10 Super Bowl Observations
by Brady's Revenge on Feb 8, 2010 5:55 AM EST
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Print- 1. All Heart. Garret Hartley should have been Co-MVP with Drew Bress. 3 40+ plus field goals on the biggest stage of the year to keep his team within reach was big.
- 2. Robert Who? Great job by Jon Stinchcomb in shutting down Robert Mathis. I don't believe I heard Mathis's name called once all night.
- 3. Who has got the biggest balls of them all? Sean Payton's on-side kick to start the second half was the biggest play of the game. This set the tone for the second half and showed that Sean Payton was going to roll the dice no matter what the price was.
- 4. Question. If Sean Payton was not successful with his on-side kick, would he have been as criticized as Bill Belichick and his fourth and two decision?
- 5. Pierre Garcon was a beast. Garcon looked more like the #1 receiver than Reggie Wayne did. Coverage may have dictated Wayne being obsolete, but Garcon could not be covered last night.
- 6. Hey Greg, this Buds for you. Gregg Williams shut the Colts down in the second half with an array of defensive looks and timely blitzes. Tracy Porter timed perfectly where Manning was going to throw on that third down conversion that was intercepted.
- 7. Reggie Bush finally looks like the number two pick in the 2006 draft that the Saints drafted and expected.
- 8. Has anyone seen a more in tune combo than Dallas Clark and Peyton Manning? Some of the throws that Manning threw on the run to Clark were amazing.
- 9. Karma has won at last. Losing the Super Bowl could not happen to a better guy. Sleep tight Polian.
- 10. Sorry Peyton. When it comes to stats you are the best, hands down. When it comes to Super Bowl rings, Brady beats you out. Winning number two and three are harder than you thought.
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Agree with most but #5...
…yeah, Garcon played better than Wayne and got a TD, but no Colt receiver played like a #1. Garcon killed at LEAST 3 drives with dropped passes.
And yeah, Hartley should have gotten more attention.
he isn't a rookie
2nd yr player
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No. 4
I doubt Dilfer the fraud expert would have called it moronic like he did belichick because there is now a media bias and convenience to think of belichick as smug/evil rather than look at the numbers and situation…both decisions were built on solid reasoning and statistics and sean payton plays the game like belichick does against the colts…You have to take it to them, be aggressive and control your own destiny.
No. 5 Garcon
Garcon played well…but he did have alot of crucial drops but expecting him to contribute like a no. 1 is like us expecting too much out of edelman during the playoffs.
No. 4 & 4
I think that Peyton’s willingness to defy ‘conventional wisdom’ and make the call that he think is right for his team & the situation is why Bellichick has such high regard for him.
Hey Pulpit Faithful...
Links will be a bit late today – got called out but will post them as soon as I can. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Keep the faith!
Oh, I like that.
Do we get hats with ears?
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 8, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
We'd have musket-ears?
And three of them at that?
The three musket-ears…. Never catch on.
My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 8, 2010 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
We need a concept artist!
I can see it now – a hat with a pulpit on the top, surrounded by three protruding musket-ears. Leaning against the pulpit is a small Belichick figurine, clad in hoodie and sweatpants.
SB Nation must have an illustrator on staff.
I'm rolling my eyes at #9
and can’t wait for Peyton to show Brady what’s up with another MVP and Super Bowl ring next year. :-)
That is all.
Indianapolis Colts, taking focus away from my DBacks every Sunday.
Polian is a huge ass.
Even after the game, he was saying, “If X didn’t happen, we should have won….” The guy is a whining, insufferable spoilsport. Say what you will about Pats’ top brass, but they do NOT make excuses – the motto “It is what it is” transcends the organization, and they act far more dignified as a result.
All that karma BS aside, Polian’s head needed a little deflationary stimulant. I am disappointed to see that even a loss of this magnitude fails to inculcate in him some measure of humility.
Agreed
Polian implied, before the game, that the Colts were the team of the millennium (assuming they’d win this game, I guess).
If Pats management made the comments Polian/Irsay/Dungy have lately, they’d be excoriated by the media as arrogant, taking the games for granted, etc. Not to mention delusional.
Go Pats!
by Female Patriots Enthusiast on Feb 8, 2010 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
mvp is a curse like the heisman winner
only 1 mvp in the last 10 years has one a SB.
Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
i love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life
No doubt Peyton & Co will be in the post season action.
It is a little early to be shining that ring though!
8 - the flipside of Manning-Clark
Most of the throws that Manning threw to Clark were amazing – they had to be. I was very, very impressed by how the Saints LBs contained Clark and the middle of the field in general. Jonathan Vilma was superb in the middle, not the least when he read the play and raced back to the goal-line in deep coverage to get in the way of what would’ve been a TD. Dallas Clark got a few catches, but all of them had to be superb throws, he didn’t get anywhere near as many easy completions as he usually does. I’m a little envious of the Saints linebacker pass coverage – I hope Hoodie studies the tape.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
I see a lot of what Hoodie used to do
hit the WRs hard off the line. And punish anyone going across the middle.
We need to get back to that.
we can't bc of polian
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Nah, he just made it so we have to hit them immediately within 5 yds of scrimmage
instead of clocking them while in their routes. Like in “The Good Old Days™”.
Buncha pansies ….
NICE POST BR.......much thanks from a SAINTS fan!
DON'T STOP 'TIL WE REACH THE TOP!!!!!!!!
Another SAINTS fan in Panther country!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you change your signature now you're AT the top?
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
You're right about the rings
I think Big Ben and Brady have a better chance to add rings than Peyton Manning.
by Football Historian on Feb 22, 2010 11:42 AM EST reply actions
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