Peter King: Still likes the Colts - New England Patriots Forums

scout · 11-12-2007, 08:55 AM

King has Manning right behind Brady as the leagues MVP. Says he deserves a mulligan or something like that. Indy of course is ranked #2.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...k10/index.html

paragon11 · 11-12-2007, 08:59 AM

He's got Manning at #3, with Favre now sitting at #2 on his MVP list.

Terry

bradmahn · 11-12-2007, 09:02 AM

What a God-awful article by our resident curly-haired dough boy! King's basically striking last night's game from the records, making excuses, and giving mulligans.

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The Fine Fifteen

1. New England (9-0). Bye Week Thought of the Week: Since Oct. 18, the Hub's baseball, basketball and football teams (Sox, Celts, Pats) are 15-0.

2. Indianapolis (7-2). Have you ever seen a more disastrous Peyton Manning stretch of football than the first quarter on Sunday night? Check out the wide receivers who dressed for the Colts in San Diego: Reggie Wayne, Aaron Moorehead (27 career catches in 34 games before Sunday night), Craphonso Thorpe (zero career catches, signed Oct. 6 off the Colts' practice squad). That's it.

After that? Dallas, Pitt, Green Bay...and here's the real shocker.... SAN DIEGO!

What?!

Dallas, Pitt, and Green Bay are all coming off wins against division rivals, with two of the three playing teams with winning records. The Colts lose in an absolutely ugly fashion and they're still number two in your rankings? The Colts, after last night, should be ranked no higher than fifth.

San Diego is a bottom half of the league team.

The MVP watch is even more disgusting.

Peyton Manning is still in his top three consideration for MVP. It's difficult to even make the argument that Manning is the most valuable player on his team, in the most literal definition of the word. He lost them last night's game. And if it's statistics you want, 16 TDs and 10 INTs are not MVP-worthy numbers.

***363839*** · 11-12-2007, 09:07 AM

Why all QBs for MVP.
Doesn't Randy have a good case?

Lampshade · 11-12-2007, 09:09 AM

Even before last night I had no clue how Peyton was popping up at #2 on everyone's MVP list.

RussFrancis · 11-12-2007, 09:10 AM

Where does he see Roethlisberger, Romo or Moss?? heck, Id vote for Braylon Edwards over Manning right now. Manning as an MVP candidate this year is a joke. He doesnt have a leg to stand on in that debate. Id line up MVP voting like this:

Brady
Romo
Favre
Moss
Big Ben

Outside of the top 5, what's the point in even listing candidates, and Id start that second 5 with Derek Anderson. You can make a pretty strong case that Manning's not even a ProBowler this season.

PatsChick87 · 11-12-2007, 09:12 AM

Thanks for the recap bradmahn, I still refuse to give that man any hits on his website!

patsgo · 11-12-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsChick87

Thanks for the recap bradmahn, I still refuse to give that man any hits on his website!

i vote not to let his crap be posted we should ban anyhing he writes or says because its all stupid and bias

borg · 11-12-2007, 09:39 AM

When I see Manning play, I see 2 things.....Wobbly passes and wide open WRs....

PlattsFan · 11-12-2007, 09:39 AM

I'd like to point out one thing, though: of the non-divisional games for the Patriots, 5 out of 8 are against teams in King's top 10. His top 15 isn't perfect, but it's pretty close to conventional wisdom.

If the Patriots go undefeated, it'll be the best season of any team in history by far. The Dolphins in 72 didn't play anybody.