Dan Dakich Show Day Four

Sunday


NFL Network

Faulk, Sapp, and Irving all agree Peyton needs to win more rings to have the "best ever" tag. Deion actually made the most sense because he said to "wait until everything is said and done and THEN look at the body of work." They all flipped their scripts when Marino was brought up and said he deserves to be in the "best ever" discussion because he was "special." Last time I checked Peyton has already broken quite a few of his records and is on a blistering pace to finish the rest of them off and he already has more rings than Marino.

It's being reported that Colts players are staying in the same hotel as they did back in 2007 and the players who were on that championship team are sleeping the in the same rooms. Talk about a need for consistency...and superstitions.

Rich Eisen said it best on the Pro Bowl coverage, "the Colts must be at the stadium, because its raining in Miami."

Jonathon Vilma is predicting a Saints victory when asked if he didn't want have the experience of walking off the plane with his teammates in Miami. He responded "I'm too worried about having that because we'll have that experience when we get off the plane in New Orleans with a victory." He also rehashed what every defensive player has said for years on what they want to do to Peyton...try to confuse him mentally, put some pressure on him, and try to make him force some throws.

Darren Sharper joined the show and there wasn't too much out of the ordinary. The main thing he hit upon was the Saints going out next Sunday "to make their own destiny" and not to rely on the "Team of Destiny" role they've been given.

ESPN

John Clayton is reporting that Dwight Freeney is doubtful for the Super Bowl. He made the trip down to Miami on Friday to start his treatments on his ankle. I think their game plan is going to be to get him in there when possible and we'll see him mainly in the second half barring any setbacks in his treatments. I believe it was the second Jacksonville game this year that Caldwell used this to get Freeney a little extra rest and to keep his legs fresh.

Indystar.com

Phill Richardson and Mike Chappell are reporting that the Colts are looking at corners Jason David, Mike McKenzie, Jack Ikewuonu, and Deltha O'Neal to help out the secondary with the injury to Powers.

Other Notes

I was watching the replays of the past Super Bowls on NFL Network today and if anyone gets a chance to check them out I highly recommend checking them out. While watching these series I stumbled across a few odd things occurrences...

-The Steelers won Super Bowls 40 and 43...the Colts won Super Bowl 41 and are now in position to win Super Bowl 44.
-To start the 2006 season we lost Edgerrin and went on to win the Super Bowl
-To start this season we lost Marvin and are in position to win the Super Bowl
-The team that lost Dungy went on to win the Super Bowl the next year...I know this has already been touched upon, but its interesting nonetheless.

Since its the day of the Pro Bowl, most of the talk is about the Pro Bowl being a week before the Super Bowl...I know, real shocker. Bill Polian's comment is still ringing loud and clear, and personally, I couldn't agree more with him. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out having the Pro Bowl two weeks early. I've also heard reports that the NFL is thinking about having the Pro Bowl the week before the Super Bowl again next year in Hawaii. I can already see GM's and coaches heads around the NFL starting to steam up and ready to explode.

Aaron