Comments for Three great articles from Stan at http://www.18to88.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.18to88.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:33:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7978 In an alternate universe... 1. Draft Peyton 2. Peyton becomes a father almost immediately 3. Peyton retires after 22 years 4. Peyton Jr. takes over See, we all revere Polian as a genius, but clearly he doesn't always plan for the long term. - JohnD Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:46:57 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7968 As far as Peyton retiring, I think Polian will find somebody, not to replace him of course, but who can step in an be really good and win football games. Dunno who that will be, he's probably not even playing in college yet. - ColtsHeadBen Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:42:27 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7965 I can't sleep, I've checked all sports sites and this blog countless times today (not to mention this week). I've come to the conclusion that no matter what happens today, we are truly blessed. - Dubsac Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:31:40 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7961 It'll just be different, that's all. I think of it as (and this is fictional) maybe my dad and I used to fish at a favorite fishing hole. The he died, I'd go there and remember him, but it wasn't really fun anymore, just fishing and remembering. Almost like an obligation without any real pleasure. And then I took my sons, and it became almost like the old days again..... The ideal scenario would be if the Colts had a dominant D when he retires, so that the dropoff to his successor, while notable, won't be quite so painful. We can cheer almost exclusively for the seasoned and new emerging D stars and forget abot the pain of Manning's absense. We could even joke about it along the lines of "Man, if we had Peyton back we'd go 19-0 (again)" or "If we had 18 back there, it just wouldn't be fair." We could ask Broncos or Dolphin fans how they transitioned. or Packers fans... no, wait, Rodgers is pretty damn good. Maybe we could poll Texans fans about how they felt when Carr left. No, this is just getting me nowhere..... - Bob M Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:49:00 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7946 I was going to mention the speedreading a defense myself. A couple of thoughts on that: --the sheer amount of information that Manning (and his receivers too) process in that 2.2 seconds. Depending on how the defenses react, that pass play to Collie could have been an 18 yard pass, thrown on a rope, or the 45 yd bomb that actually occurred. Amazing. --I've read a number of comments where the writer purports to educate the statistics nerd (you'll see a lot of this on FO comment pages) about the realities of competitive sport. There's a lot of talk about how leadership in the huddle, etc. Typically, this writer will reference his high school football career. And it will be about as relevant to pro football as playing war as a kid is leading an infantry platoon. So, let's just put that nonsense to bed. - Chris S. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:44:52 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7944 There are more good ones at the Times: [url]http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/peyton-manning-and-speed-reading-a-defense/[/url] [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/sports/football/07twominute.html?ref=football[/url] - JohnD Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:18:35 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/201002064303/links/archives/three-great-articles-from-stan.html#comment-7943 I could read articles like that one all day long. I hate to be a fair weather fan, but it's going to be [b]very[/b] difficult to enjoy football after Manning retires. - JohnD Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:03:28 +0100