I'm almost glad Manning threw that INT to end the game. For reasons unknown, he was trying to get the ball to Garcon. Almost every ball thrown to Garcon either ended up as a disaster or near disaster. On the other hand, when Manning looked towards Collie (until he left), then Tamme, White, and Wayne, good things happened.
On the last drive, I don't believe Blair White touched the ball. It was his 2 TDs that essentially helped bring the Colts back. Why wasn't Manning looking for White, who was easily beating whichever afflete DB was covering him? It's not overstating it to say that Garcon, with this drive killing drops and wrong route running which result in incompletions and INTs and take the momentum away, has probably cost the Colts at least a couple of wins.
Danny Woodhead is still under-utilized, but that one TD run showed what he's capable of if given more of a role as a featured back. He looked like Barry Sanders, no doubt about it. Even the announcers were raving about his incredible athleticism afterwards. Still, I'm not going to pick on Belichik too much here. They have done what no other team was willing to do, and given Danny a chance. He was out there in what seemed to be 40-50% of the total snaps based on my unofficial count.
BTW, is anyone following the total and complete meltdown of Vince Young over at TEN? He was booed all game, taken out, and now Fisher says he lost the starting job. Also good to see both Troy Smith and Jason Campbell return to reality.
Lastly, horrible game plan by the Browns coaching staff today. Peyton had a good game overall, but there were some curious decisions there, especially with that 1 back formation against a stacked line.
He has 776 yards now, still in the top 12, I believe. And he will get those remaining lousy 224 yards in the next 6 games. The only thing that can stop Hillis is the dumb-play calling by his coaches.
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