Post any team which its ring was brought due to a magnificent offense and a poor defense at the POs. Maybe you’ll say the Saints this year, but still, they managed to intercept Favre when it was needed. Same thing with Manning, and that’s why a team must win a SB. You can’t put the weight of winning a SB alone on the offense, or on the QB, or on your stellar RB. You must have at least a balance to make it. If you don’t, like the Colts, you’ll not win.

Most non-colts fans will see it this way usually.

As well as your team means shit without Polamalu…

Brady went from washed up to better than Manning in the span of 1 pass. Same way with Roethlisburger apparently, looking at you Jason Cole.

I agree that the mere fact that people talk about your legacy means you’re pretty damn good.

It’s not enough that the Manning-helmed Colts have acheived a playoff berth for the past eight years or that they’ve had a record of 12+ wins for the past seven seasons or that he doesn’t have fluke seasons with either too great play or too poor.

No, because of all those things he must 1) Get to the SB every year and 2) win it. Otherwise, he’s underperforming come postseason.

I’m inclined to agree with that.

You don’t seem calm or serene.

If you are saying the Jets have a much better Special teams coach than the Colts then no.

Sean Payton will do anything to win against any team. I have watched how Sean Payton coaches for 4 years now. He was a lot wilder in his first year as head coach. Thus we went farther than we would have under any coach in 2006(NFC championship game). The NFC south adjusted as did most of the NFL, after watching film from 2006. They fixed their special teams, and the other things he was attacking. He can only take advantage of teams we don’t play often. But given 2 weeks to game plan, he saw a weakness and went for it. He told the defensive players in the locker room during halftime what he wanted to do, and asked them what they thought about it. A shout from the crowd, “We have your back coach.” Then a chorus of cheers “Let’s do it!” If the Colts special teams were properly coached he wouldn’t have gone for it. Not everything revolves around Manning, I am surprised that the other players on the Colts don’t get pissed off for the lack of respect that everyone shows them. Football is the ultimate team sport, otherwise it would be called Manningball.

The 4th and goal? Do you think Bilicheck would have kicked a field goal? The announcers were saying go for it, but then again they were recommending that the Saints don’t blitz right before Tracy Porter intercepted Manning. I watched the game at home, I had the front door open(to smoke). I heard people screaming at the top of their lungs to “Go for it!” for blocks around my house(I was one of them). I am pretty sure that Sean Payton would have been criticized for not going for it in our local papers.

As far as respecting Manning, the Saints very much respect him, as does New Orleans. He is an elite quarterback. And off the field he is a great person. For the rest of my life I will never forget the sight of Peyton and Eli unloading supplies during the hurricane aftermath.

Just meant that he needs more playoff glory to get that title too.

He’s only been to two. That would be silly. (And personally, I really don’t give a damn who the best SB QB is.)

If Marino went to Canton with a 0-1 SB record, Manning will do it with a 1-1 record, and hopefully it’ll be a 2, 3 or even a 4-1 record when he retires. And he’s still 33, so I’d say, considering a 2011 lockout, the Colts will surely get 4 playoff berths.