When does Peyton Manning return to form? (1 Viewer)

[Andy Herron]

I'm genuinely curious about how much time it will take Peyton Manning to return to the form that we've all become accustomed to.

When will we see it again?

I'm not saying it won't come. That would be ridiculous. But he certainly didn't look to be in sync for his home opener in the new stadium vs. Chicago.

Holy cow, who saw that coming?

 

[Andy Herron]

Are you kidding me?

No votes as of yet?

So are we assuming that all is right in Colts-land?

O.K.

 

[Dragon1952]

I chose after the Week 4 bye. I don't think you 'get well' after just one game, especially having to travel to Minnesota to face one of the better defenses that now has a chip on their shoulders from getting shown up on Monday Night football. Jacksonville's 'D' knows it's got to step it up to make up for the offense, and that's a tough divisional matchup. They may win those two games, but I don't think Manning's 'back' until after the bye.

 

[EdwardCat]

Why do you allow people to vote for all 3?

 

[Limp Ditka]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

 

[Dragon1952]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

 

[Jambi]

He appears to be on the decline portion of his career.

 

[The Man with the Plan]

Where's the 2009 option?

 

[Jerry Lawler]

It seemed to me that the rest of the Colts team was at least as deficient as Manning. Considering the play of the O-line, receivers, and defense, Peyton Manning didn't seem to be too far away from his usual play. Hopefully, a little more practice time with his WR's will get them back in sync.

 

[Pots]

He appears to be on the decline portion of his career.

 

[msommer]

Saturday is practicing again and that should help a lot.

 

[Tanner9919]

Are you kidding me? No votes as of yet?So are we assuming that all is right in Colts-land?O.K.

I didn't vote because you didn't have a 'won't turn things around in 2008' tab for me to select.all good things must come to an end at some point, and I think the Pats and the Colts are at that 'end'. I said it in preseason and still believe it to be true..Pats lost Brady already, and the Colts are staring at 0-2 if they lose this weekend..they've been the dominant teams for the past 6+ years..teams can't stay at the top forever.not even the great Niners teams from the 1980's, or the Cowboys from the early 90's, stayed on top on top for more that 5-6 years with the same players..age,injuries, free agency( once it was implemented) , have taken their toll on the best of teams..everyone raids a winning franchise, the NE secondary was ransacked this off-season , for example..Not saying the Colts are doomed but their defense doesn't look particularly good, especially against the run..they look like they're going to finish in the bottom 5 in rush yards allowed this season...not many teams make it to the post-season with porous run defenses..I'm just not sure they're anything more than an 8-8 or 9-7 team...Its going to take Manning about 2-3 games before he's in sync with his wr's...But as long as Saturday is out, teams will continue to blitz Manning from the middle of the line,his weak spot..

 

[Road Warriors]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

He threw 8 yard slants to Harrison all night long, and it seemed to be there every time he wanted it. I think Manning will return to form as its called when Saturday gets back on the line and takes control of that group. I didn't see deer in the headlights from Manning, but possibly a gameplan that was meant to limit the number of deep drops ( and associated longer time to block the pass rush ) due to some holes along the offensive line.

 

[Limp Ditka]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

He threw 8 yard slants to Harrison all night long, and it seemed to be there every time he wanted it. I think Manning will return to form as its called when Saturday gets back on the line and takes control of that group. I didn't see deer in the headlights from Manning, but possibly a gameplan that was meant to limit the number of deep drops ( and associated longer time to block the pass rush ) due to some holes along the offensive line.

 

[pizzatyme]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

He threw 8 yard slants to Harrison all night long, and it seemed to be there every time he wanted it. I think Manning will return to form as its called when Saturday gets back on the line and takes control of that group. I didn't see deer in the headlights from Manning, but possibly a gameplan that was meant to limit the number of deep drops ( and associated longer time to block the pass rush ) due to some holes along the offensive line.

+1

 

[Restricted]

His preseason was against the bears. Now going against a very good run defense with the Vikings, with Addai a little bruised, on the bubble of going 0-2, P Manning looks like his old self this weekend.

 

[MDSkinner]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

He threw 8 yard slants to Harrison all night long, and it seemed to be there every time he wanted it. I think Manning will return to form as its called when Saturday gets back on the line and takes control of that group. I didn't see deer in the headlights from Manning, but possibly a gameplan that was meant to limit the number of deep drops ( and associated longer time to block the pass rush ) due to some holes along the offensive line.

+1

I agree as well. The Bears front 4-7 was having their way with the Colts and I must assume that is at least partially due to Saturday. Is it possible that the OL may not return to form this year and if so Peyton could be in for a long one, but I watched that whole game and he did not look like a deer in the headlights to me at all. In fact I thought he looked remarkably good considering it was his first game back. If Saturday can bring some consistency back to the line, I expect Peyton to be fine. I would be very happy to have him in any of my leagues (which I do not).

 

[FantasyTrader]

61% Completion % (carrer average of 64%) and 250 + yds (career average of 260 passing YPG)....... Outside of TD passes, and maybe YPA, I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of returning to form

Probably back to looking like he's in complete control instead of 'deer in the headlights'. Regardless of the numbers, he didn't look right at all. His longest gain on a pass play was 20 freakin' yds. All they did for the most part was little sideline dinks. There had to be some reason for that. 30 completions and not a single one over 20 yds.

He threw 8 yard slants to Harrison all night long, and it seemed to be there every time he wanted it. I think Manning will return to form as its called when Saturday gets back on the line and takes control of that group. I didn't see deer in the headlights from Manning, but possibly a gameplan that was meant to limit the number of deep drops ( and associated longer time to block the pass rush ) due to some holes along the offensive line.

+1

+2I'm not sure we're giving the Bears their just due. Considering the defense allowed Chicago 183 yds. rushing (bottom 4 in week 1) and the Bears were playing great defense I expected Manning to look much worse. A surprising stat from last week is that only 4 QB's had more passing yds than Peyton. Also, I think the Colts dirty little secret is that having Saturday in there is huge.

 

[Statcruncher]

I'm a Bears homer so take this post with a grain of salt, but I don't get people saying Manning looked bad or rusty. He threw for 257 yards (last year he averaged 253 yards per game) at over 61% completion rate against an extremely solid and healthy defense. A defense that will go to their grave hacked off about what happened in the Super Bowl.

Manning took what he was given and then some. There were several plays that just barely missed that would have resulted in passing TD's for Manning but that's the way things go. Some weeks the stars align and you get 370 and 3 TD's, some weeks they don't. And while Manning only got sacked twice, there were many occasions where he had to get rid of the ball due to oncoming pressure.

I turned the game on expecting to watch Chicago lose. Honestly, I even picked Chicago to lose in my pool. However when the scoreboard showed zeros Chicago's offense had performed well enough. Coupled with their defense who played extremely well and also added 9 points to the scoreboard it was enough to pull a stunner. Since the Colts loss was so shocking it seems the general consensus is that Manning looked bad. He didn't look like a worldbeater, but he didn't look bad either IMO. I get the feeling it's just a knee-jerk reaction because the heavily favored Colts lost.

On a side note one thing that clearly stood out to me was all the Colt's WR's aversion to contact. They didn't risk any contact, often dropping to the ground or heading OB before contact. Wayne, Harrison, and Gonzalez all acted like they'd been punished one too many times even though the Bears never got a solid hit on any of them.

 

[gigantor]

Maybe every week from here on out since he isn't playing Da Bears!

 

[Chachi]

He appears to be on the decline portion of his career.

This made me chuckle and roll my eyes at the same time, seriously good material...I say he returns to form this week, he threw 49 passes last week, how many does he usually throw in the entire preseason usually? Probaly right about that number.

 

[cubbie5150]

Peyton & Wayne will shred the suspect Minny secondary this week. Of course, I face the Wayne owner in my primary $$ league...

 

[Keys Myaths]

I'm genuinely curious about how much time it will take Peyton Manning to return to the form that we've all become accustomed to.When will we see it again?I'm not saying it won't come. That would be ridiculous. But he certainly didn't look to be in sync for his home opener in the new stadium vs. Chicago.Holy cow, who saw that coming?

I chose all three.

 

[Andy Herron]

Why do you allow people to vote for all 3?

Fixed.Sorry, I rarely post polls. Missed that.

 

[TB]

Honestly, and as much as it pains me to say this, I think Manning's night had more to do with the Bears playing well than him playing poorly. From what I saw, Urlacher and Briggs were lining right up over center at every opportunity, and it threw everything out of sync. Excellent game plan.

Voted that Manning sticks it to the Vikes.

 

[runner06]

I'm a Bears homer so take this post with a grain of salt, but I don't get people saying Manning looked bad or rusty. He threw for 257 yards (last year he averaged 253 yards per game) at over 61% completion rate against an extremely solid and healthy defense. A defense that will go to their grave hacked off about what happened in the Super Bowl. Manning took what he was given and then some. There were several plays that just barely missed that would have resulted in passing TD's for Manning but that's the way things go. Some weeks the stars align and you get 370 and 3 TD's, some weeks they don't. And while Manning only got sacked twice, there were many occasions where he had to get rid of the ball due to oncoming pressure.I turned the game on expecting to watch Chicago lose. Honestly, I even picked Chicago to lose in my pool. However when the scoreboard showed zeros Chicago's offense had performed well enough. Coupled with their defense who played extremely well and also added 9 points to the scoreboard it was enough to pull a stunner. Since the Colts loss was so shocking it seems the general consensus is that Manning looked bad. He didn't look like a worldbeater, but he didn't look bad either IMO. I get the feeling it's just a knee-jerk reaction because the heavily favored Colts lost.On a side note one thing that clearly stood out to me was all the Colt's WR's aversion to contact. They didn't risk any contact, often dropping to the ground or heading OB before contact. Wayne, Harrison, and Gonzalez all acted like they'd been punished one too many times even though the Bears never got a solid hit on any of them.

I was at the game. The reason why the Colts lost was not because of Manning. Manning was fine. The primary problem for the loss was poor rush defense and other problems included Harrison's fumble, dropped passes by the Colts receivers, and sub par run blocking. Manning will look like Manning when the players around him shake off their rust.

 

[Andy Herron]

This week AT Minnesota [ 33 ] [49.25%]

Next week hosting the Jaguars [ 5 ] [7.46%]

After the week 4 bye [ 29 ] [43.28%]

I must say, it's interesting that the majority feels that Manning will either look like himself again this week, or not until after their bye.

Curious results thus far.

I didn't vote on this myself. I'm really torn with this, which is why I posted this poll to begin with. Again, I'm not suggesting that Manning is falling off whatsoever, but to miss all of training camp with very little practice left me sceptical for how he would respond early in the season.

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

I'm not sure if he will return to form this week, but one thing I do know is that the Colts will throw it at least 75% of the time this week, or at least they should. That alone will help Manning get into a groove. The problem with the Vikes game (I'll be there by the way), is that I see the Vikings controlling the clock with their running game keeping Manning on the bench. I surely hope I'm wrong about that.

 

[Dragon1952]

I chose after the buy, but then I turned around and bought Reggie Wayne for my PFW Fantasy Football lineup for this week. Go figure.

 

[Andy Herron]

Thought this was worth a bump for review.

Here we are at the bye week and...

This week AT Minnesota [ 37 ] [47.44%]

Next week hosting the Jaguars [ 8 ] [10.26%]

After the week 4 bye [ 33 ] [42.31%]

...were the results.

Not that I put alot of stock into QB ratings, but 73.1 is not Manning's neighborhood. Currently Marc Bulger, who was just benched this week, has a rating of 73.2. Just to give some perspective here.

The Colts are also 1-2, with a division loss.

Yes, the offensive line is probably the biggest problem right now. Probably.

Manning still doesn't look the same though. Again, it may be in part that the OL hasn't been sturdy, but Manning has not been taking any 5 or 7 step drops either. I don't think he's at the point yet (maybe after the bye) that he can put that much pressure on his left (plant) knee yet. Another thing most notable is that the "stretch" play has disappeared. It's been pitches and tosses. Problem is, it takes away play-action. Strong suit for Peyton. That knee isn't yet allowing him to properly execute that play, obviously.

This bye week probably couldn't have come at a better time for the Colts. I would expect the return of Jeff Saturday and Dallas Clark to bring some added health to the offense, but how are we looking at things now?

Week 4 Bye

Week 5 @Houston

Week 6 Baltimore

Week 7 @Green Bay

Week 8 @Tennessee

Week 9 New England

Week 10 @Pittsburgh

Will they dig out or not?

 

[stevegamer]

I'd attribute the lack of deper drops to the O-Line issues. If you can't protect, one way to deal with it is quicker passes, generally meaning shorter drops.

I think the return of Saturday & a weekof for everyone to get ont he same page has to help. I din't thinkit would come together against Jax - they know Indy too well.

 

[Dragon1952]

ehhh...he's washed up...just like Tomlinson

 

[ImTheScientist]

Those 3 options suck.......why not give more. I can't vote because I think he doesn't get it going this year at all.