I didnt do any pregame scouting on this team so i was surprise do see Peyton Manning walk out of the huddle along with Chris Johnson, from that moment I knew it would be a hard fought game. He loves to pass the ball, do NOT play zone cover 2 on him unless you want to see Louis Murphy catch a pass for 40 or more yards. Mainly ran shotgun plays and did the occasional draw to Johnson if you didnt crowd the line enough. Forced me to always have someone covering the flats or else he would have someone open there, sometimes he will just send Johnson to the flats and pass it to him even if there is a LB close by because he will break the tackle or outrun him 95% of the time.
Primarily used only 3 rushers against me because he knew I was going to pass. On multiple occasions this left me with a lot of time to find an open WR and I was able to a lot. He manually controlled some MLB named Barnes, he was good at it too, usually i can confuse people by with crossing patterns but he stayed in his zone well. He basically used zone the entire time by i had so much time i was able to find open WRs. He probably runs different Ds based on what offense he is facing, i doubt a heavy pass D with 3 D linemen is his base D.
Overall great player and we had a great game. I lost 24-22.