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WOW Steelers win a nail biter!
Shallow:
--- Quote from: Thank You Messier on January 15, 2006, 05:32:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: Javy on January 15, 2006, 04:06:46 PM ---He finished 22-of-38 for 290 yards with one touchdown, five sacks and countless hurries.
Sums up why it isnt Peyton's fault. Is Manning suppose to block, play D, write up the protection schemes, and kick a FG since hes the leader?
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well playing very un peyton like in the first 3 quarters is his fault. Throwing a ball that should of been a INT is his fault. If that ball is a INT the game is 21-10 maybe it becomes a blow out. This is just as much peytons fault as the O line, just as much as vanderjact. Hell Dan Marino stats wise is the greatest QB to ever live, he never won a big game either even though it was his fault, he never had a running game. bottom line though he was always held accountable for it. Well Peyton is also held accountable for it. Thats the way it is in football.
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It wasn't an INT because he never made a football motion before the ball hit the ground after his knee knocked it out. It happens all the time. I've seen guys intercept balls fall on their backs and have the contact knock it out and then get it back but it ends up incomplete.
The Colts were outplayed plain and simple. This game really showed where they need to change and improve, they need new outside tackles and new defensive backs. Their pass defence is horrible and Pit never should have been able to put up 21 points with those same stupid long balls. Sure if Manning could scramble like Flutie then the O Line wouldn't be a problem but Manning isn't that kind of QB and in any case when the D can get to the QB in under 2 seconds even when there isn't a blitz then you have problems. The player of the game though with out a doubt is who ever was covering Harrison because that guy just couldn't get open.
I put a lot of blame on Harper's wife for stabbing his knee. I have a feeling he could have ran that fumble to a TD if he wasn't injured. Bitch.
The Big Bad Ass:
lol @ saying it was peyton choking. Looked to me like Vandy's 46 yarder getting shanked was the choke job of the year for the colts. Manning did all that he could. The O line dropped the ball :(
Ðøšïå:
^ too bad peyton couldnt get that 46 yard kick a little closer.. thats a good distance to a kick a fuckin ball under that much pressure.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: Ðøšïå on January 16, 2006, 12:14:39 PM ---^ too bad peyton couldnt get that 46 yard kick a little closer.. thats a good distance to a kick a fuckin ball under that much pressure.
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Yeah but that was right in Vanderjagt's range. It was his only miss at home ever. That kick was almost a sign from above saying you guys didn't deserve to win. It's real simple, the Colts were out played every step of the way. Saying Peyton choked is unfair to the Steelers and Cowher. Bill Cowher set up a plan where he exposed the invulnerability of the Colt's secondary and he rushed the QB the same way San Diego did and took advantage of a suspect O Line. All year as the Colts were winning everyone was harping on their weak schedule and now that they lose it's Peyton's fault for choking. Which is it; were they given an easy buch of wins or were they truly the best team by far and couldn't handle it under pressure? The answer is simple, they area great team with a great QB, a great set of WRs, and a great RB, with a few great players on D. But the rest is a mediocre team. I'd like to see that same team with out Peyton and see how well it would do? All the other teams would have to do is gaurd the run and double team Harrison and it would be over.
herpes:
--- Quote from: Shallow on January 16, 2006, 07:17:56 AM ---
--- Quote from: Thank You Messier on January 15, 2006, 05:32:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: Javy on January 15, 2006, 04:06:46 PM ---He finished 22-of-38 for 290 yards with one touchdown, five sacks and countless hurries.
Sums up why it isnt Peyton's fault. Is Manning suppose to block, play D, write up the protection schemes, and kick a FG since hes the leader?
--- End quote ---
well playing very un peyton like in the first 3 quarters is his fault. Throwing a ball that should of been a INT is his fault. If that ball is a INT the game is 21-10 maybe it becomes a blow out. This is just as much peytons fault as the O line, just as much as vanderjact. Hell Dan Marino stats wise is the greatest QB to ever live, he never won a big game either even though it was his fault, he never had a running game. bottom line though he was always held accountable for it. Well Peyton is also held accountable for it. Thats the way it is in football.
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It wasn't an INT because he never made a football motion before the ball hit the ground after his knee knocked it out. It happens all the time. I've seen guys intercept balls fall on their backs and have the contact knock it out and then get it back but it ends up incomplete.
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he did make a football motion, he rolled on the friggin ground with the ball. The NFL came out 2day saying the wrong call was made.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/news/story?id=2294309Updated: Jan. 16, 2006, 5:24 PM ET
NFL: Polamalu overturned interception the wrong callAssociated Press
The NFL said the referee made a mistake: Troy Polamalu caught the ball.
The league acknowledged Monday that referee Pete Morelli erred when he overturned on replay Polamalu's interception of a Peyton Manning pass Sunday in the playoff game between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.
Mike Pereira, the league's vice president of officiating, said in a statement that Morelli should have upheld the call, made with 5:26 left in Pittsburgh's win over the Colts.
"He maintained possession long enough to establish a catch," Pereira said. "Therefore, the replay review should have upheld the call on the field that it was a catch and fumble."
After the reversal, the Colts went on to score a touchdown and a 2-point conversion, cutting the Steelers' 21-10 lead to 21-18. That led to a wild final few minutes and Pittsburgh clinched its win only when the Colts' Mike Vanderjagt missed a 46-yard field-goal attempt.
On the play, Polamalu made a diving catch of Manning's pass, tumbled with it in his hands and got up to run. When he did, he fumbled the ball, then recovered. Colts coach Tony Dungy challenged and Morelli ruled Polamalu had not completed the catch.
Shortly after the game, Morelli said: "I had the defender catching the ball. Before he got up, he hit it with his leg with his other leg still on the ground. Therefore, he did not complete the catch. And then he lost the ball. It came out, and so we made the play an incomplete pass."
Had the call stood, the Steelers would have had the ball at their own 48 with an 11-point lead.
"The definition of a catch -- or in this case an interception -- states that in the process of making a catch a player must maintain possession of the ball after he contacts the ground," Pereira said.
"The rule regarding the performing of an act common to the game applies when there is contact with a defensive player and the ball comes loose, which did not happen here."
The NFL almost never makes public the result of its reviews, although it did three years ago, when Pereira said officials should have called pass interference against San Francisco on the final play of a wild-card game with the New York Giants. The correct call would have given New York a second chance to kick a game-winning field goal in a 39-38 loss.
After the game, Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter said of the ruling:
"I know they wanted Indy to win this game; the whole world loves Peyton Manning. But come on, man, don't take the game away from us like that."
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello had no comment on Porter's statement.
In the past, players who have made such statements have been subject to fines.
Polamalu's overturned interception wasn't the only unusual call. Earlier in the game, when the Steelers were preparing to go for a fourth-and-inches from the Pittsburgh 48, two Colts defensive lineman ran across the line of scrimmage, pointing at the Steelers as if one of the linemen moved.
The officials stopped the game, but called no penalty.
Replays appeared to show Alan Faneca barely flinched. But Steelers coach Bill Cowher argued the Colts made contact with the linemen, which would have forced an offside call and a first down. Instead, Ben Roethlisberger ran a quarterback sneak for a first down, which allowed Pittsburgh to use another 5:02 before punting.
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