Monday, September 20, 2010

Sorry, Eli: 'Manning Bowl' Proves Big Brother Peyton's Better

Filed under: Colts, Giants, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL AnalysisINDIANAPOLIS - Can we now retire the term "Manning Bowl" from the NFL vocabulary? It's not fair to poor Eli.

That shouldn't come as news to anybody who watches the NFL. Yet some people insisted on turning Sunday night's game into a referendum on which of Archie's boys is better at their job.

"It's officially a debate," the New York Post declared.

NBC naturally built up the sibling rivalry, though at least it didn't recycle the promo featuring Peyton and Eli as kids accompanied by "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" being sung by a Justin Bieber sound-alike.

Now they're all grown up, and the debate is officially over. The Giants' most impressive completion Sunday came from Brandon Jacobs, who got so frustrated he chucked his helmet into the stands.

Fortunately for Colts fans, Jacobs head was not still in it. Though it appeared Tom Coughlin was ready to bite it off after the incident.

It was that kind of a night for New York, though why would anybody be surprised? Did we really think Peyton would not rise to a prime-time occasion? After last week's stunner at Houston, that he would let the Colts start 0-2 for the first time since his rookie year?

"This was an important game for us to respond," Peyton said.
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