Pain In The Neck
***UPDATE***The NFL fined Phillip Daniels $5,000 last week for this hit.***UPDATE***
Please allow me to introduce everyone to the man with the strongest neck in the world (or at least that I've ever seen)...Mr. Peyton Williams Manning who comes from a family with a genetic predisposition to Spinal Stenosis (look it up). Thanks to Mr. Phillip Daniels, Defensive End for the Washington Redskins from Georgia, those of us who watched the Colts/Redskins game on Sunday afternoon were privy to what I call roughing the passer (apparently the refs didn't see it that way). But I don't know what else to call grabbing someone by the neck, pulling them back until their back is bending in a direction it shouldn't, and snapping the QB's helmet off until Peyton's entire body springs back to the earth face first. I nearly lost it especially when Peyton grabbed his shoulder and didn't get up right away.
I read an article the next day that said Peyton dressed much slower on Sunday evening in the locker room with obvious reason...the boy was sore from head to toe. People say...that's just football and he's a football player and he should expect to get hit like that. But any sport that sees a hit like Carson Palmer took in the playoffs last year, Ben Roethlisberger took on Sunday and got a concussion, and Peyton took on Sunday...something needs to be done. I don't think I can point to another NFL season that saw this many injuries (a lot of them multiple weeks to season ending) by week 7. If I'm not mistaken, following Monday night football, at least 4 players are out for the season and at least 3 more of out for multiple weeks...and there wasn't even a Sunday night football game. Were there any teams that played this weekend that made it out unscathed?P.S. Special shout out thank you to the Houston Texans for putting the Jaguars back 3 games even though I think the Colts' Super Bowl hopes are all but gone with Mike Doss out for the season and Montae "I don't wear my seat belt" Reagor's return uncertain. But still...well played, Texans, well played.
posted by Leann @ Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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OUCH! To say the least. Glad he's ok. I can only imagine your reaction to that hit and series of events.
I hope he's ready this week, cuz they'll need it against that Brocos D. On a side note, is there a better matchup in the game than having Champ Bailey locked up on Marvin Harrison all day?
Counted on that one...cause it left Reggie wide open!
I missed most of the game yesterday except for the last quarter and when Reggie caught the 3rd TD I started to worry that Marvin had gotten hurt earlier when I wasn't able to watch. So I watched the formation closer on the next play and he was there. Well Played, Champ Bailey, well played!
True enough, as we saw Sunday...
But, Denver's going to seem like a warmup compared to this weeks game in NE. By the way did you catch the backhanded shot Kornheiser took at your boy last night when he pointed out that unlike other star QB's, Tom Brady didn't do many commericials?
Because Kornheiser is so worth responding to (read: sarcasm), There is actually an independent media/marketing poll that was done for brand recognition on Peyton versus Tom and Tom came in well below Peyton in name recognition alone. Interesting for a guy who has 3 rings.
Furthermore, Peyton doesn't allow his endorsements to interfere with the season. All the commercials are filmed during the offseason (with the exception of the as yet to be seen Mastercard commercial for the year which was filmed during the bye week) and he does not do interviews about his endorsements during the season either. There is no correlation between Super Bowls and endorsements, Tony "just like the others won't be back next year for MNF" Kornheiser.
Hmm...it would make an interesting study to see what, if any effects a quarterback's endorsements have on his propensity to win future championships. Obviously many athletes have had extensive endorsements and won championships (Michael Jordan comes to mind) but there still seems to be a perception that endorsements should be limited until the player wins "the big one."
I played around with on google for a few minutes but mostly came up with studies about the effectiveness of commericials, as well as a lot of results of people who either really like or dislike Manning's commericials...
Anyway, back to work.
I'm not certain, but I believe the It Must Be The Shoes commercials with Spike Lee came before the Bulls won their championships. If I'm not mistaken, Michael Jordan has always had a pretty lucrative endorsement contract with Nike from the get go of his career. But again...I don't have the figures on that and I was like 5 when he started his NBA career.
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