Respected NFL Writer Rates Pats #1

[Brady'sButtBoy]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-090106oates,0,5518428.story?coll=la-home-sports free registration

Oates puts Pats, Bengals, Steelers on top and has this chewy assessment of our main man, Pay-a-ton, and his Colts which he ranks number 8!!

"Eight -- Indianapolis Colts: Manning is a great self-made passer who can beat most regular-season rivals -- sometimes 13 of them in a row. And because running back Edgerrin James is gone now, Manning, forced to pass more often, will be better than ever. But he isn't a natural quarterback and so, in big games, he tends to flame out."

A little plug for here for the those who haven't been there yet and done it- to get virtually every drip of Pats news, go to Google, type in Patriots and then click "news" just above the search box (and you get a much different yield than a regular google search). Dozens of links from across the country appear like this article in the SF paper smartly breaking down the errors of the 49'ers and Raiders while plugging the Pat's (and Colt's and Steeler's) management style.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/09/05/SPG4UKRCDP1.DTL

 

[RIP#40]

He has the Lions rated as the 5th best team in the NFL. Why read past that?

 

[T-ShirtDynasty]

And because running back Edgerrin James is gone now, Manning, forced to pass more often, will be better than ever.

Now there's some flawless logic for you. Cripes, why the hell did we waste a pick on Mahoney? We should scrap our running game so that Tom will be better than ever.

 

[stinkypete]

This guy is a raving lunatic. Yes the Lions are a sleeper, but #5? Insane. Carson Palmer may be the most accurate long passer in the past half century? Sounds like this was written by a 12 year old.