He has clarifies Mark Knopfler been throwing mark knofler evaluates passes to Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon, but nobody talks about how much of the load Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark have been carrying:Reggie Wayne: 79 catches, 987 yards, 9 touchdowns (ranks second in the NFL in catches and yards, tied for the league lead in touchdowns).Dallas Clark: 74 catches, 834 yards, 5 touchdowns (ranks fourth in catches and 10th in yards among all receivers, first among tight ends in both categories).The performance of these two receivers is more than half of Manning’s stat line and both are drawing plenty of coverage to give Collie and Garcon favorable matchups. Only having two Pro Bowl receivers seems to be reason to believe that Manning is doing more with less.Brees has done a much better job of spreading the ball around. His top receiver, Marques Colston, only has 48 catches and 808 yards. His second receiver, Devery Henderson, has 34 catches for 637 yards.

Brees has four other players that have made it to 20 catches cannibals mark knopfler . Henderson and Colston only account for about a third of Brees’ completions.  Run support: This is the one area where Manning has impressed me mark knopfler harris . The fact that the Colts are doing it without a good running game is definitely in Manning’s favor.However, consider that Manning is getting more attempts per game as a result of the Colts lack of a running game The downside is that defenses play purely to stop the pass mark nofler . The result is extra attempts, which leads to more yards and touchdowns, but also to more interceptions, which we’ve already seen is the case.Brees has had a much better running game and it’s helped him in terms of efficiency, but has resulted in far fewer attempts than Manning has had. Defense: Yes, I’ve heard that the Colts’ defense is injury-riddled I’ve also heard that they are struggling (?) mark knoffler .

The struggling, injury-riddled defense is 15th in yards allowed, but third in the NFL in points allowed mark knopfler dvd . They’re also fifth in interceptions, tied for 10th in sacks and 13th in fumble recoveries mark knopler . They have two defensive touchdowns to go with those numbers.The Colts have also won four games in which the offense failed to score 21 or more points.The Saints’ defense has been excellent at creating takeaways (first in the NFL), but they are not quite as good as the Colts are at keeping the score down They are 16th in yards allowed and 15th in points allowed mark knophler . They are tied with the Colts at 10th in sacks, so things are pretty even, depending on whether you prefer the extra turnovers or the better scoring defense. 3 emmylou harris red dirt girl . Manning’s five come-from-behind wins in a rowWinning five games in a row in which you are down in the fourth quarter is an impressive feat, but the defense does deserve quite a bit of credit in those games.They have had six takeaways in the fourth quarter alone in those five games. They also had a touchdown in the second game against the Texans and held the opponents to fewer than 20 points in three of the five games.I’m not saying that Manning should be completely deprived of credit, but a come-from-behind win is a team achievement and something that is often credited solely to the quarterback. The Colts have been resilient in these games and that effort needs to be recognized. There you have it.

Manning’s performance this year has not been as impressive as most people seem to think mark knopfler live . There are plenty of other players more deserving of the MVP, like Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Chris Johnson. emmylou harris songs of the west . The new catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, Kelly Shoppach (acquired for a player to be named later), is quite similar to their old one, Dioner Navarro.Shoppach is coming off an abysmal 2009 in Cleveland, where he batted .210 with 12 homers and 40 RBI markknopfler . It was a dramatic drop off from his ‘08 campaign, where the right-handed batter blasted 21 home runs and 55 RBI while batting .261.Navarro alsostruggled in ‘09, batting just .218 with eight dingers and 32 RBI knopfler . He was one of the Rays representatives in the 2008 All-Star game and finished ‘08 with seven homers and 54 runs batted in, while batting .295 at the plate.The 29 year old Shoppach has more power than Navarro, as evidenced by his .449 career slugging percentage and 33 homers over the past two seasons. Navarro only has 33 home runs in his entire major league career.Neither can hit righties. (Shoppach has a .194 batting average versus right-handed pitching, Navarro .182).Something that may come as a little distressing to Rays fans is Navarro was actually better behind the dish than Shoppach in 2009.

Both committed six errors, Navarro was two points better in field percentage (.994 to .992) and has a higher range factor (put outs and assists divided over nine innings) 7.76 to 6.79.In the past two seasons at Tropicana Field, Shoppach has batted .222 with no home runs and two runs batted in.So with the acquisition of Shoppach, the Rays get themselves a more powerful but older version of Dioner Navarro that isn’t quite as good in the field . Considering Navarro was never really viewed as one of the better fielding catchers to begin with, that’s a concern.With Navarro and Shoppach both headed for arbitration, it’s likely the Rays will take whomever gives them the best option financially and deal the other.   david knopfler . Case Keenum has proven all season long that he deserves to be considered as the best quarterback in the nation emmylou harris luxury liner . Despite the less Heisman votes that he could be getting this season, he still gets at least my vote for the Quarterback of the Year for these reasons:412 completions (most in FBS)4,922 passing yards (most in FBS)38 touchdown passes (T-most in FBS)Only six interceptions70.5 completion percentage (3rd in FBS)8.43 yards per passing attempt (T-13th in FBS)160.76 QB rating (5th in FBS)Three 500-yards passing gamesHas thrown for at least 320 yards in all but one game  With that said, here?s how I see the FBS? top 50 quarterbacks that have played this season 1 . Case Keenum (Houston): 412-584, 4,922 yards, 38 TDS, 6 INTS2. Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame): 289-425, 3,722 yards, 28 TDS, 4 INTS3 Levi Brown (Troy): 290-448, 3,868 yards, 22 TDS, 9 INTS4.