I agree.  Especially in the third quarter, well before they went into desperation mode.  It's kind of like the Marino syndrome with the colts.  when they fall behind, they lose track of their plan and defer to peyton.  And what was up with him in the first quarter.  He looked terrible in the first 3 series of the game.  He didn't come close to completing a pass.  Either his passes were overthrown or thrown into double, and sometimes triple, coverage.  No underneith stuff.  No screens.  What gives with this guy/offense in big games.  

The other issue with this team is the offensive line.  I couldn't believe how Pittsburg manhandled those guys, especially on that next to last drive where the entire line was pushed back into Mannings face on the two jail-break blitzs.  Knowing how critical that series was, that their season was on the line, and the blitz was coming, you'd think those guys would have went all out to protect. The Left tackle Glenn was the worst of them.  Not only did he committ the false start that squashed the first Indy TD.  It was his side that Pittsburg exploited the most. Only one work to discribe the O-line performance:  Pathetic.

Last but not least, Tom Moore has got to go, period.  He doesn't gameplan effectively.  He has no clue how to make adjustments.  And he doesn't have what it takes to fix Manning when Peytons game is off.
 

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