The end results for Manning werent good, and he did lose, but Im not going to hammer him for the loss. Harrison's fumble early in the game when Indy was driving and in position to go up 14-0 killed. It killed the drive, it killed confidence, it killed momentum. And Im sure it killed the crowd's energy to a degree to see Harrison of all people turn it over after making his first catch in over 2 months. That was a HUGELY negative play imo, even though it was certainly early in the game, but it wasnt on Manning. But late in that game, on that final drive, the 3rd down throw to Wayne was certainly a money throw, down and low, and Wayne should have come up with it, but the crushing hit by the safety on Wayne's shoulder probably took him out for the remainder of that drive anyway. But it was a good throw in a good spot, and a good defensive play was made on a pass that probably should have been caught. And the 4th down pass to Clark was really a nice throw, again in a tough spot, but it was on a dime, over coverage, to his most reliable receiver at the most critical of times, but Clark simply dropped it. It was a ball that should have been caught. Again, not on Manning, imo.
The Colts only scored 24. Theyre a team that averages well above that, particularly later in the season when they started playing pretty good football again, after the 2 midseason losses. But I cant put it all on Manning. He'll certainly shoulder the burden, but Sanders' injury, and Addai's injury and some key drops, tips and turnovers amongst the many other key plays in that game were the cause that loss. Not a Manning choke job. jmho.
Tough loss, Colts fans. You had another great season, so nothing to be down about for too long, hopefully. Your team battled thru a lot of injuries this season, thought its never really an excuse we as fans should lean on, but they handled it as champions do, and played with a lot of heart. That's a tremendous team. Heads up.
AS that game was hashed and rehashed here, the fault was clearly with the defense. The Chargers scored 28 points, and Indy was without some key defensive players. Manning led the offense to 24 points, no not enough to win, but clearly not "choking."On the other hand, the Patriots mustered up what 14 points? Yes it was against a good D, but 14 points? By the #1 offense in the NFL?I don't think you know the definition of choking if you think Indy did and NE didn't.As far as beating "formidable" teams? LOL!!! NE beat JAX, who were one dimensional. Then they beat SD, which was without it's top-3 offensive players. Neither of those games should have been a challenge at all.
It's funny, I was always told those that try to bring you down are not worth the time of day.Plus knowledge always comes out in the end, He who makes fun of your knowledge gets an C on test.You get an A. Funny thing is that person would say He still did better than you did. 
AS that game was hashed and rehashed here, the fault was clearly with the defense. The Chargers scored 28 points, and Indy was without some key defensive players.
That'll make it seem like I actually enjoy responding to your commentary. How 'bout a thumbs up for good measure. 
Thanks! I can why you think this way, since what I said is a statement of fact. Whereas what you've posted here is your opinion, which you try to state as a fact. See the difference?
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Stand back everyone, we're dealing with a clairvoyant here......
I already know you couldn't read. It's ok.Maybe Pizzaman can read it to you. 
