The plethora of "Oh wow. These Colts are better than last year!" articles continue. Whereas local guys from the Star weren't really surprised, some of the national yahoos act shocked. Adam Schein of Foxsports isn't the sharpest tool in the shed (watch one of his video pieces sometime...ouch), but he has had the good sense to retract his earlier feeling that the Colts would regress due to (snicker, snicker) losses on the defensive side of the ball.
In examining power rankings around the web, two things jump out. 1. Everyone knows that this season is about the Colts and Pats. and 2. most sites have ALL FOUR AFC South teams in the top 10 or so. Yeowch. It really is good to get those two road wins under our belt early...
Demond Sanders: It's all happening just the way that Colts fans knew it would. It's a funny thing about NFL analysts. You would think that the quality of coverage would be at its all time high based on the sheer number of people dedicated to breaking down the league. But instead quite the opposite is occurring. Sure, there are a few standout NFL writers like there always has been, but for the most part the coverage seems dumbed down. Like all the fake experts just go from website to website reading and recycling what other fake experts are saying.
Missing Mike Doss? Please this is the defending Super Bowl Champions we are talking about. I can understand if the national writers swing and miss on a perennially irrelevant team like the Jaguars or Lions, but this Colts team has been relevant for ten years now. So do a little research.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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You know, after reading the national press and watching NFL Live, I got the impression that we had a bye this week...
I don't mind that we're flying under the radar, but was First Take seriously debating the possibility the the Patriots would go undefeated?
Here's a question my brother posed to me earlier today:
Seeing as how we're three games in and there's no signs yet of a record breaking running back season (Ladanian last year, Alexander in 05), and assuming the Colts and Patriots end up with roughly the same amount of wins (12-14), will the MVP (looking like either Peyton or Brady) be decided by who wins the game in Week 9?
I think Brady will win MVP regardless of the result from week 9. The Pats aren't finishing worse than 13-3 IMO, and he'll have his best statistical season, and the writers will vote for him because he hasn't won the regular season MVP yet and some will see that as a major oversight.
I think that's going to be one of the great subplots this season. Peyton has great numbers so far, but he may never catch up to Brady's touchdown totals. If Brady has even slighly better numbers the media will give the MVP to him because there are so many out there who are in love with him. You have to be realistic. Peyton might need to beat Brady head-to-head and win 14 games. Of course there's a good chance that Brady will cool off. A six touchdown game wouldn't hurt this weekend against Denver.
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