Losing Sunday night’s Super Bowl game to the New Orleans Saints with disbelief and frustration, the Indianapolis Colts are now trying to downplay the disappointment and focusing more on next season’s chances.
As the Colts quarterback Peyton Manning said, the team has played well the past regular-season and the postseason but they just did not play well enough to win the championship. The Colts broke the NFL record for consecutive regular-season wins by winning 23 straight games; they set the league mark for wins in a decade with 115 wins through the past ten seasons; they extended their own NFL mark of consecutive 12-win seasons to seven; they completed seven fourth-quarter comebacks, also a league record; and their quarterback in No. 18 NFL jerseys Manning won his fourth MVP award, breaking a tie with Brett Favre for the most ever.
The Colts have the confidence to have a better season in 2010. Manning will stay with them, especially after the team owner is prepared to make him the highest-paid quarterback in league history, and several injured players return to team. The Colts should be a stronger team in 2010.
Showing posts with label Peyton Manning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peyton Manning. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Friday, December 18, 2009
Colts improved to 14-0 by beating Jaguars 35-31
Peyton Manning did everything that was needed to keep the Indianapolis Colts unbeaten during Thursday night’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Completing every pass early and one big one late, the quarterback led his team to fourteenth win of the season, setting another franchise record.
Indianapolis extended its NFL-record winning streak in the regular season to 23 and became the third 14-0 team in league history, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots. If, and it is very likely, the New Orleans Saints win over the Dallas Cowboys this Saturday night, they will be the fourth.
The Jaguars had a chance to win it in the closing minutes, but quarterback David Garrard overthrew receiver Mike Thomas on a third-and-10 play with about a minute to play. A cornerback in Colts jersey intercepted the ball, sealing the game with the Colts remaining unbeaten.
Indianapolis extended its NFL-record winning streak in the regular season to 23 and became the third 14-0 team in league history, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots. If, and it is very likely, the New Orleans Saints win over the Dallas Cowboys this Saturday night, they will be the fourth.
The Jaguars had a chance to win it in the closing minutes, but quarterback David Garrard overthrew receiver Mike Thomas on a third-and-10 play with about a minute to play. A cornerback in Colts jersey intercepted the ball, sealing the game with the Colts remaining unbeaten.
Friday, October 16, 2009
NFL fined Titans DE Vanden Bosch for hittig Colts QB Manning
On Thursday, the Tennessee Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch was informed by the NFL that he will have to pay a fine of $5,000 for hit on Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
But it seemed Vanden Bosch and the Titans would like to refuse to accept the punishment. As to what happened in Sunday's 31-9 loss to the Colts, Titans Coach Jeff Fisher, co-chairman of the competition committee said earlier this week that rule states roughing the passer should not be called if a player is blocked into a quarterback.
And the defensive end said Thursday that he knows what the rule is on hot hitting quarterback arround the knees. But the actual situation was that he was blocked and was going down during Sunday night's, therefore he had to grab Manning's legs to keep balance, indicating that it is not fair to fine him for what he did to the quarterback wearing opponent team's NFL jersey.
But it seemed Vanden Bosch and the Titans would like to refuse to accept the punishment. As to what happened in Sunday's 31-9 loss to the Colts, Titans Coach Jeff Fisher, co-chairman of the competition committee said earlier this week that rule states roughing the passer should not be called if a player is blocked into a quarterback.
And the defensive end said Thursday that he knows what the rule is on hot hitting quarterback arround the knees. But the actual situation was that he was blocked and was going down during Sunday night's, therefore he had to grab Manning's legs to keep balance, indicating that it is not fair to fine him for what he did to the quarterback wearing opponent team's NFL jersey.
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