Manning continues to annoy. Colts win shootout...

Once the Pats game ended today, I switched over to the Colts / Bengals match-up. This was a game that turned out to be a shootout, with both teams moving up and down the field almost at will.

Unfortunately, The Bengals came up just short and were not able to knock the Colts off of their lofty perch. They remain undefeated at 10-0 and become more and more annoying and aggravating to watch each week.

With Manning back there gyrating and flailing around with all his signals and calls and nonsense, I can't help but ask the Football Gods to allow someone on the defense to lay a bone jarring hit on him. I never want to see a player get hurt, but seeing Manning get hit with a good, hard, blind-sided sack would be nice, especially if it were followed by a fumble that gets recovered by the defense and returned for a touchdown... Unfortunately, the Football Gods were not willing to provide such pleasures to Manning-Hater Nation today.

At least the Colts have to play a few tough teams now. They've got the Steelers, Titans, Jags, Chargers and Seahawks ahead of them on the schedule before they touch down for a nice easy landing to finish off the season with what will probably be a cakewalk against Arizona.

Although any team can win on any given Sunday, I don't see the Titans or Cardinals ending the Colts win streak. The Jags played Indy tough in the first meeting. They are a team that could do it, but honestly I don't see it happening. You have to point to The Steelers, Chargers and Seahawks games as potential unbeaten-streak ending games. Let's hope... because it's starting to get a little sickening.

As I wonder about the possibilities of the Colts unbeaten streak coming to an end, I can't help but wonder if the Football Gods could potentially have bigger things in mind, like allowing The Colts to actually go undefeated in the regular season, only to be beaten in the playoffs. Ooooooh. Now that would sting wouldn't it? You know what, even I'm not mean enough to wish that kind of pain on Indy's fans... Let's just hope they lose a game, somewhere along the line, k?

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[firestarter]

God, Peyton Manning makes me sick. I can't put my finger on it. I tried to imagine what I would do if he was on the Patriots, could I like him then, but I just couldn't get as far as imagining him in a Pats uni.

They can win all the games they want, as long as they choke in the playoffs. And statistically speaking, the odds are pretty good.

[Me]

I think it's the hype that bugs me the most. Regular season records don't impress me. He's been in the league since 98 and he's done nothing when it's counted in the playoffs but everybody acts like he's the greatest qb to ever walk the earth. Riduculous.