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Joel
01-12-2014, 08:32 PM
So there goes that favorite commentator and analyst stat. Looked pretty darned good, too, even when the wind gusts were pretty strong and sustained. I'm all but convinced now his road playoff woes have more to do with facing top teams in their stadiums with their crowds roaring over his infinite audibles than with the weather itself. If it was a factor at all, it was

1) General inexperience playing in windy frozen slop, given that he played half his games in a dome, plus three road games in the AFC SOUTH (i.e. Houstons retractable roof, Jacksonville and Tennessee, about his coldest division game all year and also where he played home games throughout college) and

2) Because of 1) it wasn't worth risking season-long touch and feel to put his customary time, study and attention into finding the perfect freezing throwing glove just on the off chance he MIGHT have ONE playoff game in the cold (which, as it turns out, has been great news for Brady, whom Peyton beat the only other time he HOSTED their playoff meeting.)

We saw Brees yesterday go through the same indecisive, unproductive and ultimately season-ending rigamorole Peyton faced in last years playoff: Warm up with the glove, take it off for the first drive, go back to it in the second half; never find your rhythm or touch and be just a little off all day. A few months ago there was a story linked here saying Peyton had finally found a glove he REALLY liked and was comfortable with: Sure looked like it today.

Well, regardless of the analysis and commentary: HUGE win, regardless of the opponents quality or the sloppy finish once we lost Harris and once again proved unable to cover speedy #1/2 WRs down the sideline with backups. Last years monkey is off our backs and we're hosting the AFCCG for a trip to the SB, something we haven't done in nearly a decade. Well done, Broncos, and ESPECIALLY both the offensive and defensive lines, who played a great running AND passing game, kickoff to gun. :salute:

capt. Jack
01-12-2014, 08:47 PM
We are Going to a Championship game!

We can win this next one !

Simple Jaded
01-12-2014, 09:20 PM
Whoot, whoot!