Manning gets less of this crap, despite being a year older and showing a lot more actual physical decline.
Because Manning gets credit for DT taking a screen 80 yards for a TD lord knows how many times last season, Wes Welker being literally uncovered, not a single man assigned to him, for at least 4 of his TD's, 6'4" receivers capable of snagging his ducks out of the sky 25 yards down field.
Brady has played much of his career with dwarves at WR, including his top 2 receivers last year, Manning misses by 2 yards and his giants would find it, Brady misses by half a yard and our guys simply don't have the reach to save him. Our interior OL also imploded for much of the season, Manning was untouched.
Brady still throws the ball much better than Manning, he has better arm strength, accuracy, touch, and their anticipation/decision making has always been pretty equal. Brady just doesn't have Manning's options, when Gronk was active, for those 7 games, no offense came close to our scoring pace, including the Bronco's that broke our 2007 records. But, for some reason, some media like to ignore the "Gronk Effect" because "he's so good we don't count his absence", what the hell logic is that?
Manning will look much more human with Welker being a year slower and another 2 (or 3?) concussions under his belt and Decker on the East Coast (while he's not a number 1, he's much better than Sanders, and his size saved Manning a lot).
Though I'm still not going to be surprised in the slightest when Manning's numbers decline by 3% completion, 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns and we're still discussing Brady's decline after his improve by 4% completion, 300 yards, and 10 TD's.
The media loves Manning, the football players love Brady.
