Peyton is just a great regular season QB. 3rd and 5 he opted to run and with 30 sec. left he took a knee. He has 7 one and dones in the playoffs and we hear these same excuses every year. He has two monster wideouts and a poor man's Welker. If he would have dropped back to pass with 30 seconds left and didn't like the look then he could have thrown it away and then took the knee, but to not even try in regulation is crazy.
And don't give me this "it's on Fox" crap either. You all have been on his jock all year for him calling plays in the 11 game win streak so don't try to bail him out now.
The fact that you're now calling Thomas and Decker (who did shyt before this year and both had more yards this year than they had in their entire career) monster wideouts, and calling Stokley (who would be out of the league if not for Peyton) a poor man's Welker... Well that tells you all you need to know about Peyton. I mean you just called 36 year old Brandon Stokley a poor man's Wes Welker.
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Broncos should have saved that conservative playcalling for that last defensive drive and went into super conservative deep prevent.
3rd and 7 is eh. Close either way. They run and take a big chunk of time of the clock. They pass and unless they hit it, everyone criticizes that decision too if the Ravens get the ball back and score.
Kneeing with 31 seconds left has never been Manning's style so it's either his arm wasn't strong enough or someone else made the call.