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I know that CCFF don't like the Colts very much, but they way this article is written it seems as if Bob Irsay just punched their baby and then kicked their moms.

CCFF Icy Issues

AFC South
Icy Issue: Are the glory days over in Indy?
Icier Response: It's starting to look that way. 
The Colts have been one of pro football’s dominant teams of the 21st century, winning 12 or more games in a record five straight seasons.   But the victory machine shows plenty of wear and tear.   Future Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison missed 11 games last year with a knee injury and turns 36 before the start of the season, making him a virtual fossil in wide receiver years. Defensive star Dwight Freeney went down with a foot injury last season, missed seven games and will be on the PUP list when training camp gets underway Thursday. So will 2007 Defensive Player of the Year Bob Sanders. No less a figure than Peyton Manning himself underwent minor knee surgery recently, and may even miss the first game of the year – which would end his amazing ironman streak at 160 starts. Most reports indicate that, at the very least, he’ll miss all of training camp.   Meanwhile, the Colts last year continued their grand tradition of failing to live up to expectations in the playoffs, with a one-and-done appearance following an impressive 13-3 season. The fact that the Colts lost at home on a fourth-quarter TD by San Diego back-up QB Billy Volek made it something of a humiliating playoff exit, even for an organization that hordes humiliating playoff exits like prized family heirlooms.   Oh, and don't forget: rumors continue to float around Indy that this is head coach Tony Dungy's last lap around the track.   But not only are the Colts wounded physically and emotionally, now they have to deal with the toughest division in football. The AFC South sent three of its four teams to the playoffs last year, and even traditional red-headed stepchild Houston went 8-8, the first non-losing season in the franchise’s brief history.   But those are just the anecdotes. Consider the Cold, Hard Football Facts: the AFC South combined to go 42-22 (.656) last season, the best record ever by an entire division.
Manning is still only 32 and still in the brief window of prime performance age for a quarterback. He’d give even a bad team a fighting chance each week. And the Colts are hardly a bad team.  
But the Colts will limp into the 2008 season, the competition will be tougher than ever, and Indy's success-starved opponents certainly smell the blood in the water.

This article was written on July 19th and so they could not have the good reports from camp about Marvin or Freeney, but Bob Sanders has started on the PuP list the past couple seasons and still made DPOY last year and does people seriously think that Manning will not be the starter for Game 1?
Manning hates giving time to the backups in TRAINING Camp, when most other "stars" barely phone in an effort. He is the type of person that would be out there playing even if he broke his leg and it was still in a cast.
But enough with their thoughts on players, I really don't see any need for their comments on the Colts' organization as a whole: "...even for an organization that hordes humiliating playoff exits like prized family heirlooms." People only make comments like that when something awful happened to them.
So my only thought on this is that Manning, Irsay, Dungy, Marvin, Freeney, and Sanders all got together and punched the babies and mothers of the writers over at CCFF.

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The only cold hard fact is they no little of what they speak, when playoff time is here watch how fast they kiss ass and change their reports.

by Ufanforreal on Aug 4, 2008 12:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I saw that piece before

they just went through and bashed every single team. Everyone will suck.

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by shake n bake on Aug 4, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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