OT: Peyton has 0.0 Passer Rating against Chiefs

[RobertWeathers]

Reminiscent of the great Willie Mays' time with the Mets. Or Ali v. Leon Spinks.

But he got to swan around the field holding his record ball aloft so it's all good.

Interesting parallel with PM/Ali.

Ali should have called it quits when he beat Ernie Shavers.

PM should have called it quits at the end of last year.

After Ali fought Spinks in the first fight he was completely done. The split decision was a joke but he was competitive. The 2nd vs Spinks was not even close. Then he fought Larry Holmes in LV and got beaten to a pulp which Holmes still feels bad about. Ali's last fight was a loss to Trevor Berbick which was also a beating.

I was a kid back then and didn't really appreciate how great Ali was but remember commentators saying how tough it was to watch Holmes throttling a once great champion with ease.

PM obviously doesn't have Ali's greatness but it is tough to watch a once great QB play like this.

I get it though. Playing, the limelight, the attention, the crowd, the locker room is all a big drug. Its all they know and life without it is a scary thing. That was Ali's problem. He needed the attention and the violence in his life. Maybe not the violence but I think PM needs the same thing.

Brady might be the same way. Not the attention or stats but just playing and proving himself every day. Its a powerful thing. Bird said that he should have retired after the 88 season because he was in so much pain but he needed the competition and played 3 more years. The difference here is that when Larry felt good, he still controlled games but it just didn't happen every night anymore.

 

[MassPats38]

It was like Kubiak couldn't pull him, knowing it was his record breaking day and he is Peyton Manning. He put that ahead of the teams best interests and that is really bad.

It's not Manning's fault. Kubiak simply hadn't planned past "Manning completing a pass for 3 yards and enjoying a lavish celebration on field."

The devil is always in the details. The whole "rest of the game to play" thing never crossed his mind.

 

[50-yard-line]

Always sad to see an elite athlete winding down so horribly. They said Peyton had a foot injury last week - it's probably true. Nothing big, and the kind of ding everyone in the NFL gets by mid-season - except he can't preform at all unless EVERYTHING is perfect, at this point.

Two weeks ago, Everyone was in awe of Denver. Tells you the truth of the brutal NFL.

Also tells you the truth of how BB builds redundancy.

 

[reflexblue]

I was only a couple of weeks ago that we heard that manning was back, he wasn't done. Well he had to weeks to rest his arm before he played Green Bay. I am surprised that only took two weeks for his arm to get to this point. Manning Has been a great regular season qb, seems like a decent guy when hes not throwing someone under a bus, But ive never seen a quarter back so coddled by the reffs and the media like he was some kind of football royalty. A lot of his TDs, and yards were given to him on PI calls. The question now is will he accept how bad hs become and retire, or is denver going to have to cut him?

 

[PatsDeb]

But, but but...he broke the record! I don't really feel much sympathy. Manning should not have been playing yesterday. They knew he was injured and they put him in anyway to get his precious record. He should have sat, healed up and tried again next week.

 

[patchick]

It's sad to see him go out this way.

Yep. 20 passes, 35 yards, 0 TDs, 4 interceptions. Forget "worst game of Peyton's career," that may be the worst stats line I've ever seen from ANY quarterback.

While the "Brady vs. Manning" debate was still going on, every misstep for one felt like a check mark in the other's column. Now that Brady is pretty much universally acknowledged as peerless, watching Manning disintegrate is just kind of painful.

 

[Rusty Coupe]

A similar end

 

[1960Pats]

I hate, but respect Manning. So I am torn on this.

The funny thing is though is that this week is going to be about his meltdown and not him breaking Favre's yardage record. I still think Manning came back to chase this and the career win records. I am sure he dreamed of all the ball washing he was going to receive the week after he broke Favre record. Now he is going to have to endure a week of "Is Peyton done?" and QB controversy talk all around the country.

I don't hate him or respect him. I'm actually rejoicing in his and the Broncos' misery.

The coming weeks will be about how P6 is injured and a real trooper for fighting through it and giving his all for the team. And he won't reflect that nonsense one bit.

I was listening to Amy Lawrence on CBS radio last night and I thought she was going to cry over poor injured Peyton.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

They need to sit him down against chicago. It might be low 40s in that game. Bears playing well recently

 

[RobertWeathers]

Yep. 20 passes, 35 yards, 0 TDs, 4 interceptions. Forget "worst game of Peyton's career," that may be the worst stats line I've ever seen from ANY quarterback.

While the "Brady vs. Manning" debate was still going on, every misstep for one felt like a check mark in the other's column. Now that Brady is pretty much universally acknowledged as peerless, watching Manning disintegrate is just kind of painful.

Right. What is disturbing is that this came against a defense that is just OK. Not great but not horrible. Prior to this season PM-led DEN averaged 28ppg vs KC.

We aren't talking about Tony Eason vs the 85 Bears here...

 

[CheekyDave]

and on cue.....torn plantar fascia for Manning

 

[Joker]

Manning has plantar fasciitis.Let the excuse parade begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Nah. TFB only had about 55, but Peyton was a beautiful 0.1.

But they had Flacco (61.8) and Brees (56.3) ahead of Brady.

 

[bogengames]

Willie Mays

 

[dales804]

Screw the Broncos. Haven't won any SB's since cheating the salary cap. Cheaters.

Hope they go 11-5 and make the playoffs for a one and done and pick late in the draft and screw up their pick. Good riddance, Manning.

 

[Ross12]

Yep... Manning will never be done, it will never be because he was just too old or too bad, it will be because he was playing hurt or his offensive line didn't protect him well enough or his GM didn't give him enough weapons. Manning is the perfect golden child of the NFL who can do no wrong.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Sick of the excuses for this guy already. Just sit him down then.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Yep... Manning will never be done, it will never be because he was just too old or too bad, it will be because he was playing hurt or his offensive line didn't protect him well enough or his GM didn't give him enough weapons. Manning is the perfect golden child of the NFL who can do no wrong.

The goober will always get the benefit of the doubt

 

[SHOWTIME15]

i would rather play manning than osweeler in a few weeks. we have little film on brock.

 

[Observer]

Peyton gets a 0.1 from ESPN with a .1 for effort I guess.

It is still an infinite percentage improvement over his other QB rating.