As the NFL released schedules for all 32 teams on Tuesday evening, the most expected team schedules are of the New Orleans Saints, who won last season’s Super Bowl XLIV championship by beating the Indianapolis Colts. Well, to make the season attractive enough, Saints are scheduled to open the season against the Minnesota Vikings and play the Thanksgiving Day game at Dallas against the Cowboys.
As this season’s championship defending team, the Saints have only four night games. The first one is on Thursday, Sept. 9 against the Vikings, then a "Monday Night Football" game on Sept. 20 against the San Francisco 49ers, then the Oct.31 home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the last one will be on Dec. 27 at Atlanta against the Falcons.
Talking about the schedule for the new season, Saints starting quarterback Drew Brees is confident that the stadiums will be full of fans in Saints jerseys whenever there is a game played by the champion team. Whether it will be loss or win, people just want to come to see what they can do, better or worse.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Colts QB Manning remains top on MVP meter
As the regular season ended on Sunday night, it was almost sure that the Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will earn his second consecutive MVP title this year by leading the Colts to a 14-2 record, the best mark in the NFL.
Manning completed a career-high 6839 percent of his passes for 4,500 yards and 33 touchdowns with 16 interceptions, not the most among the quarterbacks of the league. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Minnesota Vikings Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers each had much more remarkable seasons than Manning, with higher quarterback ratings. But still the 33-year-old quarterback earned the most votes for MVP by leading the Colts to a win in every game he started and finished— something none of the other top contenders can boast.
Brees ranks second on the meter and still deserves to be considered on almost equal footing with Manning by setting an NFL record of completing 70.6 percent of his passes. San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers followed him. Favre still has not made it to top 3 but remains in top 5 along with Rodgers, whose No. 12 Packers jersey is replacing Favre’s NO. 4 to be Packers’ best seller.
Manning completed a career-high 6839 percent of his passes for 4,500 yards and 33 touchdowns with 16 interceptions, not the most among the quarterbacks of the league. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Minnesota Vikings Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers each had much more remarkable seasons than Manning, with higher quarterback ratings. But still the 33-year-old quarterback earned the most votes for MVP by leading the Colts to a win in every game he started and finished— something none of the other top contenders can boast.
Brees ranks second on the meter and still deserves to be considered on almost equal footing with Manning by setting an NFL record of completing 70.6 percent of his passes. San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers followed him. Favre still has not made it to top 3 but remains in top 5 along with Rodgers, whose No. 12 Packers jersey is replacing Favre’s NO. 4 to be Packers’ best seller.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Peyton Manning is still on top of MVP ranking
With the top three choices of MVP still being quarterbacks, the ranking begins to change after the New Orleans Saints had their first loss of the season and the Minnesota Vikings had their third. Brett Favre fell out of the top three and Philip Rivers surpassed him to be the third, while the No.1 and the No.2 are still Peyton Manning from the Indianapolis Colts and Drew Brees from the Saints but the spots have been switched.
There are still two games to be played, but it has seemed unlikely for the top two players to switch spots on the Meter. Manning may only play another half game or so since the Colts have home-field advantage in the AFC secured, and Saints head coach Sean Payton’s original plan not to play his starters until the final game went to death as the team did not manage to remain unbeaten. As it is unlikely that Manning would give really putrid performance during the final plays, it is also unlikely Brees would return to the first spot.
Titans running back Chris Johnson ranks behind Favre to be the No.5 choice for MVP, and he was followed by two players in Packers jerseys: quarterback Aaron Rodgers and cornerback Charles Woodson. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis and Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew are the last three at the top ten spots.
There are still two games to be played, but it has seemed unlikely for the top two players to switch spots on the Meter. Manning may only play another half game or so since the Colts have home-field advantage in the AFC secured, and Saints head coach Sean Payton’s original plan not to play his starters until the final game went to death as the team did not manage to remain unbeaten. As it is unlikely that Manning would give really putrid performance during the final plays, it is also unlikely Brees would return to the first spot.
Titans running back Chris Johnson ranks behind Favre to be the No.5 choice for MVP, and he was followed by two players in Packers jerseys: quarterback Aaron Rodgers and cornerback Charles Woodson. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis and Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew are the last three at the top ten spots.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Brees VS Manning, who is most valuable
The three top players in the top three spots on the Meter this week is still the same three players in the spots last week. Without counting Brett Favre out, now the discussion is mostly about Drew Brees and Peyton Manning: who deserves the top spot more?
Some argue that Brees benefits from having a more experienced and better group of receivers than Manning, and because the Colts are still undefeated in spite of these factors, Manning is the more valuable player to his team. Hence, Manning should be on top in what continues to look like a head-to-head battle.
But some consider that Brees is one of the main reasons the Saints’ rushing attack is so successful. The quarterback in No.9 Saints jersey just could throw in any situation, which opens things up for Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell. New Orleans has 400 rushes this season, while Indy has 304, which is the fourth-fewest in the league. And the Saints would not have this kind of success if without Brees. Brees has thrown for more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, has a higher completion percentage and averages more yards per attempt than Manning — and he’s extremely valuable to the Saints. That is why Brees is still in the lead to become the MVP.
Top 10 players following Brett Favre in the Meter include Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, Titans running back Chris Johnson, Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, Jets running back Thomas Jones and Broncos offensive linebacker Elvis Dumervil.
Some argue that Brees benefits from having a more experienced and better group of receivers than Manning, and because the Colts are still undefeated in spite of these factors, Manning is the more valuable player to his team. Hence, Manning should be on top in what continues to look like a head-to-head battle.
But some consider that Brees is one of the main reasons the Saints’ rushing attack is so successful. The quarterback in No.9 Saints jersey just could throw in any situation, which opens things up for Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell. New Orleans has 400 rushes this season, while Indy has 304, which is the fourth-fewest in the league. And the Saints would not have this kind of success if without Brees. Brees has thrown for more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, has a higher completion percentage and averages more yards per attempt than Manning — and he’s extremely valuable to the Saints. That is why Brees is still in the lead to become the MVP.
Top 10 players following Brett Favre in the Meter include Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, Titans running back Chris Johnson, Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, Jets running back Thomas Jones and Broncos offensive linebacker Elvis Dumervil.
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