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!
