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Tom Brady will likely go down as the greatest QB of all time, especially if he can have 1-2 more seasons like this one.
That doesn't make Manning a "choke artist." Agassi is still one of the best tennis players in recent history, even though he lost 4-5 finals to Pete Sampras.
Anyone who calls his performance yesterday - 400+ yards, 3 TD's and 2 INT's that bounced off his receivers - a "choke," is just desperate, and sad. Brady basically fumbled against Oakland (I know, I know - the rule saved him, just as he planned it), threw a game-ending INT against San Diego last year, which San Diego was nice enough to give back to New England, and threw a game-ending pick against Indy last year.
I would never call Brady a "choker" as a result. The author of this thread is quite correct. A choke is giving the game away on one or a series of mental errors that show you can't rise to the moment; not being unable to pull off a game-winning drive in a game like yesterday's, against a great D.
And I love how people call last year a "fluke," as though marginalizing the accomplishment of coming back from 21-3 with one of the biggest monkeys in sports history on his back proved nothing.
That doesn't make Manning a "choke artist." Agassi is still one of the best tennis players in recent history, even though he lost 4-5 finals to Pete Sampras.
Anyone who calls his performance yesterday - 400+ yards, 3 TD's and 2 INT's that bounced off his receivers - a "choke," is just desperate, and sad. Brady basically fumbled against Oakland (I know, I know - the rule saved him, just as he planned it), threw a game-ending INT against San Diego last year, which San Diego was nice enough to give back to New England, and threw a game-ending pick against Indy last year.
I would never call Brady a "choker" as a result. The author of this thread is quite correct. A choke is giving the game away on one or a series of mental errors that show you can't rise to the moment; not being unable to pull off a game-winning drive in a game like yesterday's, against a great D.
And I love how people call last year a "fluke," as though marginalizing the accomplishment of coming back from 21-3 with one of the biggest monkeys in sports history on his back proved nothing.
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