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Where Barnwell Went Wrong

Found December 17, 2011 on 18 To 88:
PLAYERS: Peyton Manning,  Donald Brown
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts

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Many have asked me to respond to Bill Barnwell's piece in Grantland about the Colts. Most of it has been addressed on this site before, but I wanted to give a cliff-notes style response to his specific arguments. Barnwell is one of the best NFL writers around, and one of my absolute favorites. This was not his best work, however. ARGUMENT #1: The Colts collapse began in April 2007. He lays out the argument that the Colts have drafted poorly. That has been refuted time and time again. Here's his key paragraph: Even without considering Manning, just look at that run: James, Wayne, Freeney, Clark, and Sanders. Those guys combined to make 18 Pro Bowls as members of the Colts, and you can probably make the case that every single one of them besides Clark was the best player in football at his position at one point or another during the past decade. Those guys are now past their prime and/or out of the league. If the Colts had kept up a steady string of drafting stars at...
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