Peyton Manning: Big Game Loser ~ In eight of the 12 years Manning has brought his team to the playoffs, he has lost during the first round, and he has a career postseason record of 9-11...Since returning to the field in 2012, Manning has played in three really big games for the Denver Broncos. The first big game since Manning’s return was of course the Broncos playoff game against the Ravens last season where Manning threw a pick-six, fumbled and then threw a game-losing interception in overtime. The second was this a few Sundays ago against his former Indianapolis Colts team, which was a super-hyped national television game in a building that Manning had essentially built. Manning threw for 386 yards but completed just 59 percent of his passes and threw a very costly interception during the fourth quarter. In the biggest game of the season for the Broncos, and for Manning in particular, Manning had once again not performed up to the standard that most would have expected, especially when considering that Indianapolis would have been viewed by most as the inferior team heading into Sunday nights game. And of course, the third dismal failure was last nights travesty where he threw another costly interception...This trend was prevalent during his 13 seasons in Indianapolis, and unfortunately for Broncos fans, it appears to have followed him out West to Denver. Manning will without question go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, but unless he is able to have some success with Denver in the postseason, there will always be that “but” associated with Manning’s name. He was a tremendous quarterback, “but” he was never a great big-game player.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:39:14 +0000
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