Comments for Return to Sender at http://18to88.com , comment 1 to 46 out of 20 comments http://18to88.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:54:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3417 I second that, DS. in fact, I'd say the D has been consistently erasing one or two Manning mistakes per game ... at least for the past couple games. So no, he's not carrying the team. Really, he's made a handful of uncharacteristic mistakes that we're just not used to. Interesting to read DZ's take on his arm fatigue. The great thing is that when he's on, he's just at another level, even when it's just for two or three drives per game. - m@ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:17:13 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3416 "Manning is carrying this team, with a little help from the defense, and is undefeated." Eh. I know we are used to saying that, but when you really look at the last month the D was the better unit in three of the four games. - DemondSanders Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:12:05 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3415 I like the the headline and picture. Thoughts: Nice job defense. Linebackers appeared to play a great game. Doesn't it seem like our Dlinemen are keeping our linebackers clean? The young DTs are quietly improving, I believe. Only concern - Freeney is obviously hurting more than he's letting on. He's really dragging that right leg. Offense looked good other than the turnovers. The Oline is improving, Lilja is playing great and Devan play well. Gonzalez will make a difference. I like the idea of having the flexibility of attacking defenses with either Garcon or Collie in the 3rd receiver roll. Santi needs to learn to just get down like the veterans. He looked good though. I don't recall him dropping any passes. He showed some run blocking promise as well. Glad to see Caldwell go for it on fourth down at the 35. Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure Saturday didn't really need to tackle Ngata. I think Addai was going to elude Ngata. - Merr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:34:29 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3414 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/nfl09.htm Colts have played the 19th hardest schedule. Vikings have played the easiest schedule in the NFL. Saints have played the 2nd easiest schedule in the NFL. - djcolts Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:08:18 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3413 I just heard some radio guy say that the Jaguars are an under-rated football team. When you call the Jaguars under-rated, you are over-rating them. Nice win at home over Buffalo, Jacksonville. - Guy. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:16:04 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3412 Favre is putting up good numbers, but MVP voters don't just look at that, they look at the whole picture. Manning is carrying this team, with a little help from the defense, and is undefeated. Favre has the best back in the league and a great defense, and one loss. Yeah, he's played a tougher schedule, but I still think Manning has the edge right now. Throwing 2 picks to the Ravens is not unheard of. God, if Manning had AP in the backfield, it wouldn't even be close. I don't think voters will overlook that. - Guy. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:13:00 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3411 Also, it s Favre's to lose. I think he will lose it. If you look, I still don't believe in Dallas, but assuming Warner is not hurt, I actually think the Cards can steal that 2 seed. They have a big matchup in the cactus in like three weeks. - dmstorm22 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:23 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3410 /sarcasm This from Tim Graham's ESPN.com AFCE writeup: "With 30 seconds left in the game and ahead by 17 points, the New England Patriots tried to deliver a sucker punch. Tom Brady loaded up and fired a bomb toward Randy Moss down the left sideline. The intention was clear. They wanted to sting New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis." Hey, we're up by 3 scores with 30 seconds left, so here's a giant middle finger we had carved from granite and we're dropping it on your invalid mother's house from a helicopter. Hope she dies a painful death. Why're we doing it? Because we can. Kaboom. What a bunch of douchebags. Moss was targeted 11 times and caught 4 balls. 1 TD and one when Revis was not covering him. Yes Welker eviscerated them, but this Revis kid sounds pretty good to me. That kind of play is where unstable coaches (Cable--who was the old Packers position coach who had bounties on QBs?) and players (Romanowski) decide to go head-hunting. Classlessness aside, this seems seriously stupid to me, putting top-shelf players at risk just because somebody with a grudge and a hard elbow decide that the next tackle should include a shot to the head. (I said the same thing in 2007 til I was blue I the face and it never happened... doesn't mean it won't.) - Bob M Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:42:47 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3409 Yea it does look like the MVP is in Favre's hands right now. Has he ever had so few INTs? He does have AP to lean on, though, so hopefully the voters keep that in mind. I know it's trivial but I'd really like Manning to get his 4th MVP over Favre this year. Twice getting back to back MVPs would be sweet. I know I probably sound like a hater but I was so hoping Favre would lay an egg this year. Each year he's making it harder and harder for Manning to pass his records. - 35er Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:37:00 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3408 More Tom Santi? He did make the three mistakes, although I'm not sure what he could do about the fumble. The 2TE set definitely had another dimension with him in for Robinson, and made the Ravens pay for spending so much effort on Clark. Maybe it was just luck, but as I said on the other thread, the 2TE 2WR split left formation was a disaster in every way. To crowded when they tried to run left, the throw to Garcon was bad/covered, the INT was worse, and the end around was in between. Looked like new stuff put in for this game, and it did not work. - MR Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:19:18 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3407 JC, NYC used to have one more tabloid (NY Newsday from Long Island, IIRC) and they, the Post, and the Daily news used to slug it out for outrageous headlines and self-canibalizing attacks on home-town teams (I forget which called Joe Torre "Clueless Joe" when he was hired), so the light is dimmer there than it used to be. Of course little can beat "Prez to NY: Screw You" when federal bailout funds were not forthcoming in the mid-70's fiscal crisis. Back to the real world, this game was televised in Seattle and my wife's car crapped out on the way to the ski slope, so I actually got to watch the last 3/4. Manning's picks aside, it went more or less according to plan. His picks gave them 6 pts and our D was monstrous in stopping themin the red zone. (Flacco's differential QB rating was something like 14 in the RZ and 120 elsewhere.) I'ma little nervous and was okay losing this one, but as long as we won it, great. Cinn helped us out, as did KC. Looks like HFA now, as long as we keep winning. The MVP is now Favre's to lose, folks--he has been insane this season and perfect regular season or not for Manning, (see below) Favre has been better on paper. And at 300 years old, maybe I finally say he deserves it and forgive the Vicodin Kid for stealing it from Harbaugh in 1995. Maybe not. We will lose one this year and it will be to Tennessee. It just seems right to me. Hou is good, but not good enough. Neither is Tenn, really, but they get lucky, we get unlucky, and any given Sunday.... 15-1--nothing to sneeze at. - Bob M Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:13:17 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3406 is looking for pine time if he keeps this garbage up ... not that I care, except that I've got Olsen and Forte in my fantasy lineup tonight. - m@ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:39 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3404 but those San Diego games are so agonizing. I respect New England and Pittsburgh (and even Cincy this year), but San Diego is a team that folds in big games, except against us. - dmstorm22 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:20:03 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3403 My point has always been this: Why be scared of San Diego? They're all good teams at the top. I'd rather face Norv and Rivers in a heartbeat than Pittsburgh or NE. Heck, Indy has lost to all of these teams in the playoffs before. Chances are the Colts will have to beat two of the three to go to Miami. Get ready. - DemondSanders Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:12:31 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3402 if San Diego and New England have to battle it out like in 06 and we get the Bengals. However, that was a flukey loss for the Bengals, and I think they will win that game in San Diego. I am really scared of SD getting that 4 seed. However, this is a different Colts team (I said this same thing last year, but we are alot more talented this year). They are almost like the 2004 Pats score-wise, winning a bunch of close games and a bunch of blowouts. Of course, statistically it is pretty different, but that was a great team and I'll take those comparisons. - dmstorm22 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:55:01 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3401 sure looked nice on that TD run. left ray ray looking like a sail in the wind - m@ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:41:16 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3400 Because the worst way to end the season is to lose to the Chargers in the opening playoff game for the 3rd year in a row. I don't want any part of that. SD #2, NE #3 - I like the sound of that. - djcolts Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:40:38 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3399 Also -- Stover kicked the game winner against the team that let him go. Has to feel good. - DemondSanders Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:37:58 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3398 Winning is everything. My criteria for improvement: running game, O-line play, and the return of Hayden/Gonzalez. They did well on all fronts this week. So, yeah, I think you have to be pleased right now. Addai looked like Addai, but the reason is the blocking. They weren't getting pushed around, and often they were doing the pushing. (Although I thought CJ missed a key block on the Santi fumble drive). It's an eyeball thing, which is hard to quantify, but it was there. No sacks for either team, which was weird. - DemondSanders Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:35:53 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/return-to-sender.html#comment-3397 SD will probably get the bye unfortunately. NE could lose 2/3 or @NO, @MIA, @HOU and will probably lose at least one. Should be #1 Colts #2 Bolts #3 Pats #4 Cincy WC Pitt After that it is so jumbled, I have no idea. Last spot could be Jax, Hou, Miami, Balt. Denver is fraudulent toast IMO. - MR Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:21 +0100