn the game over to Manning. We'll see how it turns out. I agree that if you go purely off statistics and believe that in every matchup the defense holds the advantage than ranking Manning where he's at can be justified. I'm just not sure that the defense should always be given the edge - especially if they're on the road facing a QB of Manning's ability.
I'll buy that. I happen to agree with everything you say (I'm starting Peyton this week rain or shine). I'm just saying if ya look at the stats of this D it's very justifiable.
Exactly. I think the ranking is pretty accurate, actually. Without the two gift turnovers against the Texans, they scored, what, 17 points this past Sunday. Against the Texans. Methinks the Ravens will be even stingier...
The difference between "QB16" and "QB9" this week is a whopping 2pts! Don't get caught up in the order they're in, look at the points.fo shizzle said:
In my league, Peyton is the #16 QB....for the year (based on points scored to date). It's not likehe's been setting the world on fire so far this year.
Even you were not expecting it to go this well. But nice call, regardless.It's a nasty matchup on paper. No doubt. I certainly can understand lowering Manning's projections (although my personal belief is he's going to throw it a ton and get his numbers due to the volume of passes he'll attempt), but I was more surprised by some of the QBs projected ahead of him. Some of them do have nice matchups on paper, but at least one has what I would view as a much worse matchup when you take into account the QB's ability compared to Manning's. But this is why we play the game and all that.
It's still mathematically possible for some of these guys to outperform Peyton this week...
The difference between being QB16 and QB1 is sorta big, tho...Just sayin'. It was a big whiff on the rankings.
