rightbench":3bl0w4kv said:
I understand its Manning and he gets rid of the ball in .5 seconds but never did we have a free running d player force manning to do what Russell seems to have to do 3 or 4 times per series.
Am I missing something?
If you're having to ask if you're missing something, then maybe you don't understand what Manning does after all. Manning has always been very, very hard to sack and pretty difficult to pressure at all just because he sees/processes the field so well and gets the ball out before pressure gets to him.
In the regular season, Manning has started 243 games. He's been sacked 273 times. If you get Manning down twice in a game, you're well ahead of the curve. In 2001, his absolute worst season other than his rookie season, when Edgerrin James went down and the Colts had zero run game, he was sacked 29 times... which is 4 times fewer than Wilson took as a rookie.
It's really a matter of O-lines and of playing style. Manning isn't the type of QB to move around and make a play happen. He's never been that type of QB... his skills have always been in deciphering defenses and throwing quick, accurate passes to guys in space. Wilson's game is entirely different, and it involves him moving, scrambling, and making plays happen - which often involves holding the ball much longer than a guy like Manning would.
While we got more pressure on Manning in the SB, the Broncos also didn't have Clady for that game. They had him this time.