Peter King is a walking example of why sportswiters and media folk don't tip their allegiances. He was a good writer a decade ago before the Pats took off and he has become less and less readable over the interval since then. People don't mind reading about the Pats ad nauseum but the ones who are really interested in hearing the home town view go look at the Boston Globe. They don't expect to have to endure it weekly from Sports Illustrated.
The Colts Roster has always been terrible outside of Peyton. They have always had an awful defense. He has made no no name receivers good and he has played with a poor to terrible OL. His ability to adjust at the line of the scrimmage and get rid of the ball fast separates him form the rest of the league. One of the pre-game talking heads said in 2010 take away manning from the Colts and the Colts are 2-14. Last year proved that when they went from a SB contender with Manning to the worst team in the league without him. There has not been a player that has elevated a team more than Manning has the last 15 years. The Broncos are the best team Manning has ever been on. Despite all my superlatives I am not high on Manning this year. The Broncos schedule is ridiculous tough and I have not been impressed with what I have seen from Manning in pre-season. Despite what the press said his arm strength IMO looks significantly weaker and he will have difficulty with passes outside the hashmarks and many of his intermediate passes over the middle. The velocity does not look there for me. I would not bet against him but I am not sold on him yet. I think we need to see more evidence before coming to any conclusions. But the Bronco defense is very good and Manning will make the offense better. So saying they are a SB contender is not a reach. But many teams are legit SB contenders right now including the Jets. But given the Broncos schedule and all the uncertainties they could flop just as easily as the Jets or the other 5 or so questionable AFC SB contenders. IMO the Ravens, Texans and Pats seem like the only solid bets to make the playoffs. The rest including the Broncos and Jets seem to have a lot more question marks. I don't see a problem predicting the Broncos as a SB contender. They are a legitimate contender. I think the problem is Peter King. Many people simply do not like him and look for reasons to criticize him. While this prediction might look like what his detractors call typical Peter King "gibbersih and pandering" it is a legitimate and solid prediction. Again the problem is not the prediction but that peter King made it.
He's always had top 5 weapons to throw to, excellent OLs and goofd enough defneses. It's asinine to predict Denver will make the SB when Peyton could barely get those great Indy teams to SBs. I understand why Peter is doing it, many "experts" make outrageous predictions so if by some odd chance thye are right they can crow about it. Last year proved nothing, Indy didn't have a backup. they signed a 40 yr old off his couch late in preseason and the team GAVE UP.
Thanks for the clearer quote. I mean what you explained is exactly why started the thread in any case . ...just this statement alone is asinine in any context but injury "McElroy starts multiple games for the Jets." There is no scenario there is no reason to "think" that Sanchez will get benched for Mcelroy barring injury, it's an ultra bizarre statement that came out of the blue. well guess what, Peter "I like LSD" King did not even predict injury for Mcelroy to start over Sanchez LOL!
Well i have a 5-11 sky is falling scenario this year so it wouldn't surprise me at all if #14 gets a few snaps.
which teams were great on O in preseason? FIRST teams, I don't care what happened when the backups and/or guys who will be cut came in. The Jets moved the ball very well, had a couple of hiccups to prevent TD drives. They stayed pretty healthy which is most important. Oh and we NEVER had our full regular personnel on the field at any time this preseason.
The Jets had mostly all their starting receivers injured and not playing in any of the games and had Wayne Fucking Hunter starting at RT. So there was a legitimate reason the play was poor. If we go into the Buffalo game and score 30, you're going to feel pretty fucking stupid.
Given that they refused to show a major part of their offense (the wildcat) the entire time, and the QB who took about half of the snaps in the first 3 games didn't run one play in the set he will use virtually exclusively (Tebow ran every play in a standard pro set), that is actually true. You can certainly argue that it was stupid to not run any of those plays, and for all we know the Jets offense will continue to stink it up when the regular season starts, but the fact is that their performance in the preseason is about as meaningless as it can get. This of course infuriates people who are determined to make pronouncements now that the season is already over (whether they are pessimistic Jets fans, fans of other teams, or ESPN blowhards), but that doesn't make it any less true.
The defense is going to be too good for 5-11 unless injuries cripple us or the clubhouse implodes. The Jets look like a 7 to 9 win team at this point if the breaks even out and Rex and the vets keep the lid on the clubhouse.
we have been a healthy club the last few years, that has to change in here sometime. agree with the D but.....i am concerned about the LB position and the continual erosion of whatever speed is there. as i said its a sky is falling, gloom and doom scenario - the offense has me scared to shit - and until the D looks like the 85 bears, we are in for it.
we have had a ton of injuries and suspensions Jenkins Leon Washington Cotch pace Ellis Thomas Leonhard Revis Mangold Woody LT Greene Devito The O is going to be good enough, remmeber we didn't have a full compliment of guys at any point in preseason and didn't run our offense.
