Axes Fall

Norv Turner and Alex Smith cannot be far behind...

Turner should have been gone two seasons ago. IMO he is nothing more than an average head coach at best.

Were I an owner I think I would can fat a$$ Ryan agter his claim yesterday to not knowing about the problems on the field with Santonio Holmes and getting benched.

Mike Sherman is reportedly in play for the Rams and Jags positions.

Would be fun to watch Steven Jackson or MJD run in a Sherman offense.

Great news about Sleepy Shermy!! Masthay should be worth at least a 2nd pick!

Holy Schnikes!

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@mortreport: Filed to ESPN: Irsay cleans house, including Bill and Chris Polian, per league source

Edit: also being confirmed on NFL Network.

"Pride goeth before a fall."

Got to think with someone coming in fresh, Peyton will be taking out a full-page "thank you" ad in the Indy Star rather than collecting his $20M plus from the new management.

Could add an interesting wrinkle to Flynn Watch 2012.

Colts moves are shocking. Did not see that at all.

Very surprised by Polian getting the ax.

Wow! Getting rid of the Polians?!? He must have someone big in mind.

No way Peyton collects the $28 million he's owed on March 1st from the Colts.

I's say Luck to the Colts, It's pretty much a done deal.

They're gonna steal Tom Clements from us, and he's going to make Andrew Luck into the GREATEST. QB. EVER.

Redskins are going to do whatever it takes to sign Peyton, I'd imagine.

Holy Smokes! What next? Moving to Baltimore.

Polian's Suck for Luck campaign didn't work out too well for him I guess. Clearly Manning covered up a lot of huge problems with that team. Once Manning went down everyone got to see what a horrible team Polian had put together.

From reading the PFT stuff it sounded like it was Peyton vs Polian and Irsay sided with Peyton. So who knows what they're going to do. I think they'll still draft Luck, Manning is 36 already and is just too old to try to build another team around him. If he was in his early 30s (even with the injury concerns) it would be a different story.

Looking forward to seeing just how much of a prick Peyton is.

Very interesting thought on Clements, and Redskins were the first suitor I thought of as well.

And I think if you look back at the past 3-4 drafts from the Polians, the move makes a lot more sense.

Fire McCarthy.

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From reading the PFT stuff it sounded like it was Peyton vs Polian and Irsay sided with Peyton

Read that as well and while Im not saying manning can't be a productive QB we all know this league is entirely about what have you done for me lately and not what have you done in the last 10 years. Cutting Manning would have been dificult but see one Ted Thompson.

Um. That kind of worked out.

With Flynn most likely leaving, any shot at Peyton backing up Rodgers. Always good to have a solid vet behind your starter.

Only if Rodgers is the MVP. Not likely.

Youngry

Remember that meme?

Well some are starting off the New Year with something New.

Maybe Peyton will be the new GM for the Colts and be the first GM/Player since the 30's.

The Indianapolis Mannings.

Peyton's Place.

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My deepest thanks and appreciation to Bill and his son for depending on basically one player for the better part of the last decade. Now its time to wipe the slate clean and bring in a “new set of eyes’ that can see past a single position on a football team and demonstrate the ability to do more than stake their entire reputation and the fate of an entire NFL team on only QuarterBack… - Jim Irsay

I disagree with the quote that Manning was the only player on that team.

They had a lot of talent for a decade. Reggie Wayne, Joseph Addai, Dallas Clark, Marvin Harrison, Good O-Line, Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis, etc.

Their problem this year was the head coach. Irsay is flat out wrong & I don't care what happened this season without Manning. The Polian's mistake was starting the season with Kerry Collins/Curtis Painter at QB. That's pathetic and they could've done much better than that. It sure seems like they purposely didn't address the QB situation to tank games & try to get the #1 overall pick.

Mission accomplished!

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Originally posted by PackLandVA:
With Flynn most likely leaving, any shot at Peyton backing up Rodgers. Always good to have a solid vet behind your starter.

haha good one

funniest post of 2012

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Originally posted by IL_Pack_Fan:
Very interesting thought on Clements, and Redskins were the first suitor I thought of as well.

And I think if you look back at the past 3-4 drafts from the Polians, the move makes a lot more sense.

I thought Clements was likely to go to Penn State. Supposedly interviewing this week, or was there a change in plans there?

I think Skins are going to make the big payout that it will probably take to get Matt Flynn

I think Kerry Collins might've been okay. They probably would not have been a playoff team (not many teams using a 2nd stringer for eh whole season are), but they certainly would've been more competitive than 2 wins.

Dave Toub, Bears ST Coach, is interviewing for the Miami HC. Does a coach ever jump from STs to HC?

PLEEEEEEEEEEASEEEEE?!?!?!?

John Harbaugh was Philadelphia's special teams coach before the Ravens hired him, but he also coached the DBs.

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Originally posted by cuqui:
Holy Schnikes!

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@mortreport: Filed to ESPN: Irsay cleans house, including Bill and Chris Polian, per league source

Edit: also being confirmed on NFL Network.

"Pride goeth before a fall."

Holy crap! Well, I hope Andrew Luck is scouting houses in Indianapolis and Manning enjoys a nice retirement package.

Where does Polian end up?

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Originally posted by bubbleboy789:
Fire McCarthy.

Well Rodgers did a good job of calling plays yesterday, First HC-QB in the modern era!!??

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Originally posted by PackLandVA:
I think Kerry Collins might've been okay. They probably would not have been a playoff team (not many teams using a 2nd stringer for eh whole season are), but they certainly would've been more competitive than 2 wins.

Did you miss the start of the season? Collins started for the Colts. He's terrible. He has no business playing on a professional football field.

Listen, I'm not advocating the Collins move. But Orlovsky wasn't much better and Painter flat out sucked. Collins had roughly two weeks to prepare. I don't know what other alternatives were out there, but I doubt the Colts would've been a playoff contender with any of them.

I think the whole is he/isn't he gonna play this season was the problem. They waited and waited and waited until it was too late.

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Originally posted by TimthePackerFan:

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Originally posted by bubbleboy789:
Fire McCarthy.

Well Rodgers did a good job of calling plays yesterday, First HC-QB in the modern era!!??

LOL. Which plays did he call?

Rodgers called the plays for the first half.

(Packers scored 24 of 45 points in the first half)


of course the two first half TD's to Nelson were a at line audible by Flynn and an offsides take a shot play, so maybe Flynn should call the plays next game

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Originally posted by Packy:

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Originally posted by TimthePackerFan:

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Originally posted by bubbleboy789:
Fire McCarthy.

Well Rodgers did a good job of calling plays yesterday, First HC-QB in the modern era!!??

LOL. Which plays did he call?

Really?

Brak alert!

Yep. Rodgers had a play call sheet and was speaking into a miced headset. MM confirmed this in the post game presser. He wanted to keep AR engaged in the game.

Just shocked that someone still didn't know it.

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LOL. Which plays did he call?

The ones that worked.

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Originally posted by PackLandVA:
I think the whole is he/isn't he gonna play this season was the problem. They waited and waited and waited until it was too late.

Here's an idea. Have a serviceable backup QB on your roster in the the first place. I gave **** to Pitt because their back up was Charlie Batch, but he won his start! Flynn won his start! Get off your effin ass and find some back up talent and stop sucking Peyton's teet for your job. The coach plays a role, but the original sin happened years ago.