{"id":441752,"date":"2010-12-10T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T16:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/12\/10\/sowhat-was-wrong-with-peyton-manning\/"},"modified":"2010-12-10T16:57:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T16:57:57","slug":"sowhat-was-wrong-with-peyton-manning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/sowhat-was-wrong-with-peyton-manning\/","title":{"rendered":"So…What was wrong with Peyton Manning?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, Don Banks came out with a comprehensive piece attempting to answer the question: What was wrong with Peyton Manning?<\/a><\/p>\n The answers ranged from throwing too much to the offensive line to age to even the possibility of a mystery injury.<\/p>\n All I can do is show you this:<\/p>\n
<\/td>\n | Comp<\/strong><\/td>\nAtt<\/strong><\/td>\n | %<\/strong><\/td>\n | Yards<\/strong><\/td>\n | YPA<\/strong><\/td>\n | TD<\/strong><\/td>\n | INT<\/strong><\/td>\n | Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2008<\/strong><\/td>\n | 371<\/td>\n | 555<\/td>\n | 66.8<\/td>\n | 4002<\/td>\n | 7.2<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | 95.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2009<\/strong><\/td>\n | 393<\/td>\n | 571<\/td>\n | 68.8<\/td>\n | 4500<\/td>\n | 7.8<\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 99.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2010<\/strong><\/td>\n | 378<\/td>\n | 569<\/td>\n | 66.4<\/td>\n | 4028<\/td>\n | 7.1<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | 91.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | 2010 <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It’s pretty amazing the lengths people went to try and explain what is a pretty obvious problem. Through 6 weeks, Peyton Manning was virtually perfect, having one of the best seasons of his career. During the Washington game, Collie, Clark, and Addai all got hurt. He lost three of his four most reliable weapons on offense (not to mention injuries to Hart, Eldrige, and even Blair White). <\/p>\n Through 13 games, Manning has thrown just about as much as he did through 16 games last year (given that he threw about half as often over the final two games as he normally did). His numbers on the whole of the season are basically the same. His interceptions are actually a little down by percentage from last season. Given the massive upheaval in the offense, it’s remarkable that he’s as close to last year’s MVP pace as he is. <\/p>\n As rough as recent weeks were, Manning’s overall numbers the last four games still had him at 7.5 yards an attempt with a 71% completion percentage. The truth is that the only aspect of his game that was going sideways was the interceptions.<\/p>\n |