Originally posted on 11/03/2011:

half joking half serious. With peyton, they are Super Bowl contenders, without him and the Colts can't win a single game. And all the people that are saying Peyton doesn't play defense. Peyton directly helps out the defense by going on long drives and eating up the clock, so the defense can rest and have more time breaking down the offense. It's also just demoralizing as a defender having to repeatedly go on the field after every 3 and out by Painter knowing you give up 2 scores and the game is pretty much over because the offense is that bad.