Brady vs Manning
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Well, the AFC Championship Game pitsTom Brady vs Peyton Manning. This classic matchup should be a great game. I asked my ATF if it hurts or helps the dancers. She predicts a deadly slow Sunday afternoon while the game is played but a very busy evening after the game. She bemoans the fact that the game is in Denver since home games frequently bring slightly inebriated high spending customers to her club after a high profile game, since hers is one of the closest clubs to Foxborough.
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I like Manning but I’m not a real huge fan of him or the Colts/Broncos (although I’ll normally pull for them). But I believe Manning is unfairly criticized for the Colts’ playoff record.
The Colts are kinda a small Midwestern team and IMO have not necessarily had the same talent; player and coaching wise; as Brady.
The Colts have never really had stout defenses like the Patriots often have – you take Manning away from the Colts and Brady away from the Patriots and the Patriots would be a better team than the Colts.
They say defense wins championships and the Colts have had ok defenses at best but def not dominant ones IMO.
So it stands to reason IMO that an avg team whom Manning made very good while playing against lesser competition during the regular season; would struggle against better playoff teams and Manning alone was often not enough to overcome the Colts shortcomings when playing against the better playoff teams.
The Broncos are much more talented on offense than the Patriots and as a team in general. If Manning at home can't beat Brady this weekend I don't want to hear anyone saying Manning is the best QB of all time.
So you think winning a Super Bowl is the measure of a bad, good, great, or best QB?
So that would put Doug Williams and Trent Dilfer ahead of Johnny U?
Fortunately for Manning, he is playing in Denver rather than another game in Gillette Stadium, where he choked earlier this year against the Pats in an absolutely atrocious performance. Manning has always been a pussy in the cold weather. It is hard to respect a QB who always chokes when he has to win the big playoff game in a cold outdoor stadium, regardless of how good his regular season numbers are.
The weather is supposed to be mild in Denver this coming Sunday, compared to the possibility of snow in MA, so that should help him.
In sports or any endeavor, as the number of participants decrease, the value of the individual increases. Not a difficult concept to grasp, don't you think?
How do you know he's a Mormon?
Incest!
And as much as I hate Bill Belichik, he's a million times better coach than Tony Dungy. Dungy is too nice.
Dungy was LOADED with talent inTampa Bay but couldn't win. Only until Gruden took over did TB win a Super Bowl.
Given a better coach in Indy, Peyton might have more rings.
Honestly I have no idea how the game is going to go. The Pats O can be explosive like they were saturday, or anemic like they were again Cleveland Cincy and Miami. If they are competent then they have a chance but otherwise Denver can just rip into them.