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PITTSBURGH—The Steelers’ Rashard Mendenhall has been stranded in a neighboring space-time continuum after particularly solid blocking by guard Ramon Foster and tackle Flozell Adams opened up a massive black hole in the Jets defense, which Mendenhall ran through for a huge interdimensional gain Sunday. “We’re particularly concerned about his health due to the gravitic flux that discharges across the black hole’s event horizon,” said head coach Mike Tomlin, who called a time-out when Mendenhall translated out of our universe and sent the team’s medical staff to wait at the edge of the singularity’s accretion disc, but to no avail. “All we can do now is wait and hope that the alternate Steelers playing on the O-line in that version of Heinz Field can open up a hole big enough to bring him home.” Although NFL rules state that the yardage gained on trans-dimensional plays is considered infinite, any gain by Mendenhall was wiped out by a holding call on center Doug Legursky.
A Green Bay Packers fan writes home from the stands of Soldier Field to a wife barely remembered after 20 days of the NFC Championship.
INDIANAPOLIS—Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell told reporters Thursday he has decided to start 13-year veteran and 11-time Pro Bowler Peyton Manning at quarterback for Saturday’s wild-card matchup against the New York Jets. “After much deliberation, we believe that Peyton’s four MVP awards and one Super Bowl ring give us the best chance to win,” said Caldwell, adding that Manning being a first-ballot Hall of Famer “factored somewhat” into his final decision. “Curtis Painter is a promising young player, but at the end of the day, you have to ask yourself, ‘Do I go with the guy who has 28 career pass attempts or with the fastest player in NFL history to reach 1,000 completions, 2,000 completions, 3,000 completions, and 4,000 completions?'” Caldwell concluded the press conference by stressing that it’s “always week-to-week,” but Manning would likely be the frontrunner to start a divisional matchup should he lead the team to victory Saturday.