dante828

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playof...ory?id=2720108

I don't know why this angers me so much but it does. Maybe it's the blatent idiocy of the whole thing.

cblesz

Why does this anger you so much? They do this all the time. And like clockwork, Manning exits the playoffs. Look, his numbers are great and that's what they are looking at. Plus, he gets to throw to one of the best receivers in the game.

The Dude

Manning sells. He is a marketing dream. Unfortunately for indy, come January he can't win.

mgteich

I thought that the article was very well written. There even is some repect for our OL, ranked 4th.

Holy Diver

It angers me....top QB in the playoffs? Tom Brady is 10-1

PatsDeb

Who cares at this point? Statistically, Manning was better than Brady the last few years with his superior and stable receiving corps, but Brady will always have the intangibles (not to mention the rings) over Manning, and they enter the playoffs with the same record, with the Pats (and Brady) having more momentum. On Sunday at 4:00 p.m. hopefully we can gloat that Brady is clearly the better QB again, no matter what the stat charts say.

patsox23

Try "two."

MrBigglesWorth

too bad he can't play middle linebacker

Drewwho

What the Brady have to do to get the respect he deserves????? I would love to see Mannings numbers throwing to Caldwell, Brown, Gaffney and Gabriel. Brady has only played with one probowler on offense in his ENTIRE career (Brown in 01)!!!!!

Yeah Manning has great stats, yada yada yada. That is because, the Colts put the bulk of the salary cap into that offense. Most QB's playing with that group, not to mention having 8 games in a dome would do just fine - can you imagine Brady's numbers throwing to that group with that protection not to mention the perfect conditions 8 times a year! If Manning was a great as everyone says he is, couldn't the Colts trust him to do more with less on offense and take some of that coin and put it into their defense like NE does? I would love to see it!

Apparently they don't think Manning can do it without the supporting cast. Manning has only himself to blame in campaigning hard to keep his guys; Harrison, Wayne, Saturday to get top dollar - not to mention himself! All along leaving a huge hole in the defense. He can point fingers all he wants at his defense but he should be pointing right at himself!

Brady on the other hand could have held the Pats over a barrel to be the highest paid QB (after 3 SB's who would have blamed him). He also could have held them over a barrel with Branch. He certainly wasn't happy about Branch, but the Pats trust Brady's leadership and talent enough to know he can still be great with a less than stellar cast. The Pats are damned lucky to have this kid and as I have said on many occasion, I hope Pat fans realize how lucky they are to watch this kid every week. Tom Brady's don't come around too often!

He has won 3 Superbowls for &$#sake! It amazes me he just doesn't seem to get the respect he deserves. I guess in a way it is a good thing because he will always be a 6th round draft pick and driven to prove everyone wrong!

IcyPatriot

So that's how he got all those rings???