Cresswell sends us this link. The media needs to calm down about Manning
It seemed so important at the time. Hours of television and radio commentary. Column after column.
Well, so much for that. Four MVP awards and 10 4,000-yard seasons all vanish because of one bad pass. The guy’s a choker, apparently.
That was quick.
Next!
From the beginning, the issue of Manning’s potential spot at the top of the quarterback pantheon could have been distilled to this: a big debate intended to answer a question nobody should have even asked.
Think about it: Is Manning the greatest quarterback of all time? It seemed to come out of nowhere. Who asked for this? Was there anyone really wondering — unless it was someone being paid to wonder — whether Manning was the best quarterback of all time? I’m being serious because, for all the on-air talk on the subject, I don’t know a single non-media person who was considering it.
I watched the game with about 50 people Sunday, and not one person brought up the subject. Not before the game. Not during. Not after.
I know there were two weeks between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, and I know there’s only so much mileage you can get out of a defensive lineman’s injured ankle, but a premise was established early: Is he or isn’t he? It was Manning’s responsibility to provide us with either verification or denunciation through his performance Sunday.
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