AFSCME 3357-HOF'S BLOG

Peyton Manning
NFL MVP

Excuse the brief detour to hometown boosterism. I watched the last quarter of yesterday's Colts/Broncos game, and what I saw was one of the best quarterbacking jobs I've ever witnessed. The Denver Broncos have one of the best defenses in the NFL. IN the first six weeks of this season, they only allowed two touchdowns. Peyton Manning hit 32 of 39 passes for 345 years and 3 touchdowns, everyone of them needed, to move the Colts to a 34-31 victory. This game both teams treated like a playoff game. It would not be surprising to find at the end of the season that the outcome of this game determined home field advantage for the playoffs.

The most impressive thing was the control and the poise that Manning demonstrated. It was clear that he would not let himself lose this game. It didn't matter that the Colts defense couldn't have stopped the runs if it had a case of Ex-Lax, Peyton was not going to lose. If anyone else is going to be MVP of the NFL this year, he's going to have a lot of work to do better than Peyton Manning.