Sports Views

Tomorrow’s the big day. Well, not really. Tomorrow is the day our fantasy football league at work is going to hold its draft. I wound up with the first pick which, almost inevitably, is going to be Peyton Manning. I have some doubts about the kind of season the Colts are going to have. I think that they may very well have a better season with less offensive production, but I’m probably in the minority there. The common wisdom is that they have a poor defense, but that is just plain nuts. In the playoffs last year I thin they showed that they have possibly the best secondary outside of New England and Philadelphia. The linebackers are solid and the line was not nearly as bad as people claim. Part of there problem is that they find themselves on the field so much since so many of the Colt’s offensive drives end in sudden touchdowns. I don’t see anyway Peyton equals his production from last year, but I keep asking myself, “how big could the drop off be?” I just can’t see him not being one of the top two or three fantasy players even if his numbers are a little down this year. I am one of those eccentrics who feels that Eli will probably win a Super bowl before Peyton gets there.