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If you really think the likelyhood of getting 2-3 yards is greater with a run, then fine, I can agree to disagree. When you say things like: "no matter the QB is, you don't put your team in a position that one breakdown can lose you the game" or "they were lucky not to turn it over" - that just comes across as the exact same thought process that causes lots of coaches to suck at game management - ie they're more concerned with avoiding criticism than they are putting their team in the best position to win the game.

Manning accounts for any free rushers and unloads in time pretty much always though. I'm not sure what happened there, but I think the TE might've missed his assignment.

Yah, I'm getting a kick out of these espn guys talk about the Cardinals newfound ability to milk the clock with hard-nosed physical running. Apparently they didn't see the final 4 minutes get killed by 3rd down completions.

I like the percentages of the HOF QB against the worst pass defense in the league.

The damage of the missed layups was massively softened by the 1,200 offensive rebounds we got in the 1st half. And I thought Cuse was bad at giving up 2nd chance points, man - that USF is the worst team from a BCS conference I've seen in a while; they can't shoot, rebound, defend the post, or get back on defense. The only thing they did well was defend penetration. That it was a 1 possession game at the end is a real head-scratcher, but it is a conference road win, so whatever I guess.

Sure, when in doubt go with the eye role. Chapter 1, Page 1 of "Debating by Fezmid".

Good work. I liked Indy because it was one of the few (maybe the only) postseason games where Manning actually had the better defense on his team. But the Chargers were clearly the better team despite all the whining in the other thread.

Straw-man arguments rule. Pat Williams is a good player. Milloy isn't.

+1 If the Colts were "robbed" in this game, then the Chargers were raped in the reg. season game.

I was wondering this too. Doubt it was the destruction of the Fish in '95, so it must've been a bad memory from 96 or 98.

Given that we agree on that, can you explain how Whitner gets the same grade as Ellison & Simpson? Hell, even Youboty made multiple huge 3rd down open field tackles in Jacksonville and in doing so played a larger role than Whitner ever has in any win.

Yup, every NYG fan is pulling for the Vikings tomorrow because they'll have a much easier time with AZ than Philly. I'm not betting this week because I knew liking all 4 road favorites was suicide.

I haven't been a big fan of his in the games I have seen, but I agree with this synopsis. If they had started slower and finished better with the same record, he'd still be there.

Re-check that. It's impossible to have a subpar starter on a postseason team.

Yah, again I'm not arguing any of this. If "people remembering ___ in a positive light" is your criteria for a good analyst, that's great. I feel differently, and it has nothing to do with "low standards".

I'm not questioning that lots of people are going to react that way, which is why I as NBC wouldn't hire him. I am questioning the stupidity of such a reaction. If you want to take him less seriously than Emmitt Smith (or just about any other analyst) because no owner was dumb enough to hire them to draft/build a team, then that's your prerogative. I don't happen to share that.

Do you not think the skill set is different for a GM and an Analyst? Or do you chose to ignore the numerous HOF player/coach analysts who never have anything interesting to say, ever?

Yeah. I know we're supposed to hate Peters because <gulp> he wants more $, but he's the weak link on our OL? Lol

That obviously means he's good.

Detroit is an awesome job. The owner doesn't interfere a ton, doesn't fire anyone, and a 5-11 season would draw mucho praise. Cleveland isn't too bad either because they have some players and an OL to work with. NY maybe not so much with the Favre drama and their cap future.

28, fan since I was 11. Not optimistic at all. One thing I'm certain of in my years of following the league is that the QB is more important than the coach, so I'm perhaps in the minority in that the search for the franchise QB is more interesting to me than the coaching fiasco. I still have some strange optimism that Trent can be that guy so that's the source for my glimmer of hope. Like JR said, most coaches are dumb so there's more to our failures than that.

Finding a "good veteran QB" always reminds me of baseball fans asking for a "good young left-handed pitcher". They're kinda tough to find.

Brad Childress.

Good post, I agree. What?

I love flaming pointless threads but I can't disagree. Bandwagon fans aren't around 10 years after the most recent playoff birth, but there's always that circle on tbd that has to brag about their "fan superiority".