NFL divisional round thread.

So it's the 4 th quarter and Denver has less than 200 yards total on offense. And teams want Adam gase as their hc?

That offense has shit the bed. Peyton and all of the WRs decided to take the night off mentally.


Sad part, Denver's defense has been worse to me. Waited till half way through the 4th quarter to start pressuring Luck. Are you fucking kidding me?

Game balls to Andrew Luck and Greg Manusky, great defensive effort by Indy.

This is the end for Denver and Peyton Manning

This is the end for Denver and Peyton Manning

I don't care what the talking heads say, Peyton is clearly not the same. He can't get the ball down the field, he can't make all the throws, he's probably done.

Yeah man age has hit him hard he's done and needs to retire before he looks really bad

Bold prediction.

Mike shanahan will be the next HC in Denver

John Fox simply can't win the big game. The planning is poor and it shows in these instances. What was the defensive game plan? To run zone the entire game and let Luck eat your ass up? You spent all that money on Ware/Ward/Talib and for what? That should have been a shut down type of defense, but it wasn't. It wasn't even close as they ranked middle of the pack in PPG allowed as a defense.

If you watched the Cincy game or any of the past couple of Denver games this game was no surprise.

The Broncos offense was horrible.

The Broncos defense was just as bad.

You have a coach and a QB who are both known to not show up for big games. This is the result.

At least Manning has all the regular season records and will go down in my opinion as the best regular season QB and one of the best to ever play.

If you watched the Cincy game or any of the past couple of Denver games this game was no surprise.

The Broncos offense was horrible.

The Broncos defense was just as bad.

You have a coach and a QB who are both known to not show up for big games. This is the result.

At least Manning has all the regular season records and will go down in my opinion as the best regular season QB and one of the best to ever play.


The problem is, Manning has always been on teams that can't support him if he fails. It's always the case. If Manning has a bad game, the Broncos (or Colts) lose. I have never ever seen any of his teams win the game despite Manning, with the exception of the Super Bowl and which Rhodes and Bob Sanders willed them to a win. Your team can't be that reliant on the QB. I think we are seeing the same thing with the Colts as well.

Check this for instance. Earlier this year, the Colts played the Patriots in Foxboro and got their ass stomp. You'd figure Brady played lights out, but he didn't. In fact, they won despite his poor play.

New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts - Box Score - November 16, 2014 - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=400554417)

Carried by a RB and a defense. Negate that "stat padder" they did at the end, and his rating was well below 80 for that game. Tom can afford to have a bad game (unless turnovers are involved) and they still win. QBs like Peyton and Luck don't have that luxury.

If Luck plays bad next week, that team is sunk.

this is again y Brady is better than PM