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"It's scary how good this week has been," said father Archie Manning, who watched son Eli win a bowl game January 2nd, and since has watched Peyton dismantle the Broncos and Chiefs. Peyton Manning and Edgerrin James were all smiles after beating the Chiefs. In 17 playoff possessions, he's produced 10 touchdown drives and two field goals. Three of his non-scoring drives were at the end of halves or games when he was killing the clock. Michael Jordan used to talk about being in a zone when he was at his best. Manning's in a zone. You can blitz him or drop eight defenders into zone coverages. For two weeks, he's been unstoppable. He's completed 44 of 56 passes for 681 yards and eight touchdowns. Despite making every call from no-huddle formations at the line, the Colts didn't have an offensive penalty against the Chiefs. "I'm hot right now. We're hot right now," Manning said. "We have a good mix going with our run game and our pass game. We are hot right now. It's not trickery. We're not running flea-flickers. We're not running reverses. We're just running the same plays we've run all season. We must've sharpened up the execution." Execution is a good way to describe what Manning did to the Broncos in beating them 41-10 and then going on the road to whip the Chiefs, 38-31. He literally put the Chiefs defense in the electric chair and kept playing with the switch. His offense is being run so efficiently that Hunter Smith hasn't punted in two weeks. "Least valuable player," Smith said to Colts general manager Bill Polian about himself as he entered the locker room after the game.
Approximate Word count = 1094
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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