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I really, really love the Peyton Manning's Greatest Games series mgrex30 is doing. It is easily one of the best series I've read in some time on one specific player. He even highlighted a game I always thought was one of Peyton's best: His dismantling of the Patriots in 2000 in the RCA Dome.

  • From Hashmarks (via AOL Fanhouse) NFL coaches seem to think that, right now, Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning. That's fine. In a league that has "genius" coaching from the likes of Jack Del Rio, Mike Nolan, Wade Phillips, and Norv Turner I'm not surprised. Look, Tom Brady threw 50 TDs in 16 games playing on an offense Peyton Manning created. If coaches voted for Brady because he is 2 years younger and just threw 50 TDs, I understand that. But when I look at the two of them, I cannot think of one thing that Brady does significantly better than Manning (and yes, I am a very big Brady fan). One used to say Brady was more "clutch," but Brady in the post-season the last three years has been very shaky. He had an INT returned for a TD in the 2005 playoffs, blew a 24 point lead in the AFCCG in 2006, and choked big time in the Super Bowl this past year.
  • 18 to 88 has a great contest going.
  • Colt Homer thinks Dom Rhodes will get 125 carries this season (8 carries a game). He also thinks Kenton Keith is a goner.
  • SI.com has a Salary Cap Roster Challenge thing going on.
  • I miss Charlie Weis At My Baby. It was a great blog (and a great blog title).
  • It's been a wild first year for Keyunta Dawson. He played DE at Texas Tech. In pre-draft workouts in 2007, he played LB because scouts said he was too small to play DE in the pros. Now, he's a starting-caliber DT for the Colts.
  • I highly recommend camping in Ontario and Quebec. That's where I spent my vacation. I also saw the University of Sherbrooke, where Samuel "Guns" Giguere attended school.

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Peyton Manning is uglier than Tom Brady

Maybe the NFL coaches are all gay. :)

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jul 8, 2008 4:17 PM EDT reply actions  

the difference I see

between Brady and Manning is that Brady seems cooler and more composed when things break down around him whereas Manning seems to get a lot more frustrated and emotional on the field when things go bad.

Not a huge difference, but a difference none the less.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 8, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Really

Your probably talking about when Brady was down 21-3 to Manning and had just thrown an interception that the other team returned for a touchdown, and then he calmly rallied his team to victory with a spectacular TD drive in the last 2 minutes of the game, oh wait, that was Manning that came back against Brady (who also did not see an UNGUARDED receiver in that same game).

Or when Manning’s team was down in the Super Bowl with 1 minute to go and he spent his time throwing long passes to Moss, Oh wait that was Brady again.

What were we talking about, oh yeah, how cool Brady was when things around him were breaking down.

by Blueisgood on Jul 8, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, Brady is cooler on the field.

He just prefers to throw tantrums on the sideline when getting his ass kicked.

Oops.

by Marik on Jul 9, 2008 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

LOL

Remember his “Are we gonna fight, or are we gonna lay down!” thing he did in 2005? The Pats were hosed at home 45-21. Then, after the game, Brady didn’t answer questions from reporters. I like Brady, but the was classless.

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by Brad Wells on Jul 9, 2008 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's Tommy B for ya

He’s a classy dude most of the time, but he has that moment or two of douchebaggery.

Hey Tom, how many points you guys score in the SB again?

by Marik on Jul 9, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I appreciate the kind words

It was an idea I had while surfing ProFootballReference.com, and was pretty fun finding the games, reliving them, and sharing them with everyone here.

Just a spelling note, Weis only has 1 ’s’ in it. He is not related to former Oakland Athletic SS Walt Weiss.

by mgrex03 on Jul 8, 2008 5:39 PM EDT reply actions  

I always add an "s"

to Weis’ name for some reason.

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by Brad Wells on Jul 8, 2008 5:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Charlie’s last name is the only time I’ve ever seen it spelled with one “S”.

http://naptownsfinest.com

by Colts Homer on Jul 8, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Stupid poll.

How come they asked the HCs who they thought would be the first overall pick, instead of who they would pick with the first overall. Not surprising it turned out that way.

It would probably still be Brady who got the most votes, but still..

by jocre on Jul 10, 2008 6:36 AM EDT reply actions  

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