OT: Peyton Manning to Broncos
Per NFL.com
Rumors of the team trading away Tebow are spreading on espn.
Projected number of "HURR DURR I HATE THE NFL" comments: 2
March 19th, 2012 at 12:07 PM ^
I now which NFL team I dislike the most! Wah-Wah, Manning didn't want to prevent his brother from getting to the superbowl? Give me a break.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:09 PM ^
Only question that remains now is where does Tebow land? Oh, and if the coaches are going to take a third TE or a third RB. When will the madness end?
The ESPN ticker is now saying that the Broncos will try to trade Tebow once the signing is final, so we know he's going somewhere.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
Hoping for a nasty fall and an early winter in Denver so we can see just how well Manning does playing in the sort of weather Brady has had to deal with his entire career and just how good Payton's stats look at the end of this year.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
I'm fairly confident that a large portion of the dick waving about Manning vs Brady is from Michigan fans.
Just believe Manning's stats are inflated because he plays inside, and Brady is a better QB. Compare Mannings inside and outside numbers. I do confess to being a Michigan fan.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
I'm hoping for a nice fall and mild winter... because I live in the region.
For me, this is a bit of a surprise I guess. I don't think Manning can play particularly well outdoors, especially in the cold. Also, I doubt that he can make it through the season healthy. One big hit and I think that he's done!
March 19th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
I'm a huge Steven Ross fan, but the cynic in me could see him bringing in Tebow as a business decision (sell a lot of jerseys and fills the stadium). I'm more in the Elway corner, don't think he'll be a long time winner in the league.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:23 PM ^
always get the wrap that people avoid him like the plauge? (re: Harbaugh, Marshall, Manning, etc.)
I like that Ross is a Michigan guy, but he has been a terrible NFL owner. There's some talk that it's more the fault of his GM, Jeff Ireland, but even then he's the guy responsible for retaining Ireland. His pursuit of Harbaugh last year embarassed me as a Michigan fan.
Yes, but a business decision only works for so long. If a team is not winning the fans will stop buying jerseys and showing up to watch the losing. The smartest business move is to get a competant QB and start winning.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
Oh Please No! NNNNOOOOOOOO!
Did I say.....NO yet? NO!
who's better? Manning with the Broncos (8-8 with Tebow) or Tebow with the Colts (2-14 without Manning)? This would be interesting...
March 19th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 12:23 PM ^
Kinda wanted the Cards to get him. Not only are they the only team besides the Lions that I will remotely root for, but I thought the way Wisenhunt let Kurt Warner run the show while in AZ would've been irresistable to Peyton.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
Good move for Manning. Indy was a great team with Manning and the worst team in the league without him , Denver made the playoffs with Tim Tebow as their QB and that says a lot!
March 19th, 2012 at 12:33 PM ^
You HAVE to lock up alex smith now, right? Apparently Smith may have turned down a deal already from SF...
March 19th, 2012 at 12:37 PM ^
Very interesting. I could definitely see Tebow going to Miami. Floridians still love him, right?
March 19th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^
that I have heard. it is right in the heart of Gator-nation and they have significant attendance "opportunities".
March 19th, 2012 at 12:38 PM ^
expensive way to get rid of Tebow by Elway and Fox.
Should have come to Phoenix Peyton. It's warm AND we have a dome.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:42 PM ^
Is there a better way to get rid of Tebow? If they were ready to end the experiment, how else could they pacify their fans? Bringing in one of the top 2 modern QBs is a great "silver lining to quitting on Tebow Time". I bet some Denver fans will still be upset.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:54 PM ^
No doubt. As soon as i heard Denver was in the mix, I just couldnt wait for it to happen. I had no idea that it would actually go this way. hopefully Tebow can go elsewhere and sit the bench like he's supposed too. He truly is horrible. (and yes, some Denver fans will be upset)
When I watched the game they lost (In Cleveland at a bar for the M-OSU Hockey Game) he skipped a pass to a wide open WR and the whole bar just started laughing. He's not good.
That said, I think it would be really, really interesting to see what a coach could do if he were given free reign. For example, give a coach 3-5 years, total personnel discretion and try something different. I think everyone can agree that the spread option was starting to take hole here on offense, what if someone did that in the NFL? It's not like the Jags are tearing up the league, why not get Tebow (or VY, or draft Denard next year), rebuild your roster and try something totally different? NFL head coaches are too conservative for their own good (see anything about punting in your opponent's territory) I'd just like to see if someone could really break the mold if given enough time to try to make it work.
I wold love to see that happen. The Jags have been consistently bad in a very boring way, why not shake things up a little bit and if they're bad at least they'd be interesting to watch.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:39 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^
I will be a Peyton believer again after he survives a couple of hard hits during the season. Four surgeries over a short span of time would make me wonder seriously just how durable Manning is at this point in his career.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
But man, this keeps the stupid off-season story moving. As if the Peyton-Luck coverage wasn't enough to make you want to put your thumb in your eye, now we'll have the entire off-season to wax over Tebow machinations. Ugh. Mike and Mike just got their lead for the next four months.
Completely agree with you on how sickening Mike and Mike will be. ESPN radio in general is complete garbage minus Scott Van Pelt and Russilo(sp?). They take their breaking news bar from sportscenter and make it drag into like 15 hours of radio time. Cowherd is the biggest blowhard on any station. All he cares about is Los Angeles, Lebron James, Miami, and New York. Mike and Mike only talk about the Jets and anything New York. I quit listening to them and just listened to Dan Patrick instead. At least with him he doesn't harp on one subject the entire three hours of a show. I'll get off my soap box now and end my rant.
On M & M- the whole wacky morning DJ stuff they do is truly nauseating.
I understand getting annoyed with some of the repetitiveness, but I do know that DP has his own significant flaws. I remember listening to him on ESPN in shock, during a news-heavy football week with all kinds of big stories flying around, that he opened his show with an hour speculating on who would win the MVP of a baseball season that had been over for over a week. And this was after he dumped Dibble.
Sports radio is just entertainment. Quality content is what this place is for.
Great points by you and asquared. It does get very frustrating however while I'm at work listening so I am most likely a little biased to it. I know Patrick isn't the absolute greatest, but I will take him over Cowherd and Mike and Mike. I am very annoyed in general with ESPN much like most people here I'm sure because of how annoying they get with their stories. It's like they find one story and try to latch onto it for weeks (Jeremy Lin, Tim Tebow, SEC). I also understand that they are all about numbers and not quality. It's hard for me to think that there has to be executives who have to listen to some of these shows on a regular basis and how can they not think that some shows are horrible. I would love it if they had a new sports station that was just dedicated to the midwest for sports. Sorry if this is a little OT also to the OP.
Agreed. Although I drive about an hour both ways to and from work and reading mgoblog while driving is ill-advised. I was hoping he'd go Tennessee so the story would die down. Instead, its just going to get worse. Looks like its audio books for a while.
I sympathize. I used to commute an hour to LA in the afternoon and then back at midnight, and sports radio was a tricky proposition. I lucked out when ESPN 710's incompetent management fired their top-rated, energetic afternoon show for an unproven, quirky drive-time host, then realized their mistake and put their top-rated drivetime team on the early afternoon slot where I could actually listen to them.
The night drives were tricky. I settled on Ben Maller until Clear Channel gave 10% of their staff the ax (same move that killed Stony and Wojo) and then I pretty much stopped listening.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:49 PM ^
God...poor Henne if Tebow goes to Jacksonville.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
If Jax really wants Tebow I could see them shipping Henne to Denver, who will need a veteran backup. From a football perspective that would probably be a fair trade straight up: Henne is the better QB imo, but is older and has an injury history. From a revenue perspective Tebow is obviously more valuable at least for now, so Jax would probably have to throw in a draft pick.
Tebow would sell tickets but you can pretty much kiss any chance of salvaging Gabbert goodbye if you bring him in. That would not be a sound football decision.
I think the whole "mentoring" thing is a little overrated. Who says Manning wants to mentor Tebow? How much did years of mentoring help Painter? I think if you haven't learned most of what you need to know about the position by your 3rd NFL season, you probably aren't going to learn it. I love Tebow the man, but Tebow the qb is meh. That said, I'd gladly take him in Buffalo to run special packages just to make the offense more interesting.
The first time the Broncos lose a game, ESPN will devote a week to the topic "Was Choosing Peyton over Tebow a Mistake?" And the aliens hovering just beyond our planet will read that headline, determine "this civilization cannot be saved from itself," and destroy us.
Way to go, John Elway. YOU'VE KILLED US ALL.
As a Browns fan I can tell you that two-headed QB monster that is Colt McCoy & Seneca Wallace do not fear your Mannings, your Wynn's, your Smith's and especially not that upstart RGIII. Our leaders have absolutely faith in the system we are running and the ability to make even the most average of average QBs (like us) look good in it.
Good to know our position as "King of all suck" has been locked up before the season even starts.
you are cleveland. Like someone else should have that title? The Drive, the Shot, the Fumble, the Ravens existing... all of these happened against you. At this point if someone else sucked more, would you be happy?
You guys are also the "Kings of next year". They're already beating the Barkley in 2013 drum. Always good to have goals. /s
BTW, who is this Wynn? Spurgeon Wynn? Those were the days.
The soon to be ex Green Bay Packer back-up QB Wynn who our "leaders" decided we had no interest in signing. Right after we decided we had no interest in matching the Redskins offer for RGII and also had no interest in pursuing one Peyton Manning.
Basically when in comes to getting an elite QB the Browns have no interest.
Ex LSU QB Matt Flynn