Benching Peyton Manning
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If they'd lost a game prior to this, I'd say it was the prudent thing to do.
They gave up on a chance at history. They didn't owe it to the fans. They owed it to the players whose legacies will include a "what if" and an "almost" even if they win the Super Bowl. This decision will be remembered for generations as the team that "might have" but chose to just undo 14 weeks' worth of excellence in a mere few moments.
The argument could be made that Manning or someone else could get hurt however Peyton hasn't missed a game in years and has been sacked only a handful of times this year....so, to me at least, that argument doesn't wash.
If they'd lost a game prior to this, I'd say it was the prudent thing to do.
They gave up on a chance at history. They didn't owe it to the fans. They owed it to the players whose legacies will include a "what if" and an "almost" even if they win the Super Bowl. This decision will be remembered for generations as the team that "might have" but chose to just undo 14 weeks' worth of excellence in a mere few moments.
The argument could be made that Manning or someone else could get hurt however Peyton hasn't missed a game in years and has been sacked only a handful of times this year....so, to me at least, that argument doesn't wash.
At the very least, they could have left Manning in the game and rotated back-up wrs and rbs into the game. With their o-line and Manning's audiables Manning takes for few hits anyway. Even if the didn't open up the playing calling where Manning would stay clean the entire game the could have still won.
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If they'd lost a game prior to this, I'd say it was the prudent thing to do.
They gave up on a chance at history. They didn't owe it to the fans. They owed it to the players whose legacies will include a "what if" and an "almost" even if they win the Super Bowl. This decision will be remembered for generations as the team that "might have" but chose to just undo 14 weeks' worth of excellence in a mere few moments.
The argument could be made that Manning or someone else could get hurt however Peyton hasn't missed a game in years and has been sacked only a handful of times this year....so, to me at least, that argument doesn't wash.
If they'd lost a game prior to this, I'd say it was the prudent thing to do.
They gave up on a chance at history. They didn't owe it to the fans. They owed it to the players whose legacies will include a "what if" and an "almost" even if they win the Super Bowl. This decision will be remembered for generations as the team that "might have" but chose to just undo 14 weeks' worth of excellence in a mere few moments.
The argument could be made that Manning or someone else could get hurt however Peyton hasn't missed a game in years and has been sacked only a handful of times this year....so, to me at least, that argument doesn't wash.
Was traveling today and heard a crazy stat on FoxSports. Over his last 1,000+ attempts Manning gets sacked once in 45 passes. The odds of him going down due to injury in that game were minuscule. Ditto over his career, PM's been about as durable as Bret Farve.
PS- Bet against the Colts Sunday? The bookies ain't hearing of it. NO line on the game.
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