And Tim Hasselbeck just told ESPN Sportscenter that the Colts are more likely than the Saints to make it to the Super Bowl again! This over a series of shots of the Colts' big plays on offense against the Saints.
Part of me thinks this is just a distasteful conversation to have this soon after the Super Bowl champion has been crowned -- I don't care who it is.
And I don't have a problem with observing that the Saints' defense could have played better, at times. They could have. And it was tough to watch, at times (although not when it mattered the most). But I do have a problem with heaping mounds of praise onto a team that lost the game on Sunday and has a recent history of losing in the playoffs. Everyone was talking a few days ago about Manning being crowned the greatest quarterback of all time. I've heard talk like that before -- about the Southern California Trojans as they prepared to play the Texas Longhorns in the Rose Bowl national championship in 2005-06. Were the Trojans the greatest ever? Not when they played Texas.
I don't even have a problem predicting that the Colts will have the best 2010 record in the league -- in the regular season. And I hate saying it, but Peyton Manning is 9-9 in the playoffs. Something does not equate. Either his play drops off at elimination time, or his teammates' play drops off, or both.
If Peyton Manning wins another Super Bowl, I'll be very happy for him, but everyone thought he would win another Super Bowl this year. Why? Because of the completeness of the Colts' domination in the regular season. Fantasy numbers does not a Super Bowl champion make. Ask the 2007 Patriots.
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