Found June 28, 2011 on 18 To 88:
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An odd claim was made in Kuharsky's mailbag yesterday by Ralph from San Diego, "Do you see any teams in the AFC South making a play for ILB Stephen Cooper from the Chargers? Given the fact that Peyton Manning owns that division, and [Cooper] seems to own Peyton in the battle of wits game, I see him being a major player for the South. Your thoughts?" The Colts haven't had the most success against the Chargers in recent years, but Cooper owning Manning is a pretty extreme claim. Cooper is an 8 year vet, but didn't become a regular starter until 4 years ago. In those four years he started all 5 of the Colts-Chargers matchups. Cooper's statistics in those matchups aren't particularly impressive. Lots of tackles but only, 0 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FF, 4 passes defensed in 5 games.A ILB is a lot more than just their numbers though and the question referred specifically to a battle of wits. Was Peyton held in check by the Chargers defense in the 5 games with Cooper...
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