Sunday afternoon, the two biggest NFL stars of the last 20 years will match up for the 17th and (likely) final time in the AFC Championship. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are two of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, and like all great rivals, matchups between the great leaders define their careers. It’s only fitting […]
by Kent Sterling Coaches who feel the hot breath of a boss on his neck tend to make squirrelly decisions. Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano made a call last night with the game on the line that defied logic, belief, and rationality. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Facing a fourth-and-three on their own 37 while […]
by Kent Sterling Given the last four games between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, making a case that the Colts can beat the Pats is impossible. Sure there are reasons for optimism, and I believe the Colts will be very competitive Sunday night, but ratcheting up a 2008 level of optimism with the […]
by Kent Sterling The Indianapolis Colts were expected to be faced with a lot of adversity this week. Andrew Luck shelved; Matt Hasselbeck in the ER; JJ Watt and Jadeveon Clowney snarling after humiliation in Atlanta; Chuck Pagano under fire; Andre Johnson looking old; Colts defense unable to pressure quarterbacks; the record for consecutive division wins […]
by Kent Sterling Sunday’s AFC Championship will send one of two flawed teams to the Super Bowl. Which one, we don’t know. That’s why America will be riveted to this matchup with generational undertones. There are so many unknowns that projecting an outcome is silly, although I’ll do it today on my radio show (3p-6p […]
by Kent Sterling The uplifting story about West Point grad and former soldier Josh McNary building a post military career in the NFL is over. The final chapter was written yesterday as McNary was charged with Level 3 felony rape, Level 5 felony criminal confinement, and Class A misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury. Only […]
by Kent Sterling This wasn’t quite like watching Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis withering in front of our eyes in “Beetlejuice,” but it was close. Peyton Manning has gone from NFL MVP to less than competitive in the playoffs in less than one year. Manning has now gone one-and-done nine times in the postseason, but […]
by Kent Sterling How many channels can be DVRed at once? The sheer tonnage of games are going to my system tonight and throughout the weekend. The only time during the weekend when I won’t be multitasking by watching two or three games at once, or catching up on games that I record will be […]
by Kent Sterling Turnovers kill. There is no statistic in football more telling than turnover differential, and the New England Patriots won the turnover battle 3-0 over the Colts, including a pick six that helped Bill Belichick’s evil horde jump out to a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. So now the Patriots will either […]
by Kent Sterling Once in awhile, if you watch sports long enough, something so incredible happens that it defies rational explanation of belief. If that play happens during a make or break moment in a postseason NFL game during an improbable comeback, it becomes legendary. The Colts 45-44 win over the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday […]