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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Peyton Manning IS a choke. Has been for large portions of his career. Greatest QB ever? Get real. He couldnt hold Golden Joe's...you know.
Having said all that, he is one of if not the best QB of our era. The whole idea that Peyton handles pressure well, though, is laughable.
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I'm not convinced he choked. That was a bad throw on the int....but that hardly decided the game. Brees toyed with the Colts D with short passes. Even if Peyton doesn't throw that pick, I'm not sure the colts win the game or completely stop the Saints at any time after that even if the Colts tied it that drive. It was a weird game, and I felt the Colts lost it or Saints won it at the end of the first half. The Colts had a great goal line stand which should have re-turned the game around and then with 1:50 left in the half they decided not to be the colts and ran up the middle three straight times with a 10-3 lead. Rather than trying to extend the lead with all that time and two timeouts left when the Saints couldn't really stop the Colts either all game they gift wrapped the Saints 3 points at the end of the half. Brees was excellent managing the game, but Sean Payton and Garrett Hartley were the MVPs that game. The Saints O only scored 2 TDs and both drives were under 60 yards. Hartley's long field goals bailed them out all game long. He was the real MVP. Or Payton, that on-side kick was ridiculous and he would have been rightly roasted had it failed and the Colts took it in. He had the guts to not care and do it. It won them the game along with Hartley's 3 45-50 yard field goals. Good stuff. Laying it on a Manning choke is a bit ludicrous...completely. THe Saints simply won the game. But I think a lot of stuff happened that was a heckuva lot more important in determining the game than one Manning pick trailing 24-17.