NFL MVP for the first month

[Plainview1981]

Who do you think the best player in the league has been

so far?

QB Steve McNair- 110.9QB rating, 8TD 1INT,820 passing

yards, 64.9% completed passes. Team 3-1 for the month

QB Peyton Manning- 103.7QB rating, 9TD 3INT, 914 passing

yards, 67.2%completed passes. Team 4-0 for month

QB Matt Hassellback- 94.1QB rating, 6TD 1INT, 568 passing

yards, 51.9%completed passes. Team 4-0 for month

RB Jamal Lewis-6.5YPC, 611 yards rushing, 5TD, 8 catches

for 55 yards and 2 fumbles.

RB Priest Homes- 4.6YPC, 386 yards rushing, 7TD, 17 catches for 184 yards and 0 fumbles

WR L.Coles- 28 catches, 432 yards, 16.2YPC, 1TD

WR Randy Moss-24 catches, 434yards, 18.1YPC, 4TD

DE Michael Rucker- 5.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 15

total tackles, 12 solo tackles

DE Siemone Rice- 4.0 Sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 10

total tackles, 8 solo tackles, 1 INT

LB Ray Lewis- 43 total tackles, 33 Solo

LB Keith Bulluck- 34 total tackles, 29 solo, 1 forced fumble,

1 sack

CB Corey Chavous- 15 total tackles, 12 solo, 4INT's

THose are just a few of some guys who had a good month..

Who do you think was the player of the month?

[Gray Mule]

Randy Moss -- He has carried Minnesota to their perfect

record. Without him, they would be a far different team.

In the other division, Indianapolis QB P. Manning has been

the major reason for their record.

There. You have my vote for both the National and

American Division of the N.F.L.

If you had these two together on a good team, they

would be unstopable!!!

[Gray Mule]

Monday Night Football -- What a setting to prove yourself

to be the M.V.P. in the American Division of the NFL.

It was impossible, but the Colts went ahead and did it

anyway.

Being a Falcon fan first of all, but also a Colts fan in

the other division of the NFL, you might guess that I was

pleased with last night's victory.

[Plainview1981]

I have to dissagree....

1) The Bucs were ripped off on that FG call. Rice did

not fall on a player until he was already coming down,

so that was bad flag by the refs.

2)Alot of it was luck...The onside kick and that kick

return.

The refs have been bad this year in alot of games. I

remember when the refs gave the Titans that TD on

the Raiders when it shouldn't have counted back in

week 1.

[Gray Mule]

I suppose that the Bucs got ripped off by all those passes Manning completed, too??

The ref's called the penalty because that is the way it is

written in the rule book -- Blame the people who wrote

the rules, not the people who enforce them.

You may not like what Manning and the Colts did. You can

disagree about the call. But, you can't take away all the

points that the Colts put on the board, all the defensive

stops that they made in the end and say that the Bucs

were robbed. Didn't happen.

Carolina proved that the Bucs could be beaten and then,

on Monday Night Football, the Colts proved that they

are not all Supermen but that they are merely human,

like the rest of the NFL.

[chillzatl]

a blatant no-call. they probably took their eyes off the kicker right as he kicked it then looked back as he fell down. You gotta give him the benefit of the doubt, especially when there's a player under him.

But that is meaningless. The bucs shouldn't have let the game get that close anyway. THey had it in hand and lost it. Behold the power of a big orange QB!

[Plainview1981]

WRONG.

The rule is that you can't jump up on another player in

attempt to block the kick. Rice was clearly coming down

when he fell on the guy. He clearly wasn't trying to use

the player for leverage.

All I'm trying to do is point out that there have been bad

calls on Monday Night games this year. I couldn't believe

the refs called that TD and TD when the Titans played the

Raiders in week 1. The refs have been terrible.

[Plainview1981]

I don't see what Peyton did that was so great. What

I see is poor special teams. The big long kick return

and the fact they failed to get the ball on the onside

kick(Which I think should be banned) is due to poor

special teams and it allowed The Colts to quickly be

able to move down field again. [censored], KC's special teams

have allowed them to steal two str8 wins.

Just saying the refs have been poor this year.

[Gray Mule]

The call of "Running into the kicker" WAS a bad call.

What P.M. did to the Bucs might not be all that great,

as Hotlantadude says, but, who else has done that to

what is supposed to be the greatest defense ever,

according to some.

The Colts DID score 21 points against them in less than

four minutes. However they did it, you can't take that

away from them.

How many T.D.s had the Bucs given up before MNF?

Falcons got one. A two yard drive after a fumble return.

I'm satisfied it was great, whether anyone wants to agree

or disagree.

[Plainview1981]

What P.M. did to the Bucs might not be all that great,

as Hotlantadude says, but, who else has done that to

what is supposed to be the greatest defense ever,

according to some."

What did Peyton do besides take advange of good

field position. Think about it, The Colts special teams

had a 90 yard kick return setting up really great field

position...And they got the ball back on the onside

kick.

I will not give Peyton credit for taking advange of

great field position..ESP when you have guys like

Marvin Harrison...However, I do like draft pick Dallas

Clark. That guy will be a top TE in the league very

shortly.

But hey Peyton...Why don't you win a playoff game

for a change?lol

But it was fun to see Warren Sapp shut up. I hate

that guy!