cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2007 Unless the Colts lose a bunch of guys to free agency, I think they can repeat next year. If they sure up the defense a bit more (mainly the run D) and get some guys back healthy they could actually be a much better team. Addai will only get better and better, barring injury. Consider that the Colts won the Super Bowl with the league's last place rush defense, a rookie getting the most playing time at RB, and a notable receiver (Stokely) injured most of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) They're only something like 2.5 million under the cap, so unless guys like Manning restructure their contracts, they won't have the money to retain anyone or replace them with anything better. They're probably going to franchise Freeney, but guys like Cato June are probably gone. This says they are projected to be 4.9M under for 2007. What happens with Freeney will go a long way in determining what they do for the rest of the offseason. If they franchise him, the price tag for DEs is $8,644,000 . Edited February 7, 2007 by KingPK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Unless the Colts lose a bunch of guys to free agency, I think they can repeat next year. If they sure up the defense a bit more (mainly the run D) and get some guys back healthy they could actually be a much better team. Addai will only get better and better, barring injury. Consider that the Colts won the Super Bowl with the league's last place rush defense, a rookie getting the most playing time at RB, and a notable receiver (Stokely) injured most of the year. I think that makes their win all the more shocking. Especially the part about run defense. Oh, and many of the points I'd make in regards to the game have already been made, but, even though I was sort of supporting Chicago in this game, I have to disagree with many of the people here who for some odd alien reason are placing the blame more on Grossman than the defense. The PASS defense did their job, but you're not going to win a Super Bowl based on how horribly Chicago's defense played against the run, although Grossman also had a lot to do with losing the game. I'm slightly disappointed in Manning winning a Super Bowl, although I'm happy for Dungy. I also severely doubt the Colts repeat next year. Why is it every time ANYONE wins a championship, in any sport, on this board there's always some shmuck who has to start with WELL I THINK THEY CAN REPEAT NEXT YEAR! The only team that's capable of doing that is the Patriots, in the modern day NFL, because of effective salary cap management, excellent coaching and great QB play. All these things remain consistent with them without fail. The Colts'll probably make the playoffs, but there's always teams improving in the AFC (I'm looking particularly at the Jets, Chiefs, and Jaguars, maybe even the Titans and the Broncos underperformed this year as well) and in the NFC there's going to be a lot of teams getting better, which sucks for Chicago since you only have so many chances to get to a Super Bowl nowadays with parity in place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 I know this is the wrong place to put this but I dont know where else to put it so.. some people are complaining about the halftime show's "imagery" I actually saw this comming... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Oedipus Rex Report post Posted February 7, 2007 I actually saw this coming... Hey hey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 My friends and I laughed immaturely at that, but someone's actually taking it seriously? Not surprising, but still a head shaker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Lost in the whole Manning/Dungy thing is the fact that Marvin Harrison, a sure-fire Hall of Famer, has his first ring. I believe he had 5 catches for 59 yards so it wasn't a great performance but certainly better than many of his past playoff efforts. By the time it's all said and done, he could be the 2nd best WR of all time. Plus he's one of the all-time great guys in this league (especially compared to his WR contemporaries). I know he had a couple "incidents" this season with the spiking the ball in the face of a Pats player and complaining on the sidelines in another game, but those moments were out of character for him. He's one of the hardest workers in the NFL and he deserves this just as much as any other Colt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 I actually saw this coming... Hey hey! A major shake-up in Marvin's World has just occured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Lost in the whole Manning/Dungy thing is the fact that Marvin Harrison, a sure-fire Hall of Famer, has his first ring. I believe he had 5 catches for 59 yards so it wasn't a great performance but certainly better than many of his past playoff efforts. By the time it's all said and done, he could be the 2nd best WR of all time. Plus he's one of the all-time great guys in this league (especially compared to his WR contemporaries). I know he had a couple "incidents" this season with the spiking the ball in the face of a Pats player and complaining on the sidelines in another game, but those moments were out of character for him. He's one of the hardest workers in the NFL and he deserves this just as much as any other Colt. Indeed. It's a shame he's so forgotten. I still don't know how he stayed in the game after wrenching his leg in multiple spots on that one play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Eh, I wouldn't say Harrison is exactly forgotten. It's mostly that people didn't talk much about him since he had a mediocre playoffs. If I'm the Colts I definitely try to keep Freeney, maybe June (which isn't as critical). Rhodes is probably gone though. Some team will be delusional enough to think he can be a full time starter. Sorta like Jeff Weaver getting a new contract with Seattle after his shockingly good postseason. The Colts could pick up a variety of decent journeyman backs to spell Addai. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Harrison's one of the best receivers of all time and should be credited for his game preparation and class about the game, but he is frustrating as hell to watch at times (even for somebody like me who's not even a Colts fan) because he seems to be remarkably averse to physical contact. Though the throw was that led to the Asante Samuel INT TD return in the AFC Championship was a very bad decision, it was infuriating to watch Harrison just kind of stand there and gawk while Samuel snatched it out of the air and ran it back for six. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 I forget which play it was in this game, but Simms even commented on what you're getting at though he tried to spin it in a positive way by saying something like "Look how quickly Harrison gets down there . . . because he knows the Bears are the best in the league at stripping the ball and he already had the first down." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 It's probably a dead heat between Harrison and Tim Brown for #2 all time. Both have great regular season numbers but both really haven't done all that much in the postseason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2007 Bears fan keeping his word, changing his name to Peyton Feb. 7, 2007 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports DECATUR, Ill. -- How do you spell Scott Wiese? In a few weeks, that'd be P-e-y-t-o-n M-a-n-n-i-n-g. Wiese, a die-hard fan of the Chicago Bears, signed a pledge in front of a crowd at a Decatur bar last Friday night that if the Bears lost Sunday's Super Bowl, he'd change his name to that of the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory. Final Score: Colts 29, Bears 17. So on Tuesday, Wiese went to the Macon County Courts Facility and started the process of changing his name. "I made the bet, and now I've got to keep it," said the 26-year-old, who lives in Forsyth, just north of Decatur. Wiese will now have to advertise his intention in the local newspaper -- the Herald & Review -- for several weeks and then have a judge give him the OK to become, legally anyway, Peyton Manning. The men have little in common, Wiese acknowledges. Manning the quarterback is 30 years old, stands 6-foot-5 and has a contract with the Colts worth more than $100 million. Wiese is 5-foot-11 and works at a Staples office-supply store for somewhat less. "I think I kind of represent all Bears fans," he said. "Not that I'm saying they're all idiots like me, but I represent their passion because I really care about my team, you know?" Wiese's lawyer and friend, Andy Bourey, is handling the paperwork. He said he admires Wiese's sense of honor. "I never doubted him," he said. "He's a man of his word." While he pledged to take on the new identity, Wiese isn't sure how long he's willing to keep it. Say, maybe, until the Bears' next Super Bowl appearance? Not likely, given that their last trip to the big game was in 1985. "I mean, well, it may be another 21 years." You can't make this stuff up. This guy DOES represent Bears fans well though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Oedipus Rex Report post Posted February 8, 2007 Which you'd know, having spent a good deal of time among many Bears fans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted February 8, 2007 naiwf is damn near reaching troll levels here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
