And the surrounding Colts 2010 <<< surrounding Colts 2004
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Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod
look at this #'s progression from 2004 through 2011. lots of #'s are in a slow but steady decline. and he's 36 now. during his last healthy season there were plenty of things being written about him, that his arm wasn't quite what it was, he wasn't the same guy, etc. sure his team had gotten worse - but his #'s were a good bit worse 2011 vs peak years
Again, I think this is more about the team around him than him. Watching him play he was just as dominant as he ever was; but the OL was horrendous, Saturday was the only good player and he is pretty old. Wayne and Clark are good as well, but also getting up there in age. I think you are going out of your way to pin all that regression on him when the reality is that it was a offensive-wide decline
The fact that his sack rate was still absurdly low despite the poor OL is quite telling imo; I think he was getting rid of it way faster than he had to in previous years. Also the Colts haven't averaged 4 yards per rush since 2006
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throw in the 4 neck surgeries and the fact that he still isn't 100% despite lengthy rehab (admitted so today) I think people are wildly overestimating the Peyton that plays in 2012
was never disputing that, though I obv think he would still be a massive improvement over Sanchez
this is less than 10%, maybe less than 5. Not really worth mentioning