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Gregg Williams, the New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator did a wonderful job at getting licks on Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. But now he has jumped ship, and is now trying to bully a different kind of quarterback. A franchise, multi Pro Bowl, MVP quarterback. Gregg Williams is calling out the dogs in search of Peyton Manning's head (or ACL).
In an interview, Williams spoke of giving Manning a few "remember me" shots. When asked about an excessive amount of penalties that could come with a mentality like this, Williams mentioned that he wasn't to worried about it. He even goes as far as saying, "...if it happens you hope he doesn't get back up and play again." Stupid or smart? I have no idea but I do have a few comments.
These comments show either one of two things: 1. You are incredibly stupid and you don't mind messing with fire. Peyton Manning has one of the fastest releases, a hidden time clock in his head, and doesn't take hits. When a defense does get to them, he crumbles, protecting himself from a "Tom Brady" type future. 2. You are extremely scared of Peyton Manning, and he now knows it. Sure, Curtis Painter's entrance into any NFL game means an easy win, but calling out the dogs to hurt Peyton Manning? Are you stupid? Manning is going to be using this as fuel all week. There is no one else like Peyton. He has been studying you non-stop, going through reads, and developing the perfect game plan against your defense (that gave up over 400-yards to the Vikings) that is the 26th ranked passing D in the league.
Defensive Coordinators have all tried this before, and while I don't know how often they win, or accomplish their goals, I guarantee they weren't calling their players to injure a quarterback that has the capabilities of Peyton Manning. Plus, the officials are already there to protect the quarterback and now the Super Bowl officials are going to be watching even closer while you blitz Manning's back side. This seems incredibly stupid to me. Don't get me wrong, I love the fire and passion of Williams, it is football that we are talking about, and I don't know if this is supposed to be a two week mind game or what. But believe me, you, Peyton Manning will be saying "Remember Me" at the end of that game.
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I think Gregg Williams might be getting a little bit of a big head. I believe he thinks that he did such an awesome job turning around the Saints defense he can do or say anything. First off, the Saints defense isn't very good, they just get lucky with turnovers. My point being made against the Vikings last week. I realize he's probably just trying to motivate his players but keep it in the locker room, because what he's doing now is motivating Manning's line to make sure nobody gets close to Manning. And just when I don't think Manning needs anymore motivation Williams says something stupid. Manning will play lights out, win his second super bowl and there's nothing Gregg Williams can do about it.
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