After reading this article, I had the same thoughts you did.
Is it possible he wanted to deny Dungy, Manning, and team a chance at the Super Bowl and deliberately missed the FG today?
Maybe not, but the article makes you wonder.
"So I'm an idiot, huh, Peyton? Well, I'm gonna make sure YOU'RE still a loser!"
I mean, Vanderjagt is supposed to be one of the best in the game, and that kick wasn't even close. It looked like it was 20 yeards off. That's one of those where you go, "Wow, he couldn't have missed that one any worse if he had tried."