"Lets talk a little football"

so lets talk a little football shall we. more specifically, lets talk about great qbs. and why we are seeing the greatest qb ever right now (and why terrific tom and big ben arent him.) frist of all id like to say that without a good D then a qb isnt worth anything. maybe even a good safety. take a look at the steelers this year. without troy palalalamaalllo they are terrible on D and more than likely are out of the playoff. the pats? same thing. sort of. didnt resign potential hall of famer rodney harrison and traded away stout dt richard seymour and their D is hurting and so instead of being 12-2 or something close to that they are about 8-5 and look average. another reason why the tom isnt the best ever- last year. dude doesnt even play and they still went 11-5 and made the playoffs. granted with brady they probably go 12-4 maybe even 13-3 but still they put in a guy (matt cassell) that had never started a COLLEGE game, much less an NFL game. and went 11-5. cmon people. its not brady its the system. granted tom has 3 rings and ben has 2, but how many would they win if they had to win based only on what the offense can do? then i bring you the greatest QB ever (and for sure of this decade) peyton manning. he lead his team to the most wins ever in a decade, throws for 4,000 yds every year of his career. and does it all with no D. oh and lets not forget peyton has had 3 head coaches. tom-1 and ben-2. so things change and he still wins. how about his great safety. former defensive mvp bob sanders? yeah he is out. and they still win. heck he plays more with out sanders then he does with him. lose one of the greatest wideouts ever (marvin harrison) no problem. he made stars out of no names. trade away not one, but two future hall of fame backs (marshall faulk and edgerrin james) dont worry he'll do what he does. which is get his team to win. take this past game for example. the jags carved up the colts D and peyton lead his team to victory again. the 7th this time that they have come from behind in the 4th qtr (most ever btw) and they are still 14-0. maybe its just some rambling but neither brady nor big ben have had to carry the load like peyton. both of them have had great D and big ben had the bus bettis to carry the load. the one year that peyton had a healthy D that actually played ok they won the super bowl. im not saying that they are gonna win it again this year, but if they can get some guys healthy on D the offense will be good enough to do the job.

PUDGE

ps ill be back with some bowl previews later....

"If I Had a Heisman Vote"

well first of all im sure that it would ever happen due to my blatant bias of the SEC and tennessee in particular. however, if i did (i would somehow manage to go back in time and give the heisman to peyton) and after that i would then vote on the top five of this year like this.
5. Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska- was the most impressive player in the Big 12 title game, and will make lots of money in the NFL someday, but thats not what this award is about.
4. Toby Gerhart RB Stanford- led the nation in rushing yards and touchdowns. was a great back for a pretty good team, but thats not what this award is about.
3. Colt McCoy QB Texas- he threw for less yards, less td's, more interceptions, and had a lower completion percentage than last year. when he didnt win it. why should he win it this year? because he has been good in his career? try again. because he plays for texas? so what. because the other big named qbs already have theirs? im sorry, but thats not what the award is about.
2. Tim Tebow QB Florida- well the same holds true for timmy that it did for colt, except for the fact that timmy didnt get beat in the regular season in the toughest conference in the nation and chipped in 14 or so rushing tds...
which leaves us with...
1. Eric Berry DB Tennessee- why not people?
1. Mark Ingram RB Alabama- one of the most storied programs in the history of college football will finally get its first heisman winner. the best player on the best team gets my vote. and look at his season. 1500 yds and 15 tds. plus he played his best against the big boys. destroyed virginia tech, south carolina, lsu, ole miss, kentucky (all bowl bound) he had big days against scrubs miss st, utc, north texas, and fiu. had a pretty good day against tennessee and just when it doesnt look like he had a good day against arkansas you notice he chipped in a td catch that day. the only bad game he had was against auburn (and he might have been hurt) but nevertheless he played crappy. but...big time players make big time plays in big time games. and in the national championship against florida he tossed in 200 yds and 3 tds. who do you think should win it?

PUDGE