Greg Manusky New Face of The Chargers Defense

Last year the San Diego Chargers were fortunate enough to have the Number 1 defense in the league, but I mean who cares? We may have had the Number 1 defense but they were so sporadic and would show up some days and disappear others. Let me just say that the "Number 1 Defense" tag is a bit of a over statement.

Every Charger fan remembers those games where they struggled to get it together at the right times. I mean Rams anyone? I remember our corner backs getting exposed by the rookie Sam Bradford. Cason got burnt by this unknown WR named Danerio Alexander. WHO?!? Who remembers when Philip Rivers drove us down the field to score and then hoped the defense would step up, and failed to stop the run? Our "Number 1 Defense" did what? Yea allow Steven Jackson to run all over them en route to winning the game and digging us into a whole.

How about the Raiders game? They did it twice to us. They not only exposed our rushing defense but also our corners. They ran and passed all over us. Our "Number 1 Defense" made Jason Campell and Carson Palmer look like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

Well, now that my rant is over, you can tell I feel no sympathy in losing Ron Rivera and am not happy with what we call the "Number 1 Defense." Statistics lie however that is the past. Welcome Greg Manusky. Former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator. He looks like he can be the fix to our team. I always said that we need more loud and obnoxious coaches rather than soft and quiet coaches (Norv anyone?).

“My job is to get these guys excited about what they’re doing,” Manusky said. “Is there Red Bull involved? Yeah. Uptime? Yeah. Two of those and you’re wired." Am I happy to have this guy? Yes, will he bring a new demeanor to our defense? Yes. Can he improve our defense? Absolutely! I can not wait to see what this guy has to offer our defense when the year starts. I feel he is the answer to our problems on defense and soon we will see.

Pro Bowl Bound Colts

   Incase you aren't totally aware, the Pro Bowl rosters have been out for a good while, and with the game approaching this weekend, I though that it would only be appropriate to give you a little bit of info on the Colt Pro Bowl players. 

   Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis, and Reggie Wayne were all named starters on the Pro Bowl list. This is great but there is one big name obviously missing. Peyton Manning was awarded with a Pro Bowl spot, but because of his three or four game stretch of bad play, Peyton was put lower on the depth chart. 

   I just want to tell anyone trying to criticize Peyton that if injuries hadn't plagues the team this year, Peyton would be the obvious MVP. Just wait for it because it is going to happen next year. Yeah!!! I said it I guarantee that Peyton will win the MVP next year. Write it down and save it for later. 

   Now that I have that off my chest, I want to congratulate the others for being named starts. I would like to tell you however that ,due to injury , Dwight will not be playing. It doesn't really matter though. 

So good job guys! I look forward to watching you honored in a boring noncompetitive game this weekend, and look for more of me here and on my blog

Indianapolis Colts Report Card: Offense

B-

   This season had great expectations going into the first game. After a bad high scoring loss, there were thoughts that maybe we would have a bad season due solely to the defense and the loss of Bob Sanders... Again!

   These thoughts changed when Peyton came out and played great for us and had a good possibility of getting another MVP. These aspirations of greatness were shot down when both Dallas Clark and Austin Collie went down for the season. With injures abound, Peyton's play plummeted, and he went through a very rough stretch. The offense picked back up late in the season, but it wasn't enough.

   The offense had great potential, but injures killed the Colts. Based on the first half of the season they would have had an A+. Unfortunately, the F- they had in that stretch during the middle of the season lowered the grade dramatically. I will cut them a little bit of slack after they found a way to pick up the offense late in the season even with the injures, but that only gets them a B- or a C+.

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