Manning & Sproles Wild Duel! (Colts vs. Chargers, 2008 AFC Wild Card) | NFL Vault Highlights 

Its a playoff home game, when the team was good enough to win the division (or be a WC team). 11 years later and here we are again. Could this be the year?

Absolutely. Just look at the camera shaking during the Sproles' TD. The NFL has made a terrible mistake in letting the Chargers leave SD

@@thiagoprestitoledo401 They'll be back in SD within 8 years easy. LA will be Rams town when they realize it

@@Easelgames as much as i love to se it happen. spanos has broken the trust

IMO The biggest blunder in Charger history was when Gene Klein sold the team to George Spanos. From there it was a gradual shift from San Diego back to LA. The Spanos family were never committed or loyal to San Diego. Does any Charger fan remember one of the Spanos members (George or Dean) saying that, "it was a great day for Stockton"? He said that right after the Chargers AFC championship victory over the Steelers sending them to their only SB appearance. If that didn't reek of disloyalty, then I don't know what loyalty means. Anyway the Spanos family just bid their time and allowed the community to turn sour with all the Spanos vs San Diego intrigue until the Spanos got what they wanted and moved away. An aside, I wonder if anyone noticed the subtle changes to the Chargers gear. About a year or two before moving, the lettering of the name San Diego kept getting smaller and less conspicuous until all you saw was the name Chargers or the Bolts logo. Too bad the San Diego community wasn't able or willing to purchase the team from Gene Klein when the opportunity presented itself. Unlike the Green Bay community and the Green Bay Packers. They own the franchise and ensure it stays in Green Bay! Good luck in Ram and Raider country Spanos. And if you feel compelled to move the Chargers back to SD just sell the team to loyal San Diego buyers and then high tail it back to Stockton or wherever you really call home! And good riddance!

But was terrible inside lol

it wasthe trolley rides back that were ass lmao. ill miss rivers

Zeke Sweets I loved the San Diego chargers and visited the Q several times, it’s not the trolley rides. The stadium is absolute dog shit.

@@hostility3404 it is about 80% demolished in order for SDSU to build a stadium as well as to develop the area.

@@josechavez6315 😪

They wanted a new stadium in sd reportedly but they couldn't get a deal done with the city

Its stupid cause Spanos could of just paid for the stadium. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Spanos have more than enough money to pay for the stadium

Let’s see if it is reignited in SOFI stadium. Let’s go Bolts!

22 Veterans A Day sofi won’t be filled like this.

You mean SD’s mayor. He’s the real reason they left.

How on earth AJ Smith allowed Darren Sproles to get away I'll never know. He was a great Charger RB.

#forthebrand

I remember back then even the Colts players gave props to Scifres too. You don't see a lot of punters in the highlights, especially that many in just 1 highlight.

Never forget the 2005 Indianapolis Colts "perfect season." They were 14-0, looking to go 15-0.... until the Chargers came to town and took them out 26-17 at the RCA Dome. So many memories, I can't believe how fast it's all gone by.

@@jasona9 AJ Smith was a horrible GM who let players go and fired Marty

LucasEatWorld facts me too I was just talking about this luck would Neva let this happen

Time fly soon we'll be all dead

I can't believe a team with an 8-8 record got into the playoffs.

Me too! Go chargers!

11 dumbass

Zap224 football was better back in the day

The era of Rivers instantly running for his life as soon as the ball is snapped

Daniel Horton Definitely like god what the ball do to him

Fr those punts were insane

Mannnn don’t remind me lol colts was at the 2-5 yd line every possession 😩😩

so glad this is the top comment

that 70 yarder right before half was unreal

wow i can't believe it's been 14 years since this game...

14 years? Jesus Christ Timeflies I’m looking at this clip feels like it was couple of years ago at 14 years.

Justin Herbert is gonna get fcked over by spanos

I want to click the up thumb, but it's at 43.

Sad isn't it? The wheels on the Norv Turner coached Chargers started to fall off then. Up until then the Chargers had great team that slowly started to slide into mediocrity. Norv Turner was a great OC but he sucked as a head coach. Mike Mc Coy just plain sucked! The three best Chargers coaches IMO: Sid Gilman, Don Coryell and Marty Schottenheimer.

Wow! That's crazy and it was 10 years ago

@@jchapman8248 Yet Norv turner did more with the team then Marty did, Marty gets wayyy too much credit.

@@strykrpinoy I disagree. Norv had more time at helm than Marty. Norv inherited a fully loaded team. I will say this in Norv's defense. AJ Smith gutted the team bit by bit so Norv had less to work with on the field.

The moving out of San Diego process was put in motion after this game

Boii what's up with that picture

@@DeeEditor1 You're a flaming douchebag. Wtf does that have to do with his comment that's obviously sad?

Love to see Sproles come back to the Chargers...or when he retires, do a sign and retire as a Charger

Steve Miller his best years were as an eagle tho 🤔 every pb he been to as an eagle only ring as an eagle he gonna retire an eagle

@@tslzole2772 no they were not how many playoff games he win yall

Nate Demers he won a super bowl

@@natedemers7710 Loll he won a super bowl

Really!? I thought 2007 and 2009 were much better seasons. 2008 was always a forgettable season for me

D B I always thought 2005 was a very forgettable season. Overall 2006-2014 seasons was great time to be an NFL fan.

@@sxcrunner18 Nah, 08 was more memorable than 07 and 09...

In Los Angeles....⚡

@@enterzone263 no

But the stadium was always half empty during the season.

@@enterzone263 LA doesn't know a thing about this. They don't want to either.

@@enterzone263 Hell no.

Q Jefferson You can thank Dean Spanos

For real. I started watching NFL in 2005, picked the Chargers. Back when they had a city to play for. They are slowly getting some love in LA, I went to 2 games at StubHub during the 2017 season and against the Chiefs it was sad.

Traded my dolt gear for Raiders gear

Same

Yeah well it's a new team with justin herbert I wish things were in San Diego. But we will see what happens 2021.

Eternal Darkness fun fact my uncles friend went to high school with Darren sproles he told me they jsut gave him the ball he would score

@@dahooper2118 Tarik Cohen is the closest thing we have to Darren Sproles. IMO.

Eternal Darkness Sproles has (or at least had) some power to go with his speed and agility. Cohen is pure quickness

R&B Music They need to bring back the early 2000s jerseys with the dark blue helmets and the yellow + white lightning bolts - those are the best man

I think the NFL has a rule on how often you can wear certain jerseys which is dumb af

Feel the same way. They should wear them in the playoffs. Not a huge fan of the navy blue scheme.

lucky for you the powder blue unis are the official home jersey now

It’s their home uniforms for this year. Hopefully it’ll stay the same for when they move into the stadium they’re sharing with the Rams

I was coming down to say that too. There aren't many punts I see in the current game that even put a team inside the 20. Everybody just bombs kicks out of the end zone it feels like.

Our punter and kicker were top notch

He's as good as the Ravens' punter! 😳😯

It’s impossible to have 3 punts inside the 5 and 2 inside the 10.

@@fralf4381 are you really this stupid?

those powder blue unis are now the official home jersey now along with yellow face mask. its going to look a little bit like how the old unis looked like when they were in the AFL

I was nervous throughout the whole game

that punt left scifres foot at his own 18, landed at the opponents 5 yd line! 77 yards IN THE AIR! At sea level, no less.

Scifres was KING of the 6 second hang time. He would warm up in Dallas by continually plinking the Cowboys video screen above the field, pregame.

That was really about the best SD could hope for in '07, playing the unbeaten Patriots in the AFC championship game.

2006 was the Chargers year. 07 and 08 were good runs but the Chargers weren’t the heavy favorites like they were in 06.

Yeah, colts defense and special teams were the weak links during Manning's tenure. That's why it was so funny to hear Philip rivers talking shit when Manning landed in Denver. Like he was better than Manning because they knocked out the colts a few times. Then Manning proceeded to destroy the chargers during his Denver stint and rivers still sucks. Lol

The Spanos family sucks for moving the Chargers to a place they have no fans

LA didn't even want the rams let alone the chargers.

NnnnnnnnnOT gonna happen bud.

Should of stayed but there was a petition for them to keep the chargers there and there wasn't enough signature. Would definitely love if they were to stay there but hey its too late now

@@anthonymonterosso7472 they have more fans now

my fav. game of that run was the week before, an ABSOLUTE scorching of the Broncos and the game that got Shanahan fired.

Peyton got revenge on both so it's all good

as a bronco in the post season he owned both teams as a bronco in post season

@@BDA_Empire69 u wouldnt say owned but ok

@@jsmiller0605 lmao revenge, if you can call it that.

@Colts fan4 Life manning kind of lucked out when playing ne those games most times. That's ok cause Brady owns the league with 6 to manning's 2.

Yes it was.

10 years ago...it’s crazy how time flies

Yeah 2008 was really wack for the NFL. Tge topping on the cake was the CARDINALS being less than 2 minutes away from thier first Lombardi.

Light Yagami it was good for me cuz that when my Steelers got their 6th, but I consider that the best Super Bowl of all time

@@andy7376 yeah but seriously though up to that point the Cardinals hadnt done anything noteworthy in thier history and then all the sudden have a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers on the ropes in the Superbowl... Bruh

Mitch.G the colts defense gave up some plenty’s it cost the colts lose that game

Kirk Swann Jr I mean the so called mvp Peyton Manning put only 17 points against an 8-8 football team

@@BillyBob-ti2fz the “so called mvp” carried a colts team with one of the worst rushing defenses in the league and the second worst running game in the league to a 12-4 record Not to mention that other then Reggie Wayne who had a solid season (1100 receiving yards) no other colts wide receiver had more than 600 receiving yards…. Including Marvin Harrison.

@@BillyBob-ti2fz “only scored 17 points” that’s more points than Tom Brady scored in both rams Super Bowls, yet he scores 13 points in both games and nobody says a word.

@@bondsgoat25 yet Brady played more impressive in those SBs than Manning did In any of his SBs. Peyton had 3 TDs and 7 ints in his 06 run and he was the worst QB in football in 2015. Tim Tebow could’ve won the SB with that team.

No LT wasn’t on pain killers when he tore his groin. You’re just a pussy.

Larry Price tony dungy’s last game with the Colts too I believe

I remember Harrison choking a ball boy and shooting another man. Good riddance. Disgrace to football. How he is in the hall of fame is a beyond me!!

Ryan O'Neill I think his 1100+ recs, 14500+ yards, and 120+ TDs for his career had something to do with it....idk though could be wrong

@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 I'm talking about character they shouldn't allow him in

It was actually his last playoff run as a commentator.

@@TheMasterQuests Damn, right in my feels

haha sorry man@@fixxxer3456

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The Unpopular Opinionated Tennessean it’s facts. Sure you can pick a few games where he was a big reason they lost but out of 13? Honestly MAYBE 5 MAX and that’s if you’re reaching. Brady has been luckier than Peyton in regards to his defense getting key stops or special teams play

LT only rushed for 25 yards on that game

@@ernestogastelum9123 He only got the ball five times, so 5.0 Pre Rush.

The narrative is that Peyton always could’ve played much better in their losses. Yeah he didn’t commit any TOs but he wasn’t putting up any great stats either like he was known for in the regular season. But still big credit for SD for winning this tough-it-out game. -big peyton fan

Brennan McKinney then the colts go to the Super Bowl the next year should’ve stayed they would’ve beat the Saints that year cadwell was terrible that game

@@ogkur6311 I remember that game and the announcers said that he was never nervous during games. Lmao bull shit😂

@@brendonkeen1974 who u talking about Caldwell??,

@@ogkur6311 yeah they were hyping him up that game saying how he is always so calm and he coached like shit

@@brendonkeen1974 st8 boo boo no adjustments made the whole game defense playing 5 yards off the receiver ... brees dinking and dunking the whole game.... that shit made me so mad 😠

Before they were driven away by the inept Spanos Family....

jasona9 ya the Spanos family is the most hated team owners

jasona9 excuses , SD is a mediocre sports town

ItzJayScott J. Cole is dogshit

Tyler Joaquin must have been dropped when you were younger

Daniel Tapia true

Ehhhhh. Not sure what you're watching. They still cheated for certain qbs like manning or that ftm brady

No it wasn't haha

That did not look like PI in overtime, huge call

Chunon Bartfield it was holding not pass interference

It's no like the Colts were 18-0 and lost to a 10-6 six seed or anything.

😂😂😂

Manning and his usual one-and- done chokejobs in january...

@@cidiose Yeah, I can tell you didn't actually watch any of the Colts playoff games with Manning. He wasn't the reason the Colts lost most playoff games. Look at his 2007 season, he passed for 400 yards, 3 TDS, 2 INTs against the Chargers and Loses.....the next week Tom Brady passes for 209 yards...2 TDs....3 INTs.....and wins. In 2010 Manning had the Colts ahead with less than a minute left......moron Jim Caldwell lets the Jets get a big kickoff return then calls a time out allowing the Jets to get one more pass play to get into FG range (the Jets beat Tom Brady the next week BTW). In 2005 Vanderjaht missed a FG, the first he missed at home all season. In 2008 on 3 and 2 the Colts line couldn't stop the Chargers from blowing up the play and Manning had to quickly thrown the ball away, which resulted in a punt. The Chargers tied and in OT Manning never even touched the ball. in 2000 JIm Mora made Manning take a knee as time ran out instead of trying to get into FG range. The Colts lost in OT. Then there was "Jumpball Joe" in 2012 who threw a bomb and the Broncos defense let them score then they lost in what, double OT? I could go on....and Manning has had some playoff stinkers just like every other QB that made the playoffs as many times as he did.....but he was the reason his teams were in the playoffs in the first place. I mean....in 2011 the Colts went 2-14 without Manning.....the Patriots without Tom Brady are 14-7. Look how the Broncos fell apart after he retired even though they still had that defense.

@@Vichedges i watched plenty of colts playoff games and they won inspite of manning as well. He has a SB to show for it. He was not elite in the playoffs and missed plenty of plays he shouldn't of

Mr Q Ceaz yeah at choking

Manning was so overrated it's not even funny

@@Studderzify I though Manning was a great QB just choked alot

This game was decided by a touchdown though, so is unaffected by the rule change.

Yeah this had nothing to do with that

@@ianstuart371 Tom Shumate But after this game I remember there was a lot of discussion about changing the rules because the Colts never got to touch the ball in OT. Everyone thought it was unfair that their high powered offense didn't have a chance. That's what I was getting at.

@@RamenRobbie yeah you're probably right I wasnt paying much attention to football at that point. Actually the first game I remember watching was the saints Vikings championship game so that one stands out a lot more to me

@@RamenRobbie Hmm this game didn't generate that much discussion regarding the OT rules. The Saints Vikings game is really the one that pushed that discussion forward. Seeing how TD's still end OT no matter what I doubt this game had much if any affect on the rule changes.

You look like a choke artist

@@__________________________6082 lmao

I guess the stereotype that women don't know football is true lmao

@@dang5217 he is lol

He's still better than Romo or Aikman!