Baby's First Blog Post

First off, let me make one thing clear: I hated Peyton Manning. Hated. When he first was making his way in the NFL, he whined. He blamed lineman for not keeping track of his 349 audibles at the line of scrimmage. He blatantly yelled at his receivers. Quite simply, he was a quarterback who used his pointer finger instead of his thumb. Back in 2005, the Steelers showed in the playoffs (in the now infamous "The Tackle" game) that if you want to beat Peyton Manning, you have to hit him. And they did...relentlessly. Get him on the ground, get him rattled, disrupt his rhythm = win. That game taught him how to beat the blitz. Ever notice how he plays the game now? He gets the ball out in negative 3 seconds, and now if he sees the potential for a sack, he dives on the ground to avoid a hit. Granted it was hilarious to watch him take off on a scramble and look like Warren chasing after people at the go-kart track for touching his ears, but he doesn't need to do that anymore. What he did to the Jets a few weeks ago was nothing short of incredible. They seemingly had his number through the majority of the first half. But Peyton figured them out. In the second half he was cerebral, and there was absolutely nothing the Jets could do to defend it. Before this year he had Marvin. And Edgerrin. And Reggie. And Tony. Now? He’s doing it with a black guy named Pierre and a coach who could be Carl Winslow’s stunt double. At the time of that playoff game in 2005, what I didn't know was that he was evolving into the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. There won’t even be a debate when it is all said and done. Tom Brady? Fuck Tom Brady. He is a system quarterback, plain and simple. Why do you think Matt Cassel is making it rain at the local Kansas City TGI Friday's every Saturday NIGHT, son?! But I digress. When you watch the game on Sunday, you will be watching the best QB in NFL history. And that’s something you can tell your grandkids in 20 or 30 years while they sit there in their Brett Favre Raiders jersey. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am of the mindset that the Colts will win Super Bowl 44. In fact, here are 10 things that have a less chance of happening: 1. Rex Ryan eating a salad 2. Tiger Woods hosting a fund raiser with Eliot Spitzer for Women’s Rights 3. Keanu Reeves changing the tone of his voice in his next movie 4. Freddie Mitchell becoming a billionaire selling “FredEx” merchandise 5. Ke$ha realizing that Mick Jagger has never been remotely good looking 6. Jamarcus Russell beating a horse with blinders on in the first ever “Best Peripheral Vision” contest 7. Going a Thursday night without seeing “GREY’S!!!!!!!!!!!” in a female’s Facebook status 8. An Andy Reid sex tape 9. Ray Lewis not jumping on a pile 10 minutes after a play is over and getting up to dance as if he actually had something to do with it 10. Plaxico Burress wearing an NRA t-shirt For all you gamblers out there, my prediction is Colts 33, Saints 5. Mainly because I have the worst numbers in the history of Super Bowl pools. But hey, a guy’s gotta be optimistic.