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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I would stop short of calling him a cancer as well. But I do think there is validity to the concern that, as a leader, he will never get the most out of his teammates.
I think he was referring to Rex Ryan or Woody Johnson?Speaking of "Omaha" who here heard Aaron Rogers calling out "New York Bozo" in several plays Sunday?
Isn't the phrase somewhat redundant?
From Darren McKee (host of a sports show in Denver) on Toucher and Rich yesterday:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/01/...ed-test-of-courage-has-no-friends-on-broncos/
Speaking of "Omaha" who here heard Aaron Rogers calling out "New York Bozo" in several plays Sunday?
Isn't the phrase somewhat redundant?
Is it your position that Manning's lack of leadership is responsible for the success of the Colts' offense? Perhaps, perhaps, some of the blame might be put on the DEN defense.
And just perhaps, DEN was not the better team, especially with an injured quarterback.
If it were Brady instead of Manning, we would be saying that the effort of the QB was the best he could do and that the defense didn't step up when it needed to.
BOTTOM LINE
1) Manning was not able to take the team on his back and win.
2) The DEN defense did not step up to defeat a quality Colts team.
Bolded for emphasis (though I suppose there's precious few other reasons to put something in bold text...). Particularly when the team as it was constructed was all around the brilliance of Manning as a passer and game-caller at the line. I'll assume he would have sat the final game of the regular season due to injury had Denver's first-round bye not depended on it, but he also didn't come out until a defensive TD put them up 33 pts, so who knows?While the Denver defense didn't play up to it's highest potential, holding a top five NFL scoring offense to 24 points is hardly doing a bad job overall. Then add the fact that the running game was effective for the Broncos, and I'm not sure who else to blame for that loss. That wasn't about carrying a team on his back, that was about being completely unable to pull his own weight. If this was an isolated incident, I would blame age, injury, etc. But this happens far too often in the playoffs for Manning. He is the problem, for whatever reason. I think it's leadership. His teammates have no reason to put it all on the line for him.
Chris Harris has to realize winning a championship is much harder then just buying won. They really thought the buying of those free agents, and their hype would get them a super bowl. It's much more then that.
In a recent sit down with Woody Paige and Les Shapiro with the Denver Post TV's "The Sports Show", Dreessen was asked about Manning's relationship with his teammates and whether he is well-liked.
"I think so," Dreessen said. "My only beef with him is--say for example the third-and-five. A third-and-five to open the second half, it's wide open. The game is about the exceptional things. You know, he expects me to sacrifice my body if he lays me up over the middle, or if I'm blocking in the run game, you know. You gotta do everything you can to sacrifice your body and if he's at the point where he's not willing to do that also, uh, I'm not gonna want to bleed for the guy."