Defense Wins Championships

Now I should preface this by saying that I'm happy for Tony Dungy (a coach who represents what can be good in professional sport) and Peyton Manning (a guy who obviously has put everything he's had into his chosen vocation) for winning the Super Bowl. But...does anyone have any idea how Peyton Manning won the MVP!? If you were going to give it to offensive players how about a split between Joseph Addai (one rookie that leaves people saying Reggie who?) and Dominic Rhodes the Indy backs who controlled the game. Or how about Rex Grossman as Howard Dean said after the Democrat November Triumph "I'd like to thank the President we couldn't have done it with out him". For my money I'd give it to Bob Sanders or the Colts defense in general they were maligned all season and they came out- a dome team in rough conditions -and absolutely smacked the Bears while both offenses were busy fumbling the Colts turned the somewhat palatable Rex Grosman into the Rex Grosman who makes Chicago fans say hmm how much would it take to get Jake Plummer? Jeff Garcia? or even trade up to try for Brady Quinn? after all the only key player they might lose to free agency is Lance Briggs and that's what the franchise tag is for. I know you've never used Chicago GM but there's nothing wrong with using it it's the nature of professional sport. So congrats to the Colts and to Lovie Smith for getting Chicago there who'll hopefully get the contract boost he's earned and it's good to know that the future of minority coaches isn't result as much of the NFL's aggressive affirmative action policy but rather of the sheer talent of black and hispanic coaches now: Dungy, Smith, Marvin Lewis, and it looks like Dallas might be really interested in Ron Rivera to name a few.

This post brught to you by espresso and my overwhelming desire to be like Peter King. I hope my football loving friends(RossandAngela anyone else? anyone...) enjoyed this post for everyone else I will return to my regular content immediately.