No No. 4 in Super Bowl 44: The Running Thread

[Herbert Anchovy]

Fame wart Kardashian with an NFLN mic in her hand. You knew it would come to this.

 

[zagoshe]

And by the way, go back to the predictions right before the start of the game....

Only one of us predicted a double-digit Saints win......

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Fortune favors the brave. Payton made gambler's calls, both of which I roundly denounced when they happened, and they both wound up paying off. The Saints took two big punches, down 10-0 and the Colts' second TD, and came back and won. Good for them.
All great quarterbacks lose more than one big game. That's because they get to play in more of them than anyone else.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I'm watching NFL Network too. Kardashian just said something about how all Reggie Bush did was focus on this year, and how maybe now she has to quit her job so he can keep doing this. What forking job?!?!

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Good point by Gee. Sean Payton and Gregg Williams did a fantastic job tonight calling their games. They played to win the game. I love it.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I'm watching NFL Network too. Kardashian just said something about how all Reggie Bush did was focus on this year, and how maybe now she has to quit her job so he can keep doing this. What forking job?!?!

Well she does have that TV show...

 

[Bubbler]

I'm watching NFL Network too. Kardashian just said something about how all Reggie Bush did was focus on this year, and how maybe now she has to quit her job so he can keep doing this. What forking job?!?!

Blow job?

 

[Double Down]

Me and Zag are agreeing again. Holy shirt. I must be drunk.

Peyton Manning is one of the two best QBs in the history of the NFL. The idea that he's a choker or that this game is on him is bogus. Totally bogus.

I don't think it's fair to put the entire game on him. I think it is fair to say that the rush to anoint him the GOAT -- which, for example, Judy Battista was throwing out there in the NYT this morning -- had the brakes thrown on it in a major way. Garcon really screwed the whole momentum of the Colts offense with that early drop when Manning threw a great ball, but still... All-time greats don't throw that pick at the end. They lead their team to a score. Period. You can whine and whine and whine about all the other stuff, but he needed to make a better read there.

I see where a few SportsJournalists.com O-Coordinators (and others) are trying to say it's was Wayne's fault. Sorry, no. It was a perfect read by Porter. He knew that was Manning's and Wayne's go-to route, and he jumped it. Great anticipation, great film study.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Did anyone say "Brees has a better team around him!!!!!" BEFORE this Super Bowl?

 

[suburbia]

All great quarterbacks lose more than one big game. That's because they get to play in more of them than anyone else.

True. Even Montana and Brady and Bradshaw and Aikman lost some big games.

I guess the thing with Manning is that he's lost far more of them than the first three. I'm not pinning tonight on him - even if he ends up throwing a TD instead of a pick-6, the Saints may very well have driven down the field and kicked a walk-off field goal to win 27-24. But the number of rings don't lie - for all of his regular season success, he only has one ring. The other four have at least three, and two have four.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Kim's getting knocked up tonight. Bank on it.

 

[zagoshe]

Did anyone say "Brees has a better team around him!!!!!" BEFORE this Super Bowl?

Yes, I did - which is why I picked them to win 27-17.

And I think most people felt they had a better running game and more balanced offense, better special teams and a defense that was similar to the Colts only more opportunistic...

But keep trying to convince yourself that nobody respected the Saints before the game because Tony Dungy picked the Colts.... :