Nice comments after the game, Peyton.  "I'm trying to be a good teammate here... but we had protection problems."

That sums up why Manning isn't a champion.  Could you ever see Tom Brady, or Joe Montana, or Steve Young, etc., making a comment like that after a game?  That isn't like Matt Leinart's "I thought we were the better team" gaffe which was said in the immediate post-game on-field crucible.  This was in the postgame press conference, after having lots of time to think about what to say.

I have to admit, I fell into the trap this year of thinking the Colts were going to steamroll their way  to the Lombardi Trophy.  Maybe the Steelers were right; maybe they are just too soft a team to win it all.  Maybe Vanderjagt was right all along?