Manning is stained for LIFE. You CANNOT throw a pick 6 like that. To be the GOAT you have to be like Montana and lead the team downfield with 1 minute left to a win, Or Brady, who did same, even when the Pats lost to the Giants, Brady led them downfield to put them ahead, before Tyree caught a ball with his head. You ARE what you DO. Manning is 9-9 in the playoffs. He is in the top 10. but now with this stain on his record, can NEVER be number 1. ever ever ever. Ha Ha to Polian, bet he changes the rules now to make onside kicks illegal without notifying a team first you are doing it.
I would he was great and he played against unbelivable competition and performed big in the big games.
i don't want to hijack this thread and turn it into this.bradshaw was great. however,there's a few names in between montana and bradshaw on my all time list.
You can take the top 20 NFL QB list and place them anyway you want to and it's opinion and you wouldn't be wrong. Bradshaw has 4 rings and went through some great Oakland and Dallas teams to get them. For my money Bradshaw is in the conversation of one of the best where you want to rank him or Manning or Montana doesn't really matter. Warren Moon is in the HOF and Ken Stabler isn't, go figure. Manning hurt himself tonight. NO had the better team but that's not the point. He choked, no getting around it.
Manning is great. One of the best ever. The Saints played a great game. They kept the ball out of Manning's hands. Its not like he kept messing up. He has ONE mistake. Manning had classic passes like usual in this game. He had his team up 17-13 in the 3rd Quarter. He was close to tying the game, but was picked for a TD (which is super rare for Manning). Patriots fans will be happy about tonight, but Manning is better than Brady. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the Colts without Manning are 5-11/6-10 tops without him. That should "Painter" a picture for ya.
Mistakes? Well if Manning made "Only one" then Brees made "Only none". While people are still quick to talk that he played a great game EXCEPT ......... Brees was absolutely increadible and outplayed Peyton... Funny though, no one really mentions that.
I ain't big on splitting hairs. Manning is a pretty fucking amazing quarterback, postseason, regular season, whatever. I'm also grinning from ear to ear watching him lose. Thank you, Saints.
The fact that Brady played like a turd for 3 quarters before leading that score with the most prolific pass offense in NFL history doesn't exactly exonorate him from sucking in that SB. Manning choked but the opportunity to choke was only there because he was good enough to keep an outmaned squad in the game for so long.
Even though Manning is the better player right now, in terms of overall career I think Brady is still easily ahead of him. In the future I think Brady and Manning will be viewed together of the best two qb's and players of the decade, and people will still probably debate it then... Manning really is special player, but it was fucking awesome to see him blow it like that tonight.
Would have been the worst coach to win a SB ever, and in my mind is the worst coach to appear in a superbowl, he is so BAD it makes me angry, if he were anyone else's coach he would have 5 wins
Yeah but what Royal Tee was referring too was that Manning didn't "win" the super bowl for the Colts. The colts got a great performance from Addai.
