So much for Manning getting rid of those playoff demons. Wow, what a game…..

You mean to tell me probable-MVP Peyton Manning choked in a big spot, late in the game, being a #1 seed and heavy favorite in the playoffs? Shocker.

What a game….and proof once again, that is why games are played! Everybody wanted to crown Peyton Manning…Denver hadn’t faced anything like a healthy Ravens team….now if the Pats can take care of business, we’ll have yet another epic battle at the Razor….
Hey Spygate, still think Manning is “the man”? He was very Eli-esque….so how many picks did the brothers combine to throw this year? Yeah I know…it’s a bit of the “na na na na” playground BS but you’re the king at that…..Go Pats!

That pick in OT…and how about that vaunted Bronco defense….yeah, exactly….goes to show all the media does is bend with the wind…..

Hopefully there wont be any surprises tomorrow w/ the Texans and game goes as expected. Ravens will be a bit worse for wear after Denver, which is what most of us wanted. Baltimore will play us with sky high emotion but i don’t think they’ll have an answer for our balance offense.

Pats road to the Super Bowl just got a whole lot easier. Two potential road games against Texans and Ravens. No excuses now. Do their job and they will get it done. 

Pats have home field advantage throughout the playoffs !

Go Pats !!

 Yeah, Manning rolling out and on the move looked just as bad as when Brady has to do it. Just a terrible throw in that situation and no excuse.

Ravens will be beat to heck considering the extra session and emotion of that game. If the Pats play their game and not get caught up in the hype of the previous game played New Orleans here we come.

I love how Tom Brady is judged and scrutinized before every playoff game. “If Brady loses how will it effect his legacy?”. PLLLLEEEAAAASE. Manning is now 9-11 in post season games, 9-11!! Ladies and Gentleman Peyton Manning, your alleged MVP, First Team All Pro, and “Greatest of all Time”. What A Joke!

Another in a long list of Payton Manning playoff failures. You’d think with his special teams scoring two TDs the game would be easy pickings his emminence, but( except for 1 year) of course Manning would find a way to lose. When it comes   to rating all time QBs a 7-10 playoff record does not look good.

This game was one of those once-in-a-lifetime type of games you know will be replayed for years and years on ESPN classic and made into an NFL films documentary.  Really cool to watch a game like that when you are aware it’s a truly special game while it’s unfolding.  It’s hard not to look ahead, but the Patriots still have a tough team to play tomorrow.  Both the Texans and Patriots would only be doing a disservice to themselves if they looked ahead, and I fully expect that neither team is doing that.  I have all the confidence in the Pats, but for anyone out there saying our playoff path just got easier, Texans fans are probably saying the same thing.  Whoever wins tomorrow will have home field the next week.  While the Ravens did a big favor in that respect for both teams by winning tonight, they are one incredibly tough team, and Flacco looked flat-out elite today.  That’s a team nobody should be looking past either.  With all that said, GO PATS!!!!! BEAT HOUSTON!!!!!!

Dale Arnold really called this one. Watch the Pats lose now. You’ll be 0 for 2 Dale. Again.

That is why I laugh at people who act like the outcomes are a given.  When the Patriots lost to San Fran people wrote off the chance to get a bye.  This week it was all about how Baltimore and Houston could not win.  How boring would it be if the better team or the favorite won every game.  What a great game.  As for tomorrow I always get nervous when everyone thinks a game will be a laugher.

It really was a great game to watch…especially after all the crap we had to sit through last weekend…

Was that Eli or Peyton out there tonight? How many picks??? Is it 4:30pm Sunday yet?

 Dale is the WORST! He’s like 0-250 on this stuff..should stick to hockey. The only sport he seems to know anything about.

Nice to see Jerry Callahan not get his wish of a Brady/Manning AFC finale…too bad JERK! Much nicer to know the Pats will be home thoughout the playoffs. 

 That 1 year he didn’t win it…his defense and a poor throw from Tom Brady did.

This is pretty much EXACTLY what I expected. Manning throws an INT that loses the game for the Broncos. Anyone who has paid attention to Peyton Manning’s post seasons should have too. Really nothing “Shocking” here…

I agree whole-heartedly!  Manning is one Reche Caldwell drop of going down as the biggest loser in football history! 

Shock? Please. I hate both teams but been telling people and texting Weei for 2 weeks saying Denver wouldn’t even win their first game. They didn’t beat anyone good!!! Please.

I was hoping Denver would win. The Ravens are  a better team and will be tough to beat. That is if we can beat the Texans!!!!

I think me and 5million Patriots fans knew that Manning pick was coming.

That’s what I’m sayin homie!! To quote Pete Carroll, “I’M SO FREAKING JACKED RIGHT NOW!!!”

 Yeah but his “if it’s good for the Patriots it happens” mantra is really holding up!

Or one BS offensive interference call against Troy brown . . . or the flu ripping through the team. . . or Polian turning up the heat and piping in crowd noise . . .  or a Bobby Wade cheap shot on Harrison’s knee . . .

Good to know Payton will be the starting QB in the probowl. Who is more qualified to win a meaningless game  than Manning?

And 0-4 in playoff games played under 40 degrees!

Manning face!!
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Football Writers of America… your MVP.

You stealing from my post?

Nope.  Great minds think alike is all.

Count me as one of those who “fear the given”….Pats better show up or else…Hey, the Texans have to be pumped  for a couple of reasons…first, some payback and second, a chance to host the AFC Championship….

Nothing like some good Pete Carroll talk….

I wonder how many NFL MVP awards Payton Manning would have won if the voting was held after the playoffs.

One super curious decision was at the end of regulation…31 seconds left, Bronco ball at their 20….and Manning is taking a knee? With 2 timeouts left? This is why Belichick is the best…he would have used that clock to his advantage…maybe get a shot at a long field goal…why? Because he trusts Brady….did John Fox NOT have any faith in Peyton? Besides, defense tend to play softer in those situations…Bill would have taken a couple of shots, safe shots at moving into a game winning FG position,,,,

Who are you picking in the Houston-Baltimore game?

Remember, Houston will have home field advantage.

This was awesome, every radio station had Manning as the not the winner of this game but no way the loser, they all had even Dennis and Callahan as when Manning and Brady shoot it out in the AFC championship, like they haven’t even played the the divionsional game yet, you cannot of put a better script on the wall for the underdog then that, it motivates them to the most exstrem, it should any team, not bad for a defensive team like the Bronco,s playing against the old and slow Ravens, it was a good game, but what a slap in he face to all the huge Peyton Manning MVP voters it made them look like the fake,s if front of all world, that they do not know what they are talking about, it it was great to see, just like the little guy on the street corner would know more about the sport then these clowns on the networks, I picked the Ravens to win, and I hate the Ravens, just to prove a point, and it came out in my favor, awesome!!!

This really isn’t a shock. After all, the Broncos got to the top seed via a very soft schedule. In the regular season they played 11 games against horrible teams and went 11-0 in those games. They played only five games against playoff-bound teams, and went 2-3 in those, losing to the Falcons, Texans, and, of course, the Patriots. One of those wins was against the Bengals, not exactly a great team. The only really good team they beat all year, ironically, was the Ravens in week 15. So who (besides the so-called ‘experts’, and the media) is surprised? This is the playoffs. Did the Broncos think they were going to get to play the Kansas City Chiefs again?

I felt like I was watching an NFL films special nararrated by John Facenda.  What a great playoff game.  Manning pulled a little Brett Farve with that forced from the pocket,off balance, cross body into coverage pick. Seasoned, skilled veteran playoff quarterbacks don’t attempt that pass and they don’t get happy feet and release a duck.  He is a great quarterback, but slightly cursed and short a couple of clutch genes.  

another chance to beat that punk lewis

Won’t be easy…but let’s get past the Texans first…

Exactly. This isnt going to be an easy game today, and if Brady throws a couple ducks we’re screwed.

Manning?  Choking in the playoffs?  What a shame the Pats blew that lead in the AFC Title game years back, cuz this choke artist would have zero rings.  Hard to call a guy this accomplished a choker, a guy who pees himself in big games, because clearly he has won some big games, but the fact is, Tee Freaking Martin won a title at Tennessee when Manning could not, and our gag job in the AFC Title game in Indy was what got this guy a ring.  An all time gag artist in big games, and yesterday was not surprising to me whatsoever.

right but it would be good to send lewis out here and turn off espn so we dont have to listen to him