Certainly not. Actually, I'm not arguing that Brady choked at all. I'm merely commenting on the double standard by which he's measured here.
For instance, Manning's first pick in the Baltimore @ Den game was a perfect pass to Decker, which due to what some would call uncalled PI and some would not, bounced off Decker's hands/chest straight up into the air resulting in a pick 6.
Go to the 'hatorade' thread and see how many posters here were willing to call a spade a spade and write that one off as sheer bad luck. Nope. It was on Manning. "ANOTHER PICK IN THE PLAYOFFS! WOOHOO! THERE HE GOES AGAIN!"
Yet Brady's tipped pass, which one could argue was tipped at the line and therefore never even got close to its intended target, is not judged the same way.
My opinion: Football is a team sport, and no one guy can do it by themselves. Manning put his team in a position to win the game where only a miracle could take it away and that miracle floated over Rahim Moore's head. No doubt the pick in OT was a terrible decision, and he gets his share of the blame for it, but on this forum, that share of the blame is basically 100%.
Brady had a game against Baltimore that was mediocre at best, a terrible rating, more picks than TDs, 13 points total and none in the second half. Is it his fault they lost? No, because the guys around him weren't able to step up their own games to help out and take up the slack, which is what a TEAM has to do to win.
It IS a double standard, and I'm not really sure how anyone can a) not see it, or b) see it and still argue against it.
First, there is no double standard. Well, that's not actually true, as some degree of double standard tends to creep in when comparing favorites to non-favorites. However, you choose to ignore or dismiss the arguments made that separate the two and insulate most of the discussion from the argument of "double standard". That's not the same thing.
Second, I assume you're joking by trying to bring in the "haterade" thread, given its title.
Third, Manning is a choking dog. It is what it is. He's gone pick-6 against the Saints, and his pick against the Broncos might just as well have been another pick 6. I could point to other games, but those are recent and funny.
Fourth, and I won't even get too far into it, Manning goes one-and-done like it's going out of style. For all the *****ing that you and others are doing about Brady, he usually wins a freaking game before losing.
The problem here is that you're taking a point that has a very small grain of something approaching truth and trying to pretend that it's a planet-sized and powerful argument. It's not.
2005: A 10-6 team is beaten by a 13-3 team. Brady throws a bonehead pass which results in a blown call by the officials and the awarding of a TD to the Broncos.
2006: Brady gets team to huge lead. The sick and injured defense could not hold off the Colts and the poor officiating (Face guarding?)
2007: Brady's ankle kept him immobile and allowed the Giants to tee off on him. Nonetheless, he got the team the lead at the end of the game
2008: No Brady, no playoffs
2009: Brady, still working his way back from injury, faces the Ravens without the newly lost Welker, leaving only Moss as an offensive weapon worth a damn. Sam Aiken was the WR3, for crying out loud.
2010: Brady screws the pooch on a simple screen. dumbass play, legit choke claim
2011: Brady had been injured for a good part of the season. In the SB, he sets a record for most completions in a row. He's then hit and clearly reinjured. Nonetheless, he still leads the team to the lead late in the 4th
2012: You haven't called it a choke, the second INT was obviously in a desperation type of situation, and the team was down 15. One can certainly wonder about his clock management prior to the half.
That's 2 unexcused chokes and one game where he wasn't choking but certainly wasn't getting it done at a high enough level. Now, could you show me the comparables for Peyton? Perhaps you could start with the season where he was shut out...
