Dungy Says Super Bowl Won’t Be Close - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com
why does everyone question BB if he is a good coach without brady but no one asks what dungy wouldve won without manning ?Dungy also jumped into the debate about whether Manning or New England’s Tom Brady is a better clutch player. Dungy recalled a debate he had with his fellow N.F.L. commentator Rodney Harrison, who was Brady’s teammate.
Dungy went back to the Patriots-Colts game in which Coach Bill Belichick made the decision to go for a first down on fourth-and-2 deep in his own territory rather than punt the ball to Manning.
“Nobody in their right mind goes for it on their 28-yard line,” Dungy said. “But he knew: If I punt this ball, I don’t care if it’s two minutes, one minute, if I punt this ball, we’re going to lose the game. My best shot is to try to make a fourth-and-2 in my own end. That tells me what you need to know about Peyton.
“Rodney said he thought Peyton was the better quarterback, but with one minute left he would want Brady to have the ball. I said that I’ve been in all those situations with Peyton and I want him to have the ball. Your coach wouldn’t punt the ball to ball to Peyton, I would punt the ball to Tom Brady with one minute left. Your coach is the best coach in the world and wouldn’t punt it to him. What does that say?”