His Greatness

This is exactly why you fall short in every debate you participate in: you take raw statistics as gospel, you never delve deeper into the topics, and apparently, you have selective reading. Tom Brady has been the better playoff performer than Peyton Manning. There is absolutely no denying that, and I believe I've already said it earlier in the thread. My point is that Brady has always had more support from his team and has always been put in a much better position to succeed... and that's an indisputable fact. When you're deep in the playoffs matching up against the elite teams of the league, generally, the better team will win out regardless of your personal ability and talent, and it will be at the expense of the running back, the defense, the QB, or whoever. That said, he has had a hand in his playoff losses—that's almost a given when you're the star quarterback of your team—but you're very off-base in your suggestion that he was the sole (or main) reasons for it. Didn't see this post, but I'll do my best to tackle it now. Indefensible. One, because I only recall two of these games, and two, because he was just overwhelmed by the better team. There is no viable excuse for this. Manning (and the Colts) just lost to the better team. Manning leads his offense to 15 points late in the 4th quarter, and puts his team in prime position to tie the game with what should be a cakewalk for the "most accurate kicker in NFL history". 46 yards. Wide right. It's all Peyton's fault. Apparently, overcoming the biggest deficit in conference championship history and taking over the game in the clutch is considered "sucking dick" nowadays. And likewise, so is controlling the Super Bowl and doing what's needed to win. News to me. Gee Jeff, if those are the new terms for sucking dick, then I guess your mother can't be considered a hooker anymore, can she? Oh yes. Manning was the one that fumbled the ball deep in opponent territory. Manning was dropping his passes on crucial possessions. Manning was bobbling his own passes into the other team's hands. All of that happened. Come on, Manning did everything he could to win that game, and even you could attest to that. He played exceptionally well despite Scifres' domination, and I'm certain he would've won the game if he called the coin toss right. It's funny how you're quick to magnify Manning's performances in playoff losses (because all superstar QBs are expected to put up gaudy numbers when they're losing), but there is never any emphasis put on his superb outings, his performances in wins, and all of his postseason records. Keep the drivel coming.

I don't know, your guess is as good as mine. The black guy.

I don't know about Tomlinson being second to Peterson, he's regressed a bit. I like Portis better as the #2, but the jury's out on LT for now. The only number of Johnson's that Peterson will never be able to match is the number of losses in one season. Barring an injury to AD, that's probably not going to happen.

Sure, why not. Obviously I prefer Miller, but with our hands tied it's better than nothing, and Duhon is a pretty solid stopgap option at the 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvY38j7JdCk

THE FLOOR WAS SLIPPERY GIVE HIM A BREAK.

Yeah... you wanted an example of him shutting someone down, and you got one. He's still very much a shutdown defender.

Um, Villanueva can play the 3, but he's a power forward all the way.

Andre Iguodala, '08 playoffs. Look it up. Yeah, except trades aren't made on the basis of a pure talent advantage.

Those are really the WWE writers.

By the way, the answer varies depending on how the team is set up, but generally, Peterson is the better choice.

Peterson is a top 3 player. Johnson is (arguably) a top 3 receiver. Give me Adrian. I understand the question you're posing (elite RB or elite WR), but my answer stands. It's simply easier for a running back to impact his offense and change a game as opposed to a receiver.

Go to your profile. Look at where your birthday is supposed to be.

That's not the Sixers logo at the top.

The logos eat up a lot of space when you go to the profiles. In general, the color schemes in the profiles look a bit out of place, but maybe that's just me. Good job on the skin. +1*3^25 on the team reps.

That's precisely why they're a sleeper.

Houston and Seattle as sleepers. Both teams with plenty of firepower, but were confined by injuries last season. I say this about Houston every year, but I really think they've got a chance to make some noise now.

I think Ginobili looks more like a young Andy Garcia: http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/12/1284/AZRT000Z/manu-ginobili-2005--nba-championship-celebration-7-horizontal.jpg http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/A/andygarcia.jpg

Take Dalembert. Free of charge.

Oh yeah, I see it on the main index. I thought you could see the statuses on each post. Never mind.

Where? For instance, yours, I don't see it unless I go to your profile.

I can't even see the statuses?

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4321150 R.I.P. This is getting ridiculous.

I'm not supposed to like Courtney Lee, but I concur. If he doesn't reach star status, he will undoubtedly be a fixture on whatever team he goes to.

Playing spot minutes to spell Pierce wouldn't be a bad idea, but there are much better options out there than Jamario Moon.