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Shake off the nerves and let's get into the game.
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Out issues in the secondary can be offset with good pressure if we can get it. We've shown flashes this preseason.
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I'm a bit behind, hubby took a phone call and we paused the game. I think we're going to get that fumble.
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Not a bad first series. Palmer earned the one 20 yard completion. And took two big hits from Leguit.
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Yeah, we're deeper in every position and for the first time in a long time I can't remember losing any free agents that mattered. The last couple years have been brutal for that. Telesco has restructured and worked wonders with our minute salary cap. Next year we're out of salary cap hades.
However, our D is significantly better - enough better, we'll see?
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why? Its an honor to open on Monday night
It's the wait - waiting, waiting, waiting... tap... tap... tap ;-)
I still have 30 minutes to go. I think I'm going to go spray some aphids in my greenhouse to kill the time.
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I refuse to watch the video - don't need that burned into my brain along with seeing him in the earlier video dragging her out of the elevator. He should have had a more serious consequence the first go around.
I want to see clearly delineated process and threshold levels on abuse. Not sure how you draft that, but a minor first offense gets "X" and intervention/classes. A major offense gets a one year suspension and intervention/classes. A second offense gets you bounced from the league forever, contract is voided.
There should have been a tougher policy in the NFL a long time ago. This isn't the first time a player has abused a woman and it's been known. It's just the first time we saw the video. We shouldn't have had to see the blow to realize how awful that behavior is. My husband and I have occasionally worked with battered women. It's a sickness in the woman (when she puts up with it) and it's pure evil in the man. There's no excuse for that behavior P E R I O D. Severe consequences are the only thing that even have a chance of working.
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It isn't the Monday Night Football slot it's the SECOND game on MNF - geesh, we're waiting absolutely forever!
Vance, LOL!
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I HATE having the Chargers play the second Monday night football game for the 3rd year in a row!!!!!!
It's absolute torture.
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That's so sad, he's such an amazing player and adds so much to your team :-( I always remember the Freeney/Mathis threat when we played the old Colts.
I can't believe 3 players in one week to the same injury - bizarre.
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I just want to see them score one less touchdown (or any other points) than the Colts!!!! Go get 'em Indy
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Just makes me wonder if there's some dementia or other brain disorder at play... I hope not, but his filter seems distinctly out of commission right now.
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Derek is a mature, quality person and a very good QB. I agree with LoneRanger - perhaps not the very best in the draft but much better than most people knew.
As Fresno State season ticket holders we got to see him grow and mature. He has a very catchable deep ball. He's not a big guy and may not be as durable as being the QB of the Raiders might demand... I hope very much that he doesn't repeat his brother's woes.
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I don't think when he loses it's solely his fault. I just think with the media and his diehard fans, there tends to be no criticism or a tendency to blame another player or coach etc.. No win or loss is solely on the quarterback. My point is just that there's a tendency to blame someone else and make it seem like Peyton's some innocent bystander that threw 4 TDs/0 INTs and was let down by his team. Like I also said, there are people that act the same way about Belichick in New England with his on and off field decisions/signings/etc..
I'm going to give you a communications tip (free of charge). Don't use terms like: never, always, no one, none. You're almost ALWAYS wrong when you use them.
Try: often people say... sometimes... frequently even.
You are completely in the wrong when you say there is "no criticism," there is all kinds of it.
And lest you think I'm a diehard Manning fan, while I think Peyton is a good QB, even great, I'm definitely not a card carrying member of his fan club since he came to our division, LOL.
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I don't hate him. He's never done anything to me, and he's a great quarterback. I just don't like fans of his like yourself that refuse to admit that he's ever had a bad game or made a bad play.
I haven't heard any Peyton fan say he's never had a bad game or made a bad play.
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mmmmmm... and which one of these guys are ex-colts?! Just a friendly request that perhaps we might get back to the original thread topic :-)
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That would be the same mistake the Colts made by getting Kerry Collins and not playing Curtis Painter sooner. I felt Curtis might have won a game or two in the early going if we had shown confidence in him against cupcake teams like Cleveland. We did not and I am not going to say I did not like the end result in the long term with us getting Luck.
Always go with the backup QB who has gone through training camp and pre-season with your team, he gives you the best chance of winning if you show the confidence in him and don't vacillate with your decision.
Agreed. Unless there is an amazing option at QB available to the team (rare) or the backup is known by the coaches to not be up to the task.
I have no animosity towards Tebow. I like him as a man, don't like him as a QB. I'm always amazed at how much people "hate" on him. It's just he isn't a very good QB from his NFL history and the teams that have used him have had to develop an offense specifically for him. It's way to late in the game to do that effectively. He's not a plug and play option.
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To the bolded, I take exception to that because you're presenting an argument that can't be argued against. If there isn't real evidence of this pressure that playing with Manning creates, it's only because no one would dare acknowledge it. Yet, some are convinced that it's true, despite it being entirely speculative. It might be true, to a certain extent, but there are countless individuals who have absolutely thrived while playing with Manning. Those guys are usually talented and hard working. Maybe the difference between them and the guys who whither under the pressure is a matter of work ethic and the skill it yields
It's true it can't be argued against, but I wasn't really "arguing it" - just suggesting the possibility it might be a factor.
As a mostly disinterested outside observer that's what it appears to my eyes. The way things work in the NFL or any team sport, is that you don't know how you would function differently in a different system or with different coaching etc. Your "normal" is what you think is everyone else's normal. Guys will do well with Manning because he's exceptional - there is no arguing that, it's a fact. But how would they do with Manning or a QB of similar caliber if he there were a little different approach? Rarely will you have a chance to see that in operation. I wish we could tune into an alternative universe and observe :-)
I'll give an example of what we have observed in SD with our recent changes:
Philip Rivers fought to the death for San Diego to keep Norv Turner. He loved him as a man and his system and couldn't imagine not having him as his coach. He achieved a very high level overall with Norv, until he lost his OLine and top receivers due to injury the previous two years. He publicly stood up for keeping Norv, but in the end he lost that battle and when he did, he chose to embrace the changes.
Those changes revived his career. The training camp is completely different. The atmosphere is entirely different. The overall disciplined approach is different. The way the veteran leadership runs the team and trains the new guys is supported and encouraged. The trust in Phil's decision-making by the coach as QB is different. Norv never allowed him to change the play or call his own plays - it all came in from the sidelines. He has the same mental capacity as PM to read defenses, see the playing field and the incredible ability to absorb information and use it quickly and accurately on the field. You all will see how that changes the function of the offense this coming year.
Besides the fact that he never talks down about anyone, EVER, he would have never even have realized what Norv Turner was costing him until he experienced something different. He's a better QB due to the changes in atmosphere around him. The team is taught to focus on the details but have FUN. Play hard and disciplined but enjoy the moment, play loose and play for each other.
I'm rambling... must get to work. I've really enjoyed this conversation. Can't wait until real games so we quit talking conjecture and talk results, LOL!
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Superman, solid perspective. I definitely wouldn't call him a "crazed maniac," and wouldn't agree with anyone who did. I merely brought up the OCD (some here would call it "Anal") angle and the fact that there can be a high price to be paid for having that psyche.
Our world rewards it pretty highly when someone is able to keep it in control. My friend, that I mentioned in my first comment was "Teacher of the Year" in a large school district - and that summer her life began to fall apart.
Perfectionists of any kind put a lot of pressure on the people around them. That's true in every area of life. A lot of perfectionists that I've had to work with have standards you can't even figure out. You can't even know what they're thinking to try to keep ahead of them and meet their standards. I don't know if Peyton falls in that category but it sounds like he might. We also don't know if he's able to accept excellence in others and demands only perfection from himself - too many questions.
As to teammates, when you are playing for someone considered a possible GOAT you aren't going to speak out about what that extra pressure does to you. And if you did you would be pilloried. The Pittsburgh Steeler WR (can't think of the name) that positively compared Peyton to Rothelsberger got hit hard by all sides.
I think that Denver's collapse in the Superbowl could be attributed to being too intense about it being the Superbowl (and they would not be unique in that experience).
In general, a team that develops a hard working, fun loving, caring for one another personality and can go into that game prepared but also prepared to ENJOY the game and for whom the game isn't too big for will have a leg up on an uptight team.
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I hope he has an exit plan ready for when he leaves football or he's not going to be in a good place.
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This won't be a popular opinion, but that isn't work ethic, it's more like OCD. In reality, it's controlling and self-focussed like OCD and will destroy real relationships. (I have a dear friend and her family that are being ripped apart by similar issues).
I cannot recall hearing anything from players he's played with talking about what a good friend he is, how able to be involved in their lives and their needs he is, how real he is with people. Perhaps I've missed those as I've never lived in the city he plays in. I'm not sure he has the ability to be a complete person, not just be perfect at one thing. Football, in the end, is just a game - life is real.
Another aspect of this is that every player has their own way to prepare themselves, their needs for sleep, alone time, family time, down time etc. For someone to be so focussed on their own needs and not be aware of the needs of others isn't something I want in a player I root for. I appreciate his hard work to recover, his preparation, his focus - 90% of it is okay. The other 10% is mentally unbalanced and destructive in my opinion.
Edited to add: If you took the football out and put in any other situation in life, such as running a business - this would be seen in an entirely different light. It would even be considered borderline abusive.
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Yeah, I noticed that today. But Kavell Conner played well this week in place of Manti T'eo who sprained a foot and sat out. Freeney looked solid (the guys in camp have said he looks great). Donald Brown was 3 for 22 with a long of 8 yards - not a bad day for about a little less than 1/2 or so of the game.
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I would agree that we are underdogs and the division isn't ours by acclamation. However, a lot of things happen along the way to the Superbowl and a lot of teams that are "shoe ins" never make it back again.
I'm excited for this season and to see how it all shakes out. As the old saw goes, "That's why they play the season," there is always the unexpected.
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Loved Kellen - what a heart he had. That game was truly Epic. We caught a replay a couple of years ago and it was as good as remembered. Where did you meet him?
Funny story - I worked in Worker's Compensation Underwriting at an insurance company and was taking a required class with Pat Curran (who was the Chargers, TE prior to Kellen Winslow). I sat next to him the day that Kellen was drafted. He said, "You have no idea how glad I am that I have a no-cut contract!!!!" He knew he was history.
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Our first round pick, Jason Verrette 22 CB is really showing us something.