Well, I told you so. Three series and one pick. Not a good day for Manning. It's not difficult to see what's going on in the NFL.
I'm interested to see if the NFL gives the Colts a tough schedule, next year, or if it keeps giving them these cakewalks, despite supposedly basing scheduling on prior year performance.
It's good to see the Colts on a losing streak.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
I TOLD YOU SO!
For weeks, I've been having fun with the crying Hoosiers, telling them that their Colts are a weak team with a weak quarterback, both of which is sheltered by the NFL from having to play outside in the cold. Last week's loss against the Jets was a nice confirmation that I'm still the best handicapper of the back-room dealings at the NFL.
We all know what the Colts threw last week's game - they couldn't afford to have their weak QB get exposed as such in a bitterly cold game where he needed the win for a record and isn't good enough to pull it off. Manning is awkward and frail in the cold, and he simply couldn't be exposed to an injury. It's going to be 10 at game time, today.
Well, the NFL can't keep cold weather games off the Colts' schedule, entirely, since it is a cold-weather league, played during the coldest part of the year, so the NFL helped the Colts by putting their lone cold-weather game at the end of the season where chances were high that the Colts could rest the starters.
Now, after much confusion, someone let Kravitz at the Indy Pravda in on the reason for benching Manning during the Jets game.
"BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Just sit, baby. After last Sunday's fiasco, how can the Indianapolis Colts justify playing any of their top people in today's abjectly meaningless game against the Buffalo Bills? Can you imagine the fan revolt if Indy uses its starters beyond one series, much less one play? We will hear the cries as far as Orchard Park, N.Y.:"
You just figured this out now, Bob? Did you deduce this on your own, or were you fed today's column by the Colts' front office?
The Colts have to lose today. If the Colts win with a backup QB, their fans will be howling for someone's head for causing the Colts to miss the Perfect Pats' record. The problem for the Colts is that there's another record at stake, today: most wins on a season, held by the '84 49'ers, the '85 Bears and the 'o7 Pats. If the Colts lose, today, they lose a shot at moving into that highest level of NFL greatness.
Buffalo's pretty horrible, and Painter played at Purdue and other Big 10 stadiums, where he became decent playing in the cold. He's certainly not afraid of it. The Colts could legitimately win, today, despite their own attempts to throw the game.
We'll see if the Colts read my article in time to realize that the real NFL record is still on the line. If they give Painter some weapons, we'll know that they're actually trying to match the record only the big boys hold. If Painter does well, and if the refs don't cheat and give him a win, as they do with Manning, Painter will have legitimately accomplished something.
We all know what the Colts threw last week's game - they couldn't afford to have their weak QB get exposed as such in a bitterly cold game where he needed the win for a record and isn't good enough to pull it off. Manning is awkward and frail in the cold, and he simply couldn't be exposed to an injury. It's going to be 10 at game time, today.
Well, the NFL can't keep cold weather games off the Colts' schedule, entirely, since it is a cold-weather league, played during the coldest part of the year, so the NFL helped the Colts by putting their lone cold-weather game at the end of the season where chances were high that the Colts could rest the starters.
Now, after much confusion, someone let Kravitz at the Indy Pravda in on the reason for benching Manning during the Jets game.
"BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Just sit, baby. After last Sunday's fiasco, how can the Indianapolis Colts justify playing any of their top people in today's abjectly meaningless game against the Buffalo Bills? Can you imagine the fan revolt if Indy uses its starters beyond one series, much less one play? We will hear the cries as far as Orchard Park, N.Y.:"
You just figured this out now, Bob? Did you deduce this on your own, or were you fed today's column by the Colts' front office?
The Colts have to lose today. If the Colts win with a backup QB, their fans will be howling for someone's head for causing the Colts to miss the Perfect Pats' record. The problem for the Colts is that there's another record at stake, today: most wins on a season, held by the '84 49'ers, the '85 Bears and the 'o7 Pats. If the Colts lose, today, they lose a shot at moving into that highest level of NFL greatness.
Buffalo's pretty horrible, and Painter played at Purdue and other Big 10 stadiums, where he became decent playing in the cold. He's certainly not afraid of it. The Colts could legitimately win, today, despite their own attempts to throw the game.
We'll see if the Colts read my article in time to realize that the real NFL record is still on the line. If they give Painter some weapons, we'll know that they're actually trying to match the record only the big boys hold. If Painter does well, and if the refs don't cheat and give him a win, as they do with Manning, Painter will have legitimately accomplished something.
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