Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, Kurt Warner, Michael Vick, Aaron Rodgers, Donovan McNabb, these are the names we’ve been accustomed to hearing, and the guys we have been priviliged to watch every Sunday for roughly a decade. I don’t think there has been a better collection of quarterbacks playing at the same time, and I don’t believe we will see one ever again.
With Manning’s surgery and no timetable for a return, the Colts are now having to look in the mirror and face the possibility they were trying to put off for a very long time, life without Peyton. With Favre out of the league, McNabb withering away by the moment and Brady on the tail-end of his career, the NFL as we have known it is about to take on a whole new landscape.
The league has adapted and is no longer based on establishing the run and defense, it’s fun and gun, and may the first team to 38 win. No collection of quarterbacks have done this better ever since Manning told us to cut that meat. Now we are on the dawn of a life without Peyton Manning commercials or McNabb’s mom telling us what soup to eat. Change is always inevitable, just never comes at the right time.
SeriouslyPowerRankings
5. Houston Texans (1-0)
4. Chicago Bears (1-0)
3. New England Patriots (1-0)
2. Baltimore Ravens (1-0)
1. Green Bay Packers (1-0)
5. Detroit Lions (-9) over Kansas City Chiefs
The Lions are that good, and Kansas City is really that bad..
4. Buffalo Bills (-4) over Oakland Raiders
Nobody circles the wagons.
3. Arizona Cardinals (+4) over Washington Redskins
Even Rex Grossman wonders where he’s been the past four years.
2. Green Bay Packers (-10) over Carolina Panthers
Welcome to the NFL for rizzle this time, Cam Newton.
1. Pittsburgh Steelers (-14.5) over Seattle Seahawks
Lock and load, baby.
Last week: 0-0
The season: 0-0-0