Peyton Manning meet Wally Pipp

[DarrylS]

"Do I really shake this bad".. what is the meaning of prolonged and sustained nerve damage??

 

[convertedpatsfan]

Not a huge fan of Wally Pipp or anything, but I just don't get the comparison.

Pipp reportedly wanted a day off because of a headache. Manning has had all sorts of injury issues over the past year or so. Also, Gehrig, a future HOFer, took over for a pretty decent player. This is the reverse. Meanwhile, Pipp ended up playing 3 more years at a pretty high level somewhere else, while Manning is pretty much done. You could make more of an argument for Brady/Bledsoe. While Drew's injury was legit, Brady is a 1st ballot HOFer while Drew was at a pretty high level, and Bledsoe ended up playing out his career somewhere else for a bit longer. Still, not a great analogy, but moreso than the Manning/Brock one. Note: I'm not learning to spell Brock's last name until he plays well enough that he forces me to. It took me at least 4 seasons before I learned Roethlisberger.

Every injury causing an opening for a player is not a Wally Pipp scenario.

 

[denverpatsfan]

They ran the ball effectively for the first time in a while. This took the pressure off the QB. Pats will need to stop the run and force him to make plays. They are stacked at TE and their receivers are playing well so will be a handful. They have been resting Ware for 3-weeks for this game so our OL had better be ready. The Pats had better take care of business tonight. I'm not so sure they can win in Denver on short rest.

 

[fnordcircle]

@Denver, @NYJ and @Mia are the toughest games remaining on our schedule, imo and in that order.

We'll stop the run and force Brock to throw to someone other than Thomas. If he falters and we can protect Brady than we win but Mile High is the scene of nitemares for us.

 

[rosco1]

The funny thing is that Osweiler didn't even look that good. He reminded me of young Joe Flacco, kinda. Serviceable QB who might develop into something good, but by no means a world-beater or anything. But Peyton set the bar so low that he looks fantastic by comparison.

QBS aren't always going to look like first ballot HOFer in their 1st start. Tom Brady was only 13/23 168 yds 0 tds his first start. I'm not saying he's the next Brady, just there isn't enough out there to get a complete picture on him. He didn't do too bad against a defense ranked #4 against the pass.