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Did Vanderjagt Put Foot In Mouth?
CT Now ^

Posted on 01/12/2005 11:52:50 AM PST by bikepacker67

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Peyton Manning, who rarely speaks ill of anyone, referred to his teammate, kicker Mike Vanderjagt, as "an idiot kicker" before the 2003 Pro Bowl.

Vanderjagt, who handed the Patriots a 27-24 opening night victory when he missed a 48-yard field goal that would have sent the game into overtime, has been cementing his reputation for running off at the mouth. After the Colts beat the Broncos last Sunday in Indianapolis to set up Sunday's playoff against the Patriots, Vanderjagt said that the Patriots, who beat the Colts in last season's AFC Championship Game, aren't as good as they once were and "I think they're ripe for the picking."

Most Patriots declined to comment on Vanderjagt's statement.

"You're asking me to comment on what a kicker said?" linebacker Tedy Bruschi said.

But safety Rodney Harrison, never scared to make his feelings known on or off the field, couldn't resist a swipe.

"He has to be a jerk, Vanderjerk," Harrison said.

Bill Belichick declined to comment on what Vanderjagt said, but the Patriots coach did admit that he sometimes has used what opposing players say to motivate his team.

"I'm sure he'll be out there a few times in the game to do his one special thing," Belichick said. "I don't think this game is going to be decided by some comments ... in the paper."

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To: bikepacker67

Go away, Colts. LA will take you. We don't want to waste 500 million dollars on the stadium you are blackmailing us for.


41 posted on 01/12/2005 12:49:47 PM PST by mysterio
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To: Always Right

The dog barks and the caravan moves on.


42 posted on 01/12/2005 12:50:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: bikepacker67

I don't think it's fair to say Peyton is a "choker" after the way he has played other teams in the playoffs the past 2 years. The Patriots just have his number, but that doesn't make him a choker.


43 posted on 01/12/2005 12:50:58 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: kingattax

The Colts are Payton - the Pats are a team. Watch what a team can do on Sunday. I guess it will take 3 Superbowls to know why its Brady not Manning.


44 posted on 01/12/2005 12:51:29 PM PST by Kitty D
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To: montag813

Yeah, I've never seen a defending Super Bowl champion given such little respect, especially one that went 14-2 and has won 2 of the last 3 SBs.


45 posted on 01/12/2005 12:52:37 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: bikepacker67


46 posted on 01/12/2005 12:54:03 PM PST by Radix (Post Tag Lines: the breakfast of FReepers.)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ
Psh niether has a chance once my Jets get done with the Steelers

OH YEAH!!! FUC*IN' AY!!!!!!!

47 posted on 01/12/2005 12:54:05 PM PST by JoeV1 (The Democrats-The unlawful and corrupt leading the uneducated and blind)
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To: kingattax
the colts have too many weapons and if they lose to the pats i will be very surprised.

The Colts took advantage of the situation against Denver two weeks ago. They had the opportunity to choose who they would face in week one of the playoffs, and they picked Denver, for a very simple reason. In order to get into the playoffs, Denver had to show the best they had against the Colts' 'B' team. Meanwhile, all the Colts had to do was watch. They had video of everything Denver was capable of doing against them. The result was an embarrassing loss for Denver.

However, New England could see what the Colts were doing, too. As a result, Belichick has had nearly three weeks to devise a method for defeating the Colts. I don't give any team that gives him three weeks to prepare much hope.

Pats by 28 - 21.

48 posted on 01/12/2005 12:55:50 PM PST by azsportsterman
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To: baseballfanjm
I'd say the Pats have a lot of pressure

Well, there's always pressure in a playoff game. Manning and the Colts have had it drilled into their heads that they can't beat the Pats. They know if they lose again, those statements will just get louder and louder. You don't think that creates pressure?

But right now, most people are favoring the Colts

And THAT is why there is more pressure on Indy, than the Pats.

49 posted on 01/12/2005 12:57:35 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7
" They should not have been in the Super Bowl vs the Rams."

Payback for the bogus penalty in the playoffs against the Raiders back in 1976?

50 posted on 01/12/2005 12:59:22 PM PST by Radix (Post Tag Lines: the breakfast of FReepers.)
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To: montag813
They would have won three Bowls in a row, had they not lost that tiebreaker to the Jets 2 years ago (which the Jets painfully squandered against the awful Raiders

Gimmee a break. The league championship game a few years back against the raiders was lost until the refs gave the Pats the gift of reversing a fumble by Brady with about 2 minutes left in the game.

51 posted on 01/12/2005 12:59:23 PM PST by JoeV1 (The Democrats-The unlawful and corrupt leading the uneducated and blind)
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To: azsportsterman; All
My predition for this weekends playoff:

NFC: Atlanta,Philedelphia
AFC: New England, Pittsburgh
52 posted on 01/12/2005 12:59:37 PM PST by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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To: bikepacker67
They forgot the "drunk" part in Peyton's statement.

Rodney Harrison should keep his mouth shut as well. Marvin Harrison (as well as the other Colts receivers) is going to make him look foolish Sunday.

53 posted on 01/12/2005 1:03:46 PM PST by Corporate Law (<>< -- Xavier Basketball - Perennial Slayer of #1 Ranked Teams)
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To: bikepacker67

Well, the way that game was officiated last year was a joke. They let the Patriot DBs kill Manning's receivers. It was ridiculous. The Refs would have been justified if they had called defensive interference on every down.


54 posted on 01/12/2005 1:04:14 PM PST by faithincowboys
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To: GLDNGUN

Well, the Pats did get away with murder last year. if the officiating crew wasn't in the tank/intimidated by the crazy fans at Foxboro, the Colts would've won that game. The refs called a crappy game. Ty Law and the gang were mugging Peyton's receivers.


55 posted on 01/12/2005 1:06:14 PM PST by faithincowboys
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To: bikepacker67

Dome teams have really good records at home and really bad records away in playoff games. Advantage, Pats.


56 posted on 01/12/2005 1:10:42 PM PST by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: faithincowboys

Boo hoo...


58 posted on 01/12/2005 1:17:43 PM PST by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: kingattax
go colts

GO PATS
59 posted on 01/12/2005 1:25:13 PM PST by Beckwith (John, you said I was going to be the First Lady. As of now, you're on the couch.)
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To: bikepacker67

“"You're asking me to comment on what a kicker said?" linebacker Tedy Bruschi said”

Mike Vanderjagt is currently the 6th leading score in the post season, so I wouldn’t describe him as just “a kicker”.

Not only that, but the top 5 highest scoring players in the regular season are kickers. Tedy “the brain” Bruschi should think about who is winning the close games in the NLF.


60 posted on 01/12/2005 1:28:56 PM PST by JeffersonRepublic.com (The 51st state is right around the corner.)
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