Peyton Manning Shows His True Colors

SRW · Nov 13, 2007

PEYTON EXPOSES HIS TRUE COLORS, AGAIN

So on a night when Colts quarterback Peyton Manning directly contributed to his team's two-point loss by serving up six picks to the Chargers, what was Peyton doing after kicker Adam Vinatieri missed a chip-shot field goal attempt that would have given Indy an improbable late lead?

True to form, Peyton blaming someone else.

"We shouldn't have called a time out," Manning could be seen saying -- twice -- to an unidentified teammate while seated on the bench.

His point was that the Colts shouldn't have called a time out before the missed field goal try. Coach Tony Dungy apparently wanted to argue with the refs regarding a false-start penalty called on tight end Ben Utecht, who clearly used a pre-snap shift in an obvious effort to get the Chargers to jump offsides.

Taking the time out left the Colts with only two opportunities to stop the clock when the Chargers got the ball back after the 29-yard attempt was pushed to the right -- and it gave the Colts not enough time to get back in position to win the game in the final seconds. (But there was enough time left for Peyton to throw one more interception.)

Said a league source to us on Monday morning, "Way to undermine your coaching staff by talking sh-t to your teammates."

Added the source, "This is classic Peyton Manning. Excuses, excuses excuses. Rolls his eyes when things aren't going his way. Gives teammates the Dan Marino treatment. And now he second guesses his coaches to teammates while the game is still being played. What about the six interceptions he threw?"

The source believes that Peyton exposes his true colors whenever he's in a tough situation. (And when we say "true colors" we're not talking about the purple mark on his oversized forehead that looked like a tattoo of the continent of Asia.)

"He just always thinks he's smarter and better than everyone," the source said. "But he tries to hide it with that 'aw, shucks', good old boy crap."

We agree. Though the situation won't catch the eye of the media like last year's "why in the f--k did you bring me here?" from Cowboys receiver T.O against the Eagles, Manning's comments can be just as divisive, because they can create confusion among the other players as to who is really running the show.

And if you don't think that statements like that have an impact on a team, look at the Ravens, who have imploded since linebacker Ray Lewis openly questions the play-calling of coach Brian Billick.
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Watch the video at the end. It part of what shows what Florio is talking about:

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I bleed Sooner red · Nov 13, 2007

This article is complete bias by some guy that doesn't like Manning. Get over it. Manning admitted how horribly he played and was upset they didn't pull it out.
This guy just wants Peyton to say he is awful and get it over with.

Dam8610 · Nov 13, 2007

I bleed Sooner red said: ↑

This article is complete bias by some guy that doesn't like Manning. Get over it. Manning admitted how horribly he played and was upset they didn't pull it out.
This guy just wants Peyton to say he is awful and get it over with.
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So I'm not the only one that sees the ridiculous bias there.

brakos82 · Nov 13, 2007

Dam8610 said: ↑

So I'm not the only one that sees the ridiculous bias there.
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Either that or the three of us are insane.

dolphindude13 · Nov 14, 2007

That article is a hecken joke....every player in the league wants to win and at times will question decisions made by the coaching staff. He didn't do it publicly, a camera just happened to be on him. Not an issue! Most teams in the league would love to have Manning.

BroncoBJ · Nov 14, 2007

Screw Manning.

Heres to a 7-9 season...

American Football Psycho · Nov 14, 2007

He can voice a opinion. But he didn't have to do it on camera.

TOP DAWG · Nov 14, 2007

Dungy admitted it was a bad move,but throwing 6 interceptions earns you the STFU Award.

smeags · Nov 14, 2007

crap article - crap thread. lock it & ban the author. :icon_cool:

truelife · Nov 14, 2007

smeagle said: ↑

crap article - crap thread. lock it & ban the author. :icon_cool:
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seconded well said

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