Football is fluky and all that, but if Peyton goes 1 and done again ...
His fans bring up the defense, but it'd be a lot better if they had some of that $20m to spread around on defense. Or instead of the luxury Welker signing, they worked on defensive depth. He is supposed to score a lot of points. Can't whine about the defenses of of other teams giving up fewer points. He really needs to play well vs SD and for Denver to win
If Peyton and Welker come knocking on your door, you cut the check faster than Simplebox's dad would for a child support check. Especially with some of the guys this league is trotting out under center.
The defense isn't great, but in this day and age it doesn't have to be. Just has to get off the field in the right spots. I'm fine with it personally, no whining here. The only thing I'm upset with is Von going out, but injuries happen. The defense will either do it or they won't, but I'd take a true $20 million dollar franchise guy over defensive depth. It's just the way of the modern NFL. Live or die via the QB.
Manning's teams have scored like 16 points per game average in his losses. Defense failed him.
In his losses maybe, but he maintains a healthy 23 ppg over 20 playoff games.Your losing average is skewed by blowouts. 41-0 is a failure on the behalf of the coaching, not the team. The average margin of losing is 10.2 points, which if you take out the 41-0 bed shitting brings the average margin down to 6.7 points. This aligns with the idea that Peyton left the field with the lead in most cases, and the defense shit it away.
Whatever though, I personally love the narrative that he's a choker and so forth. The only person that can rectify that title is him. So time to put up or shut up.