Although Big Ben Rothlessrapest squeezed out of that bathroom stall of a Sunday night game with a win, the steel city almost was left with the taste of Paint(er) chips in their mouth. Once I saw Kerry “Silverback” Collins go down, I knew exactly what would follow, due to previous performance. Curtis Painter single handily blew a 2nd half lead in week 16 of 2009 season, which allowed the Jets to make the playoffs and brought on their 1st of two AFC championship runs. "The Painter" (given the nickname for his weekday job) played his usual game, doing everything humanly possible to lose.
The Colts are fully feeling the wrath of not having an NFL caliber back up QB. Colts owner, Jim Irsey had this to say about Painter before tweeting that Peyton Manning may be back in the end of 2011, "Isn’t our current quarterback the guy that recently painted my house?" Yes Jim, he is!
Technically the 2009 Week 16 loss to the jets Painter came in down 10-9, since Brad Smith ran back the halftime kickoff. And at that moment in the league the Jets were the #1 Defense in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteAnd lets not forget that Harrison and Palamolu, 2 of the 3 most recent Defensives players of the year, are the ones who caused the Sack/fumble return. What you are calling a Rookie mistake has happened to some of the greatest QBs of time. The overthrow was a mistake, but how many reps has Painter had with the starters in practice? Give the guy a chance
If he was any good, why would the Colts sign old man Collins to a 4 million dollar contract? If Painter performs, I will post an "I was wrong" entry.
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