Manning Headed to Denver

[citizenerased]

LOL at the NFL network
9 am to 4 pm Peyton Manning coverage

What else are they going to talk about, a year by year breakdown of David Garrards contract with Miami?

[GoChargers]

Philip Rivers has a 4-1 career record against Manning.

[FUSE]

Philip Rivers has a 4-1 career record against Manning.

And that still hasn't gotten him a ring. BOOM!!

[Boss AZ]

Manning blows.

[FUSE]

Manning blows.

Someone is a little upset

[Warner2BruceTD]

Not sure why people are so baffled that Manning chose Denver. The Super Bowl path is much easier through the AFC where you don't have to deal with great teams like GB, SF, NO, and pretty good teams like the Giants, Detroit, Philly, Atlanta, etc.

Denver has a good defense, and decent enough WR's that are going to immediately look like world beaters playing with Manning, who makes every Terrence Wilkins and Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie and Blair White that he plays with much better than they really are.

Denver went from suck for Luck to a deep playoff run with Tebow, who as we all know is the worst QB to ever live (eye roll). Manning makes any team an instant SB contender, so this should be easy. Assuming health, they are my SB favorite in the AFC.

[mgoblue2290]

Philip Rivers has a 4-1 career record against Manning.

I hate stuff like this. What you mean to say is the Chargers are 4-1 against the Colts with Rivers at the helm. QBs do not compete directly against each other, they compete against defenses. ESPN has popularized this head to head notion amongst quarterbacks when each has little to no effect on how the other performs.

[GoChargers]

I hate stuff like this. What you mean to say is the Chargers are 4-1 against the Colts with Rivers at the helm. QBs do not compete directly against each other, they compete against defenses. ESPN has popularized this head to head notion amongst quarterbacks when each has little to no effect on how the other performs.

Alright... San Diego has a 4-1 record against Manning over the past 5 seasons.
:webgem:

[mgoblue2290]

Was nothing against you. Just something that annoys me. Anyways, back to Manning Fest 2012.

[Blick]

Denver was 20th in total defense and 24th in scoring defense last year. I don't know how that's good.

Thomas and Decker are nice and all, but who do they have beyond that? Also, Thomas is raw as fuck coming out of that offense at Ga Tech. Then he started to learn a pro offense in Denver, then they ran whatever the fuck they were running with Tebow, and now he's going to have to go back to learning how to run a normal offense with Manning. Let's not act like that transition is going to be seamless.

Plus, those guys really benefited from the style of offense under Tebow. Teams loaded the box to stop the option bullshit, and Decker and Thomas often had single coverage on the outside with one safety over the top or no safety help. Now with Manning and a normal system, they won't have that same luxury nearly as often.

I don't see the running game being as effective either. Without the threat of Tebow and a gimmick offense, McGahee is basically the 3.8 ypc guy he was in Baltimore in 2010.

The AFC West race is going to be really interesting and not nearly the cakewalk people are assuming.

[mgoblue2290]

The running game could be more effective because of what you mentioned about safeties playing deeper. There will be less men in the box because of Peyton.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Denver was 20th in total defense and 24th in scoring defense last year. I don't know how that's good.

NO NO NO

Remember how it was the great Denver defense that carried them to that win streak? How it all just so happened to come together at the right time, how Tebow was lucky and had nothing to do with it, despite the lack of turnovers and increased time of possession that the Tebow led offense provided?

But yeah, smashing retarded Tebow hater narratives aside, I do think the Denver defense is a good defense, and will benefit from the same type of TOP they benefited under with Tebow, because Manning has proved to be the best in the business at masking soft defenses by extending drives, something he did for a decade in Indy.

Thomas and Decker are nice and all, but who do they have beyond that? Also, Thomas is raw as fuck coming out of that offense at Ga Tech. Then he started to learn a pro offense in Denver, then they ran whatever the fuck they were running with Tebow, and now he's going to have to go back to learning how to run a normal offense with Manning. Let's not act like that transition is going to be seamless.

Plus, those guys really benefited from the style of offense under Tebow. Teams loaded the box to stop the option bullshit, and Decker and Thomas often had single coverage on the outside with one safety over the top or no safety help. Now with Manning and a normal system, they won't have that same luxury nearly as often.

I don't see the running game being as effective either. Without the threat of Tebow and a gimmick offense, McGahee is basically the 3.8 ypc guy he was in Baltimore in 2010.

The AFC West race is going to be really interesting and not nearly the cakewalk people are assuming.

I love how you take shots at Tebow, while at the same time admitting he made both the run game better, McGahee better, and the WR's better (all true, btw). More Tebow bashing that backfires.

Anyway, nobody makes shitty WR's look good like Peyton Manning. And the Denver WR's are a decent group. Much of this post is Blick being annoyed that Denver added the GOAT and is the clear favorite in the division.

[Blick]

Meh we're gonna sign Mike Bush and Decker and Thomas had to make so many route adjustments last season downfield it was ridiculous. A lot of their catches were just jump balls that they won.

The two are both very talented physically and I can't wait to see what they can do when they actually know where the ball will land.

The O-Line is much better run blocking than pass blocking, with the one exception being Clady who will now be blocking the QBs blind side, a mission left to a totally unprepared Orlando Franklin last season.

I mean as good as you're making the Chiefs close to the season out to be, don't you think they should have beaten a Denver team in which Tebow went 3/8 passing the ball? And then you only put up 7 points and beat us in week 17... Do you really think that happens with Manning under center for us?

You're best skill players not named Bowe are all coming back from injuries that were catastrophic and it's only an assumption at this point to say they will be 100% of what they were before the injuries.

Oh and Romeo Crennel is the head coach.

Yeah, let's talk about that Denver O-line. 42 sacks given up last year. That number will go down with Manning's quick release, but then you may have a timing issue with new receivers to worry about.

Funny you mention the first game vs. KC and Romeo being the head coach. I'd say Romeo schemed up Timmy quite nicely in the 2nd game.

Oh and Romeo owns Peyton.

[Blick]

I love how you take shots at Tebow, while at the same time admitting he made both the run game better, McGahee better, and the WR's better (all true, btw). More Tebow bashing that backfires.

Anyway, nobody makes shitty WR's look good like Peyton Manning. And the Denver WR's are a decent group. Much of this post is Blick being annoyed that Denver added the GOAT and is the clear favorite in the division.

Really wasn't much of a shot at Tebow...just pointing out the differences in offenses and how that will impact the players that Denver will actually play. Carry on in your Tebow argument that nobody is having with you...

And LOL at me being annoyed about Denver adding Manning and being the clear favorite to win the division. First of all, Crennel owns Manning. The last time the Chiefs played Manning, he had a 65 QB rating. Now, Manning is older, more fragile, and the Chiefs defense is better. Secondly, I couldn't care less that Denver is the favorite. It's like pre-season polls in college sports. Means shit to me. Who was the favorite to win the AFC West the last 2 years? San Diego? How'd that work out?

[Blick]

Apparently he doesn't own him enough to convince him to be his QB. Enjoy Brady Quinn though...

I will enjoy the shit out of Brady Quinn. Beats having Tyler Palko as your backup...