Month: January 2010 (Page 24 of 65)

      Does Peyton Manning own Rex Ryan?

      January 19, 2010 /

      If previous history has anything to say, it’s Rex Ryan that should have a sleepless Saturday night leading up the AFC Championship Game, not Peyton Manning. Because for all intents and purposes, Manning has owned Ryan over the past five years.

      2005 was the first year Manning faced a Ryan-led defense, which he promptly shredded for 254 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-7 Colts’ victory. He completed 21-of-36 pass attempts against the Ravens that day, and didn’t throw a single interception.

      In the 2006 playoffs, Manning struggled while completing 15-of-30 pass attempts for 170 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. But his Colts still prevailed, beating the Ravens 15-6 to eventually advance to the Super Bowl.

      Manning would beat Ryan’s Ravens two more times in 2007 and 2008, combining to throw for 520 yards with seven touchdowns and no interceptions. Indy beat Baltimore 44-20 in 2007 and 31-3 in 2008 to give Manning a 4-0 record against Ryan-led defenses.

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      Report: Chan Gailey to become Bills next coach

      January 19, 2010 /

      ESPN.com is reporting that the Bills could introduce Chan Gailey as their next head coach as soon as today.

      The Bills are said to be impressed with how Gailey has brought teams to the playoffs with quarterbacks such as Mike Tomczak, Kordell Stewart and Jay Fiedler. In fact, Bill Cowher — whom the Bills had been courting to replace the fired Dick Jauron — highly recommended Gailey to the Bills.

      Cowher planned to make Gailey his assistant head coach/offensive coordinator if he came back. Gailey has coached in four Super Bowls and has had his teams go to the playoffs in 11 of his 15 NFL seasons.

      If I were a Bills fan, this would be my concern. Gailey has a sharp, creative offensive mind and likes to mix things up to keep defenses guessing. But the reason he was fired in Dallas was because he failed to play to the strengths of his personnel (i.e. Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith). His play calling would either be too radical or too conservative, which doesn’t bode well for a Bills team that is short on talent and needs a disciplined approach on both sides of the ball.

      Of course throughout his career, none of his teams finished below .500 and most of his teams won 10-plus games. He’s a good football coach and knows what it takes to win, so maybe Buffalo did make the right choice. Time will tell obviously.

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      #9 KSU upends #1 Texas

      January 19, 2010 /

      It was an ugly game. Kansas State and Texas shot a combined 38% from the field, 17% from 3PT range and just 54% from the charity stripe, and committed a total of 36 turnovers. But the Wildcats prevailed, 71-62, behind some gritty defense, specifically on the Longhorns’ leading scorer, Damion James, who shot just 3 of 12 from the field and scored just nine points.

      KSU’s coach, Frank Martin, is a Bob Huggins disciple and it shows. Brent Musburger made a big deal about how “animated” and “intense” Martin was on the sideline, but really, when he wasn’t stomping around like a petulant toddler when things weren’t going his way, he was staring down or bitching out his players for one reason or another. I’ll never understand why some coaches lean on public humiliation as a motivational technique. They were players once upon a time…right?

      Anyway, Martin did have his kids playing defense, which led to a big home win. (But they looked wound tight as a knot at times offensively, which might explain the 8% shooting from long range and struggles at the free throw line.) With Bobby Knight doing the commentary, it was fitting that it was a defensive battle, but that didn’t stop Knight from belaboring the lack of movement in KSU’s offense or muttering under his breath every time a poor shot was taken. (“Oh, my…”) Knight is 69 years-old now, and while he has a ton of basketball knowledge to share, it’s like watching a game with grandpa — if you’re grandpa is Bobby Freaking Knight.


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      Lucky? Yes, but Jets are good, too.

      January 18, 2010 /

      Following an ugly Week 15 loss at home to the Falcons, a game in which they botched three field goal attempts and had their head coach mistakenly announce that they were out of the playoffs, the Jets’ season appeared to be over.

      The Jets needed several things to happen over the final two weeks of the season to keep their postseason hopes alive, one of which was to beat the 14-0 Colts in Indianapolis. Then they had to hope that the Jaguars would lose to the Patriots and the Dolphins to lose to the Texans.

      Well wouldn’t you know it, that’s exactly what happened.

      Jim Caldwell decided to pull his starters in the second half and the Jets cruised to a 29-15 victory over the Colts in Week 16. The Jaguars and Dolphins both lost, meaning a win over the Bengals in Week 17 meant that the Jets would make the postseason as the fifth seed.

      With little to play for, Cincinnati gave a pathetic effort in a blowout loss to New York in Week 17, which allowed a once dead team a chance at a second life. And with that second life, Rex Ryan’s Jets have taken full advantage of their opportunities.

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