Denver could not get first downs, much less score points, in the 4th quarter when they could have put the game away, against a defense that is not as good, not as dynamic, and not as opportunistic as Carolina's. So while Denver's defense may somehow stop a Panthers team that just hung 80 points on the supposedly best two teams in football (according to pre-game pundits), a Panthers team that has the unprecedented ability to run the ball most of the time and yet outscore everyone, scoring points will be a monumental task for the Broncos.
Did we watch the same game? Do they really pay you to do this? Manning the field general may have been OK but Manning the athlete was awful. They won in spite of him, not in any sense because of him. I didn't count, but at least four or five times he ruined offensive drives by allowing himself to get sacked (while the more nimble and focused Brady almost always unloaded the ball into the ground or the sideline). And Manning's passes were like clay pigeons tossed up for quail hunting practice. They floated, they wobbled, they took too long to get to his receivers. He ran for one first down, he somehow threw two touchdowns (but missed open receivers with regularity), but compared to the other quarterbacks in the playoffs, even the atrocious effort by Carson Palmer, Manning looked the most out of place, hardly being able to move or throw on the level we expect for an NFL QB, even a backup. Unless Carolina is filling its battered roster from the practice squad, the Panthers will demolish Manning and likely run up a score that will embarrass the Broncos in Super Bowl 50.
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I am absolutely loving the "Panthers are going to eat Manning and the Broncos alive" comments. There is nothing like "OVER CONFIDENCE" to throw a very large wrench into the works! Cam Newton will lead his young studs into the super bowl ready to beat this "old man" within an inch of his life ... and therein lays the trap. If yesterday proved anything, it proved you don't have to have the strongest arm or the wizard of a coach or even a running game for the ages. What you do need frequently in times like these is EXPERIENCE, POISE AND SKILL SETS to overcome the youth and virility that is coming at you from all angles ... and Peyton Manning possesses all of those attributes and more. The Carolina Panthers will have to prove they have grown up two Sunday's from now if they want to go back to Charlotte with a trophy. Bring on Super Bowl 50 ... it's gonna be a game for the ages!
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How many times did you see Peyton whining to the officials trying to get a penalty called?
Brady is a great player....but a cheater and a whiner.
I've watched both Cam and Peyton. Cam has both a strong and accurate arm.
I watched Peyton throw short. I watched Peyton miss open receivers long. This will be the difference in SB L (tradition).
I'll still root for Peyton to equal the level of success of his little brother.
Brady is a great player....but a cheater and a whiner.
I've watched both Cam and Peyton. Cam has both a strong and accurate arm.
I watched Peyton throw short. I watched Peyton miss open receivers long. This will be the difference in SB L (tradition).
I'll still root for Peyton to equal the level of success of his little brother.
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Ms. Macur, If you wish to write about primping in sports, you missed the US Figure Skating Championships this past weekend. There's time, World FS championships are at the end of March
Patriots' players and fans knew they'd destroy the Broncos both times they played this season, and the Panthers' players and fans know they'll destroy the Broncos in the Superbowl. Why does the NFL even bother to schedule any of these games when it's a forgone conclusion that the mighty and invincible Patriots and Panthers will kill the Broncos every time?
It's the "changing of the guard" . . . and long overdue. Tom Brady & Peyton Manning's time as the premier NFL QBs has come and gone. Ego, discipline and obsessive training will not counter the younger, stronger & just as highly talented i.e. Cam Newton, Russell Wilson.
I believe Manning will retire after this (he should) . . . but Brady will stumble on, drinking the "kool-aid" of his paid swamis. Please, please save the embarrassment -- if not for yourself . . . then, for us !!!
As far as SB50, it needn't be a blow-out. If only the Broncos had two significant running backs. The ground game delivered by Anderson & Hillman is shockingly subpar. Both 24 years old and they run with the power & agility of my 85 year old mother ! Have some pride, pull up your straps, hit those holes with HEAT . . . or do you just like depending on your team's good defense to be your saviour momma ?
I believe Manning will retire after this (he should) . . . but Brady will stumble on, drinking the "kool-aid" of his paid swamis. Please, please save the embarrassment -- if not for yourself . . . then, for us !!!
As far as SB50, it needn't be a blow-out. If only the Broncos had two significant running backs. The ground game delivered by Anderson & Hillman is shockingly subpar. Both 24 years old and they run with the power & agility of my 85 year old mother ! Have some pride, pull up your straps, hit those holes with HEAT . . . or do you just like depending on your team's good defense to be your saviour momma ?
For all those writing Peyton Manning off the pundits wrote them off yesterdays game against the Patriots too. Not! He's just one guy who is part of an entire team that made New England look bad, on all fronts. While I'd likely choose Carolina too (as a team), why is it that older quarterbacks, and our elderly in general in this country, are written off so easily?
Instead of celebrating the experience and accomplishments of aging athletes, or our elderly population, people do smack-downs and troll them. The phrase, "I've forgotten what you have yet to know" comes to mind. Peyton clearly is the best game manager in the NFL - when the commentators putting him down can do better, please let us all know.
Instead of celebrating the experience and accomplishments of aging athletes, or our elderly population, people do smack-downs and troll them. The phrase, "I've forgotten what you have yet to know" comes to mind. Peyton clearly is the best game manager in the NFL - when the commentators putting him down can do better, please let us all know.
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He may have just wanted one minute to finally cool out after THAT game before battling the wolves in the sports press.
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Quite content here with the New England season and all their accomplishments despite the many injuries. Lots of fun to watch this year.
Best of luck with Carolina, and I'm very happy we are not playing them because that won't be pretty.
Best of luck with Carolina, and I'm very happy we are not playing them because that won't be pretty.
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Panther Bait!
I suppose the perspective of the first few paragraphs might have something to do with the author's being a woman, but that perspective does offer insight into Peyton's meticulous personality. The rest could just as easily have been written by a man.
I guess some guys still have a hard time with the idea of a female sportswriter, decades after it became commonplace.
I guess some guys still have a hard time with the idea of a female sportswriter, decades after it became commonplace.
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Yes, as we know, women don't check their appearance. A guy would not have written about Peyton checking his appearance - reverse sexism at work. Stick with the facts, not "primpy" headlines. Some editor should have 86'd this piece.
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Thank you Peyton. It has been a joy watching and rooting for you.
Defiantly a roller-coaster ride. But the joy is always sweeter when taken with the struggles and hardships.
In a questionable NFL, it has been a pleasure to follow a class act.
Best of luck in Santa Clara.
Prove them wrong just as you did Sunday.
GO BRONCOS!
Defiantly a roller-coaster ride. But the joy is always sweeter when taken with the struggles and hardships.
In a questionable NFL, it has been a pleasure to follow a class act.
Best of luck in Santa Clara.
Prove them wrong just as you did Sunday.
GO BRONCOS!
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Manning has proven himself to be the much more credible team leader role model for youngsters than Brady has shown himself to be over the years. I'll take Manning's "60 seconds" of mirror primping and priming any day of the week over Brady's numerous episodes of smug public sneering and obfuscating in his ugly attempt to divert attention away from himself and his team's varied instances of cheating scandals. Spygate and deflategate are only two that we know of. Probably more but hey, who's counting. The right teams are going to the Super Bowl. For a change.
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Agreed. And I'll take HGH over spygate and deflategate, anytime. At least it was his own body, not a lazy shortcut to better passing/catching.
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"Omaha" you came through and good luck to the Broncos...
How ever the Super Bowl comes out, Denver proved a lot yesterday with their defense and a well played game.
It's hard to picture either Manning or Brady as "Golden Oldies" as described here in the article.
For sure we were watching the greatness of future HOF and that is a golden legacy.
How ever the Super Bowl comes out, Denver proved a lot yesterday with their defense and a well played game.
It's hard to picture either Manning or Brady as "Golden Oldies" as described here in the article.
For sure we were watching the greatness of future HOF and that is a golden legacy.
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Manning was nothing great in the second half. Carolina will swallow him up and spit him out.
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Yep. Just like Brady, Belichick and crew did yesterday.
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If you thought Carson Palmer was slow and bumbling, go back and look at some of the 2nd half footage of Manning in that Patriots game. Incredible. Also, the bizarre strategy by the Broncos to sit on a one score lead and let their D try to hold it almost cost them the game. If they try that against Carolina the rout will only be worse. But a one-sided rout is what we are about to see, unless Manning figures it out in time. He's got to get the ball out quick. Then running game has to be stuck with. They have to score points. And the D will need to be even better. Then maybe we'll have a game.
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Never bet against Peyton Manning. He defies expectations.
A final Super Bowl win would be a fitting bookend to a stellar career.
Their defense will help the team get there — Go Broncos!
A final Super Bowl win would be a fitting bookend to a stellar career.
Their defense will help the team get there — Go Broncos!
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Never liked this sanctimonious, entitled whiner....Daddy was a wannabee star so sons MUST be!! Wish Brady had defeated him...oh well, here comes Cam Newton...doubt if PM will ever win more than one Super Bowl!!
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Archie Manning was a star, unfortunately for a not very good team. If you want to do comparisons compare his kids records to those of Joe Montana's kids - but don't look for anything in the NFL stats.
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Barbara, Sanctimonious? Entitled? I guess that is one way to look at it. Clearly the wrong way, but you are entitled to your opinion.
Panthers may win. But Peyton has proven himself to be a class act over his entire NFL career
Panthers may win. But Peyton has proven himself to be a class act over his entire NFL career
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If you want to see a whiner, look at Brady. Often, when the refs make a call against the Pats, he yells at them. Had the Pats won yesterday, I seriously doubt they would prevail against Carolina. The Broncos defense made Brady and the Pats' offense look bad. Imagine what Cam Newton would do to them.
Peyton's performance was not very good in that game. It hurts to see a once great quarterback decline.
I hope that if he starts the SuperBowl that way they pull him and put Brock Osweiler in. It would be great to see Peyton perform well and close out his career with a win.
It doesn't look good for Denver no matter which quarterback they use.
I hope that if he starts the SuperBowl that way they pull him and put Brock Osweiler in. It would be great to see Peyton perform well and close out his career with a win.
It doesn't look good for Denver no matter which quarterback they use.
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Or Manning and Denver could lose 55-10 (like the old Denver teams), in front of a nationwide television audience of 12,000 viewers outside Charlotte and Denver areas, as Roger Goodell is forced to refund billions in TV revenues to an angry network having to sell 60 minute spots for $12.99
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So the main point of this wordy article is that these 2 great quarterbacks are old... very old. Is that all you got?
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Amazingly shallow article, given the subjects and potential. Does the author consciously intend to facilitate the sad implication that women can only focus on shallow activities by emphasizing how "long" Manning spent getting dressed before appearing on camera? Does she mean to emphasize that "real men" wouldn't take care with their attire, or with their grooming, or is she portraying that "fainting, swooning" little girl attitude, so taken by these idols that she can only babble helplessly? Poorly-written article...and that is said without mentioning her embarrassing attempt to bring in completely unsubstantiated charges against Manning...of course without mentioning all the "incidents" surrounding New England and Brady.
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My sister, who lives in Vermont and is an unapologetic Patriot fan, summed it up best about Mr. Manning, "he has heart".
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Such a well written article, Juliet! As a "golden oldie" myself, these guys (and teams) inspire me endlessly! I'm more mortal than mechanical myself, so prefer Manning to Brady, fingers crossed Peyton can pull it off against the Panthers. Regardless, he's a hero in my book anyway.
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I was a bit perplexed reading this article when it curiously focused on Peyton Manning's grooming and the manner in which he packed his bag of personal products after last night's AFC Championship Game. The description of this talented athlete "combing his fingers through his closely cropped hair" sounded more like titillation than a professional report on this memorable football game. What was that all about?
And then I checked the writer and saw that it was a woman who obviously was in the locker room and camped out at Manning's locker when he was just trying to get a shower. dress, groom a bit, and head home. I realize that any comment I make about all this will be labeled sexist so I'll try not to spend much time here. I just wonder how a male journalist would be received who commented on the machinations of a star female athlete (Venus, anyone?) trying to put on her clothes and makeup in the locker room after a big contest. Just think of all the grooming possibilities there! Oh, such a scenario is an impossibility as that door doesn't swing both ways? Why is that? And why does it swing any way at all?
And then I checked the writer and saw that it was a woman who obviously was in the locker room and camped out at Manning's locker when he was just trying to get a shower. dress, groom a bit, and head home. I realize that any comment I make about all this will be labeled sexist so I'll try not to spend much time here. I just wonder how a male journalist would be received who commented on the machinations of a star female athlete (Venus, anyone?) trying to put on her clothes and makeup in the locker room after a big contest. Just think of all the grooming possibilities there! Oh, such a scenario is an impossibility as that door doesn't swing both ways? Why is that? And why does it swing any way at all?
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I was thinking the same thing. Imagine the comments if a male sportswriter wrote an article that noted the grooming habits of a female professional athlete. The cries of sexism would have been prevalent.
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Good journalists paint a vivid picture. This was that, akin to something you would see in The New Yorker. Genuinely caught me off guard to have it in the NYT, and I am pleased for it.
Males comment on the appearance of females in every medium, every venue, every minute of the day. Why is it news to you when someone comments on a man's appearance?
Surprised Manning is getting such coverage in the Times. It was a great Defensive game and Peyton barely won. He WAS a great QB, but neither QB played well, then again none of the AFC teams looked exceptionally sharp in the playoffs. No one is going to match up against Carolina and Cam Newton right now. Manning will retire with another SB trip and loss. Save the front page space for a more relevant article in my opinion.
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Manning's final game will be 1 TD, 3 INTs and 2 fumbles. He'll be lucky to finish the game
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I hope it's a good Super Bowl. But, I expect the Panthers to build another one of their huge leads. I fear it may be a lopsided Carolina win. Boring again!
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Brady and Peyton aside, this was a pretty good game and defenses do make the difference down the stretch, sure did in this case. Say what you want about Peyton, his arm, age, lack of mobility (how about those nifty clutch runs!) etc., he finally had a defense playing on his side and not across the line of scrimmage; he never had this in Indy and goodness knows what he would have done with the type of talent surrounding him that Brady ahs enjoyed most of his career. I hope Peyton goes out the way his boss did... a pretty good quarterback in his own right, maybe the best of his generation. Thanks for a fitting last paragraph which pretty much sums it up.
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"Out with old, in with the new." This Super Bowl symbolizes the traditional pocket passer to the growing trend in being a dual threat. You can't just throw the ball away when there is great coverage by the opposing defense, but the expectation is to make a play running with the ball. Peyton will be a first ballot Hall of Famer, but the league's MVP, and soon to be Super Bowl MVP is Cam Newton. Absolutely, no one believed this team would be in the Super Bowl before the regular season. He not only has GOD given physical tools and cerebral capacity, but more importantly, superior leadership to take this team to this level. Some men are just winners, and he is proving it again in the NFL just like he did in college. Also, much credit must go the outstanding defense and core players like Jonathan Stewart, Greg Olsen, and a dominant offensive line (especially against the Cardinals). The receivers (Ted Ginn Jr., Corey Brown, Devin Funchess, and Jericho Crochtery) set their own standard and exceeded others limited expectations. GO PANTHERS
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Peyton Manning
Belichick has now suggested banning
a tire gauge was also needed
with that it is quite possible we may have succeeded.
Belichick has now suggested banning
a tire gauge was also needed
with that it is quite possible we may have succeeded.
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Why didn't Belichek take the Pats to DEnver on MOnday instead of Friday: need to get acclimated to low oxygen levels. Low oxygen stiflers your brains. The Pats would have had a better chance if they had better adjustment to low oxygen. some athletes train in the mountains of Peru to develop oxygenation systems to a higher level.
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Studies have shown that best performance by someone new to altitude takes place in the first three days...and again after three weeks. Belichek, as usual, has it covered.
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Yeah, covered. Except he lost.
Go Broncos and Manning! This is the season they do it!
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I have been a fan of Ms. Macur for a long time, which is why I am so terribly disappointed in this piece. The lack of balance, the thinly-veiled character assassination, is awful and regrettable.
Shame on you, Ms. Macur. And on your editor!
Shame on you, Ms. Macur. And on your editor!
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I concur...shame on you, Ms. Macur.
A Manning fan for many years...from the Colts to the Broncos...!
This man is a class act! Try as you may with your unsubstantiated slurs and innuendos, you will never tarnish his legacy to the game!
A Manning fan for many years...from the Colts to the Broncos...!
This man is a class act! Try as you may with your unsubstantiated slurs and innuendos, you will never tarnish his legacy to the game!
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Another trip to the super bowl means few more sub-concussive blows and the inevitable odyssey to CTE that football bequeaths to its practitioners. An exit with a dismal record in regular season would have been far more desirable. Is the quest for immortality worth the slow but irreversible destruction of the mind and body. An outsiders take on the triumph of a legend.
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Cam Newton is a superior quarterback, probably the best in the game today, but the Denver defense was superb against New England. I think Peyton Manning is going to retire after the Super Bowl, no matter what the outcome. I hope he wins. After that, I'd like to see him coach. Few have been better students of his sport, and he could become as fine an instructor as he has been a player.
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Don't expect Manning to go the coaching route - he is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I see him following Elway's path of front office upper management or even becoming a part owner of a franchise. Regardless, Cam Newton's time will come; I hope Manning takes another ring and retires on top.
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What will Peyton do when he retires? Mr. "I'm in every other commercial." He's going into broadcasting, either in the studio or the booth.
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That voice in broadcasting? Save us.....
I don't know if Manning takes HGH but I hope he does. Guys his age should be required by the NFL to take HGH . Otherwise their bodies will crack like the first bite of a potato chip when they are sacked by 280 pounds of mass assaulting them at full speed and compressing their aged torso against the unforgiving ground which represents the orgasm of violence known politely as "the sack".
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So William- as you know, Peyton made a terrific run during the game for a first down. ESPN clocked the run and Brady's- and found it was a very decent speed-plus, nobody tackled him when he was down (knowing that the Pats are already under sanctions, maybe they were being careful). What's your point again about age?
having grown up in the shadow of the Meadowlands a Giants fan and having gone to the University of Alabama law school and become an Alabama fan, this guy has been a thorn in my football loving side for many ,many years now. He burned Alabama when he played for Tennessee and he beat the Giants more than once but he is highly entertaining, isnt that what sport is all about?
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You must be overjoyed that the two QBs in the Super Bowl hail from Auburn and Tennessee.
I'm thrilled to find out that Manning spent 60 seconds in front of his mirror primping his hair. Is she kidding! Who cares. The worse case of reporting a sports story ever...She should be relegated to the fashion page.
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Literally, you took the words right out of my mouth. She would be great working the showbiz gossip section of the NY Post.
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Maybe you should be relegated to getting all your sports news from ESPN or other sites that care more about promoting the league and selling beer than writing a thoughtful piece.
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Yeah, lets not show how vain we human creatures are, especially men in the Alpha Dog world of pro football. :)
I admire Peyton Manning but I think Broncos fans should prepare themselves for a good old fashioned thrashing from Carolina.
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Probably, but then they were supposed to lose to the Patriots.
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Everyone expects that. When everyone expects something to happen in a football game, it rarely happens.
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Broncos defense is not only the current best in the league, but as shown last night, in top form. Carolina will not have such an easy time as last night. Hoping the Broncos win, but smart money has to go on Carolina. They look so tough right now.
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This situation reminds me of the 1060 NFL championship game . Where an old, cagey QB, Norm Van Brocklin with a great defense, was good enough to outlast a far more talented Packers team. A Packer team that would go on to win 5 of the next 8 NFL titles.
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I remember that championship game and the subsequent reign of the Packers. I can't remember who won all the titles that the Pack didn't win, except that I believe it was the Normans in 1066.
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Giants beat the Bears for the title in '63.
No, cagey QB Billy Wade, later my wife's Sunday school teacher, and a ferocious Bear defense led by Bill George and Doug Atkins defeated the YA Tittle led Giants in Wrigley Field 14-10.
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Terrific essay, as usual. Manning and Brady are amazingly smart and disciplined athletes and watching them play is a joy. Of course there is Cam Newton to come, and Newton is special as well, but I want to think about Brady-Manning for a while longer.
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Nancy- you must have been reading a totally different article than the rest of us. Or are you really Juliet in disguise?
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Juliet, is that you?
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Hey Juliet, can you tell us why you made so much of a totally slanderous allegation about Peyton Manning, who is as straight a shooter as they come, but didn't mention a word about Deflategate, the NFL report and the ongoing investigation? Biased much? Just like your Boston colleague who wrote that ridiculously one-sided piece about Brady. For shame.
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The deflation issue was debunked by an MIT professor. The calculations used by the NFL were wrong.
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We've been hearing about "Deflategate" for a year now despite the fact that weather explains deflation and some of the Colts balls were under 12.5 as well. Give it a rest already.
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Sorry JA , compared to the ink on deflategate, the silence regarding Manning's reported HGH use is deafening.
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Not being a football fan (I would not watch the Super Bowl if they played it my front yard), I usually do not read any sports reporting about football. However, I was curious about the headline of this article and went ahead and read it. As near as I can tell, this appears to be written by a person who was only interested in trying to put Mr. Manning down. 60 seconds to fix his hair before going out to meet the cameras? Since when is that "primping"? And suggesting we calculate how many years he had spent those 60 seconds in front of the mirror? I suspect most of us would spend more time than that fixing our hair before going on camera.And what relevance does that have to the game he played?
Much emphasis on the HCG story which was apparently denied by the person who first told it to a station which is now defunct. None about deflated footballs. Is this supposed to be good reporting? I think not.
Much emphasis on the HCG story which was apparently denied by the person who first told it to a station which is now defunct. None about deflated footballs. Is this supposed to be good reporting? I think not.
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I'm not sure what the authors intentions were, but this article perfectly captures the life of sports heroes in the public eye.
As sports fans, we criticize the players when they are at their worst, and we celebrate them when they are at their best.
The irony is that the players don't have that luxury. That have to find a way to tune it all out and remain poised.
As sports fans, we criticize the players when they are at their worst, and we celebrate them when they are at their best.
The irony is that the players don't have that luxury. That have to find a way to tune it all out and remain poised.
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Rather reminds me of a Maureen Dowd column with apparent bias and a touch of sarcasm that does not quite come off. I was surprised this piece was in the sports section.
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Manning hasn't denied the fact that HGH was delivered to his house.
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I hope Peyton will retire, win or lose, after the SB.
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What's the author's point? Non article. There is no portrait here, of one man, let alone two. There is no clear objective story - i.e. reporting. If the writer is looking to contemplate aging, the thread fails. Recycling of fun factoids about the eating habits of one, and the highly disputed (and as of yet unsubstantiated) claims against another does not original reporting make. NYTimes, edit with an eye to your readers first, and the ambitions of your writers second.
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Yes, write about Manning in glowing terms so as you smear his reputation you sound credible and objective. Sure, there's is a possibility that Manning cheated but the person making the claim refuted it almost immediately, saying he lied. The media outlet publishing the report had no respect among media people , almost zero viewership and went out of business a few weeks after the allegations. Contrast that with Manning's reputation for high moral character and hard work earned over a lifetime. Anyone can make an accusation even against people with impeckable reputations but don't we owe it to those who have proved honorable and trustworthy to ignore empty claims . The answer is of course we do. And we should believe Peyton until and unless credible evidence to the contrary is presented. So far nothing even remotely resembling a legitimate concern has surfaced.
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Manning's reputation is far from "impeckable". If you've got a few hours, and I bet you do, do an internet search for "Peyton Manning sexual misconduct". His reputation wasn't earned, it was bought.
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Al Jazeera's primary source for the steroid story almost immediately recalled. Why didn't Juliet Macur mention this in her story?
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That Denver defense just cleaned our clocks. Ridiculous.
A Patriots Fan
A Patriots Fan
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One word: altitude.
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Some teams have cold weather. Some teams have humidity. It's called home field advantage. You try sprinting a 100 yards at 5,500 feet. It takes time and practice. If you don't prepare and acclimatize for altitude, that's your own fault.
I will say this though: you don't have to worry about under-inflated balls deciding a game in Denver.
I will say this though: you don't have to worry about under-inflated balls deciding a game in Denver.
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He looked pretty old to me (relatively). Two missed TD passes and much less zip on the ball. Will overcomes a lot, but Manning looked his age.
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Very happy to see the Broncos advance. In contrast to the author's not-so-subtle suggestion that he was aided by PEDs, Peyton played like a cerebral 39 year old...at no time did he remind anyone of the younger version. Shame on Ms. Macur for giving any credence to the flawed Al Jazeera report.
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Peyton Manning looked every minute of his 39+ years in the second half of this game. He was content to play the percentages and rely on his smothering defense to prevent an eight-point score by New England.
If innuendo is to be cast on the probity of either quarterback, it should perhaps first be attached to the fellow who expects to play until he's 48 years of age, but still seems never to fail to rally his team in the last minutes of games. Of course even Brady's numbers in this game seemed more in line with what we might expect of a 38-year-old than usual.
I wonder if like George Blanda, football's great quadragenarian quarterback, Brady will take up placekicking. Even Blanda was a backup QB in his 40's.
If innuendo is to be cast on the probity of either quarterback, it should perhaps first be attached to the fellow who expects to play until he's 48 years of age, but still seems never to fail to rally his team in the last minutes of games. Of course even Brady's numbers in this game seemed more in line with what we might expect of a 38-year-old than usual.
I wonder if like George Blanda, football's great quadragenarian quarterback, Brady will take up placekicking. Even Blanda was a backup QB in his 40's.
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You did a great job with Lance's lies, where's your article on Peyton?
"Where there's smoke" after all.