[TS] Sports of The Times: Under Pressure, Manning Stumbles and Team Follows
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A year ago, the Giants peaked with Eli Manning midway through the season, then slipped precipitously along with his quarterback rating. Now itÂs happening again.
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Peyton Manning and the Colts, who last season lost to the Patriots in the A.F.C. title game, probably played worse this time as their offense sputtered in the snow.
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1. In the Baltimore Ravens&#39; 20-10 defeat Sunday night to the Indianapolis Colts that damages their outlook for an AFC wild-card berth, quarterback Kyle Boller threw critical two interceptions with the team in scoring position.
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Disguise. Disrupt. Destroy Could that be the defensive strategy Bill Belichick and Romeo Crennel are concocting in the bowels of Gillette Stadium this week? That seems to be the sentiment of many coaches in the league and Patriots personnel in particular on how to throw the Colts' Peyton Manning off his game just enough to emerge victorious Sunday.
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NFL playoff shocks have relegated  big-play wide receiver Terrell Owens and last year's Super Bowl  Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning to the sidelines.
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It is a strange quirk of fate that Eli Manning has muddled through a difficult first season in the N.F.L. just as his brother, Peyton, has orchestrated his most spectacular one.
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CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning against Craig Krenzel turned out to be the mismatch that it was expected to be. Manning continued his record pace, passing for four touchdowns as the Colts rolled to 41-10
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PEYTON MANNING, the quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, left it late on Sunday to make NFL history. He went into the game against the San Diego Chargers needing two touchdown
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DENVER -- Peyton Manning spent most of the game on the sideline, wearing a jacket and a headset. The Denver Broncos can only dream of seeing the same sight next week.
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Indianapolis -- For 59 minutes of football, he had flapped his arms, pulled at his helmet straps and screamed at his sideline, but in the moment when the record and the game finally were in his sights, Peyton Manning became the most calm and quiet person
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At time, Eli Manning has seemed more like a bumbling bellhop than an NFL quarterback but the Giants' signal caller has picked up his play of late.
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Quarterback Peyton Manningâs chase for a big chunk of NFL history was stifled Sunday night. Manning threw only one touchdown pass â-ith 47 on the season, he is one shy
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INDIANAPOLIS - There was a shower to be taken, but that wasn't going to wash away the utter shock, so Peyton Manning clearly was not in a rush. Reporters were waiting, but Manning offered perhaps his final audible of the NFL season and moved to his left.
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Tony Dungy was looking for reassurance from the Indianapolis Colts&#39; offense. He got it in short order. Quarterback Peyton Manning made the most of a brief appearance, hitting
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Peyton Manning remembers the disaster like it was yesterday. &quot;It was my rookie year, third start, and I&#39;d just come off a tough game at New England,&quot; the Colts&#39; quarterback recalled last Friday as we drove
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Edgerrin James on the ground. Peyton Manning through the air. The Indianapolis Colts made it look easy.
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SOMETIMES home-team fans become so caught up in the crisis of the week that they lose track of the big picture of a game or season.