If this is the end for Favre (and God I hope it is) there's never been a better time for him to go and pass on the torch. The guy has been putting off retirement for years now, I doubt this is the way he wants to go out. Not to mention that he's going home to a wife that has every right to go all "Tiger Woods' Wife Crazy" on him. Wouldn't be surprised if he dressed next week and took the NFL punishment just to avoid the furry that awaits him back home, but its time. Never has he had such a worthy successor to his throne.
What throne? The one where you're known as a gunslinger, a gamer, a guy just trying to win and have fun. Where no matter how many times you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, football media types will ignore your failures and keep their lips firmly locked around your junk.
Of course I'm talking about Peyton Manning. Long has he been chasing all of Favre's records, its about time he starts working on the not so glamorous ones as well (ints, incompletes, times losing a game on all your own, and I presume interceptions for touchdowns). Manning has been doing his best audition these past 3 weeks (11 ints, 4 for touchdowns, 3 games lost as a direct result to his failures), and now it looks like he may have to step into the role for real. Is he ready? You betcha. With either a complete lack of a running game, or the ignorance to realize you have to attempt runs to keep the D honest, we're finally seeing what would happened to Peyton if he was on a normal team with normal weapons (kind of like what TB has put up with for pretty much all of his career). And I understand that a running game is important, but the Patriots won two superbowls with Antowain Smith, you're telling me he's a better option than what Indy has been trotting out there. I doubt it. More likely Petyon has finally lost his nerve and decided to trust only himself, something you cannot do, in The National Football League. I'm not saying we won't see classic Peyton on occasion, but I'm definitely anticipating more and more horrendous games from America's favorite pitchman.
PS: Antowain Smith has a Wiki page? Should the CW have one? He can't be that much more famous, must have created it himself, right?
