Can you figure out who this graph is comparing? (Probably, if you use some simple logic and realize that this comparison is coming 2 days after the Super Bowl). Obviously, this graph is comparing Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. But can you tell which player is which by his stats? How about if I tell you that Player A has a career playoff record of 9-9 while Player B’s career playoff record is 4-2?
That’s right. Player A is Peyton Manning and Player B is Drew Brees. Peyton Manning, one of the best quarterbacks of all time in the regular season, but no better than Trent Dilfer (5-1, 1 Super Bowl ring) or Brad Johnson (4-3, 1 Super Bowl ring) in the playoffs. Anybody can win 1 Super Bowl. There have been some random QBs who have pulled that off. If Peyton wants to go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he needs to sack up and perform in the playoffs. As far as I’m concerned, the Brady-Manning debate is over. The new debate should be: Who is the second-best QB going right now, Manning or Brees? As you can see from the numbers, it is a pretty close call over the past 4 seasons.
Other observations from the Super Bowl:
-Déjà vu for Tracy Porter. He makes the pick on the inevitable Brett Favre brain fart in the NFC Championship game, and then he essentially ends the Super Bowl picking off a very Favre-like throw from Peyton Manning and taking it to the house. Well done. You saved Favre-haters and Patriots fans everywhere from incredible anguish.
-Boy, I sure wish I was in New Orleans for the after-party. I guess I still have time. The party is scheduled to go on until August 2013.
-Rumor has it that Bill Polian will petition the NFL to ban onside kicks until the 4th quarter of games.
-Can we stop with the question: “Did Team X win the game, or did Team Y lose it?” Every time I turn on First and Ten, or Around the Horn, etc, I hear this question. Why do we have to debate who was more responsible for the outcome of the game? One team was better than the other, as evidenced by the score. The Saints won and the Colts lost. End of story.
-Despite the fact that I was rooting whole-heartedly for the Saints, I was curious to see, had the Colts won, if Jim Caldwell has a pulse.
-Does any sports figure mean more to his city than Drew Brees right now? I think the man is literally a Saint.
-Sean Payton sure has balls. The game-changing onsides kick was pure genius. But was it only genius because it worked? I don’t think so. Payton has made those types of decisions ever since he took over the Saints. He plays to win, not to not lose. Much like Bill Belichick does. Belichick got killed for the whole 4th and 2 fiasco because it didn’t work. If it had, he would have been praised and his legend would have continued to grow. If the onsides kick didn’t work out, would Sean Payton have been killed in a similar fashion? Luckily for him, we’ll never know.
-AFG
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