Hopes for a speedy recovery and more importantly, no lingering issues for Manning.

Neck injuries are nasty.

hello playoffs

Say it ain’t so!

I really like Peyton as a football player and as a person. Wish we could beat him in order to go to the post season rather than having a weak division like we do now. Would mean more in the long run.

However, if we don’t make it to the playoffs, I’m blaming Peyton!

here’s a quote from Archie:

Archie Manning said this to Chris Mortensen about Peyton Manning’s state of mind after Thursday’s surgery:
 
“I think he’s OK, probably because there’s a little finality to this deal in terms of playing,” the elder Manning told Mortensen. “He’s been on the clock since May. He didn’t make it. Obviously, it’s a big letdown, but he can relax a little bit compared to the intensity of everything he has done trying to rehab.”

Was always a pleasure to watch him play (except when it was against the Texans)

neck fusion surgery?

Indy ends up with the #1 pick like the Spurs did missing David Robinson in the late 90s and drafts Andrew Luck, the most polished QB prospect since Peyton Manning. Coincidence? Logic says they’ll finish higher with their supporting cast, but anything’s possible.

Peyton gives our division credibility…and the Texans CAN beat him. We saw how close the Texans came last year to beating some very good teams. We’ve all seen teams go from “oh so close” to being a solid winner from one year to the next…granted the Texans have been that team for several years now, always competitive but always coming up a bit short, but we have more tools to work with this year don’t we? The emergence of our RB’s into a squad that most of the league will come to fear, an offense that has been dynamic and might have evolved even further with the addition of James Casey to the starting lineup, a Defense that added some very solid players and a coach that is known for turning shit into gold…I see this team taking the next step and getting over the humps that previously sent them rolling right back down the hill…this year we get OVER that hump, gain momentum, and scare the shit out of the league.

I’ve said it all offseason and pre-season, if the Texans would have won a few of those tight games last year, they would have been down right SCARY come playoff time. They were battle tested like no other squad. They’d have gone into the playoffs beating on their chests like rabid gorillas and ripping off helmets and taking a shit in them. Give me a division with NE, Shittsburgh and Green Bay along with the Texans and I still think we come out 3-3 or better.

The Colts are a guilty pleasure team for me. Hate to see Manning go out before the season even starts especially since he is an exciting athlete to watch. But more than that, this is not how I would want the Texans to win the division. Granted we haven’t won it yet but given our preseason performance its not a pipe dream this year. But now with Manning out and the Jags dropping Garrard, I think an 11-5 record is not a hallucination.