COLTS (-12.5) over Niners
Five weeks ago, I promised to keep riding the Saints until they lost. Then I took the Dolphins last week. Stupid? Of course. Well, I’m going to make up for it by riding the Colts until they lose. That’s the best team in football. Right now, anyway.(That reminds me: More than a few Colts fans thanked me during signings this week for “coming around on Peyton” or “finally appreciating Peyton.” As if I had been irrationally biased against him this entire time. Look, you can’t tell me Manning didn’t reinvent himself to some degree in 2008 and 2009. I always thought he was the A-Rod of football: great when it didn’t matter, sketchy when it did. You may disagree. But that’s how I felt. This season, he has reached “I will never, ever, EVER bet against that guy in a night game” status. Which is saying something. He owns that team. Owns it. I love rooting against the Colts, but when someone owns a team to that degree, how can you not appreciate it? I mean, it’s unclear if Jim Caldwell is even alive. For all we know, Manning is doing the QB-coach thing like Paul Crewe in “The Longest Yard.” Amazing season by him.)
You can’t deny he reinvented himself? Hell, yes I deny it. His killing a guy who had 6 comeback wins in the fourth quarter…in 1999 when he was 24.
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