Only Colt fan that ever really talked was Luke. I honestly don't recall many when Manning was playing. Maybe I just blocked it all out, them being the Colts and all.
Lol, I see. Just curious after seeing how depleted Titans GAF was.
They did have like a 13-3 season 4yrs ago.
The Colts are a horrible fucking team that cost Manning 2 extra Superbowl rings.
Correction, the Colts were a horrible fucking team after Jim Caldwell, the worst NFL coach of all time, took over.
I blame him for the lack of 2 additional rings and Peyton's neck injury. I blame him for it all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOcZhoZoWOE
Caldwell was a terrible coach and only got to the Superbowl because of Manning, and Bill Pollian eventually became terrible at evaluating talent. The organization shit the bed, and it all went to hell. And having no viable back to Manning was the beginning of the end.
The coaching was pure shit, and Garcons potential TD drop was ass, but Manning deserves some blame for that second Superbowl. He threw a pick 6 when he had a guy wide open in the middle of the field. Good back and watch it, Collie was good for 20yds, and Porter was clearly sitting on Wayne's route. The Saints blitzes actually got to him, and he called a bread and butter play that him and Reggie Wayne have ran like 1000x. As if the Saints didn't have 2 weeks to prepare for plays like that.
Our team was built for regular season success, and it never translated well in the playoffs. Manning has had great playoff games, that we've lost on special teams or defense. Not to mention all those terrible games in Foxboro in the snow (the day in the life of a dome team :-/), some of the darkest days of the Manning era I say. Manning played like shit those games too, but so did the ENTIRE offense. Edge was probably the biggest choke on the offense and was nothing like his regular season self, and Harrison disappeared in some big games as well.
Ironically, the year we won it all, Manning had some terrible games in that playoff run aside from the 21-3 comeback against NE. The defense is mostly what carried us, and Bob Glassman Sanders staying healthy throughout that run was big. If not for Manning struggling against San Diego and Romeo Crennel coached defenses, I think we might've had more SB appearances.
Btw, the neck injury was sustained in 2006, the same year they won the SB. It was against the Redskins, on probably one of the dirties unflagged hits I've seen on a QB.