Deus Irae

The Ravens were bleating about the calls, and that's the difference.

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denverpatsfan

exactly!!!

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Bill B.

Go to NFL.com and read some of the message boards. People are really jumping on the "Brady is a sissy" bandwagon over there. As many times as he has been hit in his career and bounced up, and they take this one call and blow it out of proportion. A lot of those "internet warriors" are even quoting Rodney Harrison and saying his own teammate thinks he is a "skirt wearing *******". Thanks Rodney. Harrison has to realize that words have power on national television and even though he may have been joking, he's added to the anti-Patriots fervor that is going on. The average football viewer is not smart enough to realize that their viewpoint is being manipulated by the media, and that the media hates the Patriots.

PatsWSB47

So that's the difference? Seriously, Tom Brady is the lighting rod in this story. It's Brady's perceived preferential treatment that seems to be the theme of every media story out there on it. Everybody is piling on that bandwagon. The Raven's whining contributes to it to a small degree but that's it.

mayoclinic

Brady adroitley stepped out of the way and pointed to call attention to a near miss that could have ended his career. Manning would have stepped out of the way, fallen to the turf in mock agony clutching his leg, drawing a flagrant foul and a fine/suspension of Suggs, gone off for one play, then come back on the field only to be hailed for his bravery and toughness in the face of possible debilitating injury.

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ALP

the guy is an idiot....

thats all

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Deus Irae

Given that it was Brady who's knee was involved in this incident, what would you expect? If this had been Peyton instead of Tom, people would be talking about how Manning is getting overprotected.

It's all about the bleating of the Ravens. The rest is just typical media piling on.

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Nikolai

If people think Brady is a sissy, fine. That sentiment, like other anti-Patriot sentiments, will rise to become accepted among NFL players. Let them think that at their own peril.

As long as the competition is focusing on whether or not Brady is a sissy, or gets preferential treatment, they're not focusing on the game plan and that can only benefit the Pats.

Ochmed Jones

How many WRs have you seen calling for a flag when a tiny DB taps them before the ball gets there.

At least with Brady, it is usually some big boys coming after him.

PatsWSB47

Manning might be a similar lightning rod but the media piling on is has more to do with the fact that it's Tom Brady than it does with the Raven's bleating as you put it. The media now has another excuse to drag out a non story for the Patriot hating nation. Peyton crticism would likely be confined to Patriots fans and a few conference rivals....Cripes Polian would be proposing a Peyton knee touch suspension clause, lol.