G.O.A.T.

For the past few years Peyton Manning has been putting up ridiculous numbers. He has routinely ripped off 30 TD, 3-1 TD to INT ratios, 4,000 yards, 65% completion percentages, and 12 win seasons. It really has been an amazing run. His one downfall, and it is a glaring one, has been his inability to perform in the playoffs. It was such a deficiency, that in any argument concerning Peytons' place in history, I could always being that up and shut the other person up. The Quarterback position is the one in all of sports where winning a championship means the most. While great players at other positions can get a pass when it comes to a title, QB gets none. To be brief, the reason for this is basically that if the QB plays well enough then the team is always going to at least have a chance to win. The same can not be said for a wide receiver, a defensive end, or even a running back. In other sports there is no position that is so clearly the figurehead of every team, with the exception of possibly the goalie in hockey.

Back to my initial thought. If Peyton wins on February 4th, instead of the old Brady/Manning argument, the more popular one amongst fans, friends and "experts" will be is Peyton the greatest of all time. If he loses, he will still have a greater respect from his critics as a result of beating the Patriots, but he will still lack the championship he needs to be in the argument of the greatest QB of all time. I know this is premature because even if Manning wins, Brady could win a couple more and then this debate will reach even higher levels. All I am saying though is that, all these years of being able to say Manning has never won anything in his life besides personal accolades unfortunately may be over.

As you can tell I will be rooting for the Bears in the Super Bowl. I don't know why I dislike Manning. Maybe its because he is so much better than his little brother. Maybe it is because I like the dynamic of him being the stat guy and Brady being the winner. Oh, maybe its the fact that when Manning loses he throws everyone else under the bus instead of himself (his O-line, defensive guys holding, etc). OK, I will stop with that. Anyway, we will see next Sunday, but I am preparing myself to not have a rebuttal for all the Manning lovers. At least until next years playoffs....haha.

FYI....I will not do anymore Super Bowl stuff until mid-next week. It gets ridiculous.

The Kid

His name is Roger Federer. I do not care what anyone else says. He is on the same level of dominance as Tiger Woods. I will have more on him after he wins the Australian Open over the weekend.

Willie Ball

Glad to see Willie Randolph is getting an extension from the Mets. I did not want to see this drag into spring training. I was not in love with Willie from the beginning, but I thought he did a good job in the playoffs. He deserves this and I am happy he will be around longer.

Darfur

I went to a fundraising event last night for Darfur. Here is the link if you wanna help out...
http://www.helpdarfurnow.org/

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