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it's not that hard to do
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS0301
Go to "statistical database", you can use drop downs to filter your results. Manning had 7 4th quarter TD throws in '04. Only one was when they were leading by any margin at all. They were up somewhere b/tween 15-21 points (on the Titans I think, maybe Houston). They had trailed by at least 1 TD in that game as well.
The perception was Manning was "stat padding", but nothing like we have seen from Brady and Co.
Not that I care, I hope he throws 9 td's in a game, would be fun to watch.
It IS funny how in '04, this was looked at QUITE A BIT DIFFERENTLY, Pat fan
Week 10, 2004: 4th Quarter.
Indy 42
Houston 7
Houston turns the ball over on downs after after an incomplete pass from David Carr to Jabar Gaffney on 4th and 4.
1st and 10: Manning throws to Harrison; incomplete
2nd and 10: Manning throws to Harrison for 13 yards
1st and 10: Manning throws to Wayne for 12 yards
1st and 10: Manning throws to Pollard INTERCEPTED by Peek
There are several obvious differences between this and the 2007 New England Patriots.
1. New England would have taken Brady out of the game. (Peyton was never taken out)
2. New England would have considered running the ball.
3. Tom Brady would never have thrown that interception.
I don't have any problem with Indy trying to score points in this situation, but its funny how their fans claim that they never try to do this.
He Ban Me, who probably watched this game, is apparently claiming that because Peyton was intercepted, this doesn't constitute trying to run up the score. It wasn't a "4th quarter TD".
Perhaps we'll now hear about how Peyton deliberately threw that ball to the other team, thus clearly demonstrating his charitable nature.