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I think Elway and Kubiak wouldn't agree with you about him being on par with Roethlisberger or Rivers because I could never see a head coach make either of those guys fit into their offense even if it doesn't play to their strengths. That is what they are doing in Denver.
If we built a running game around Tom Brady it would be viewed as prolonging his career, allowing him to control the clock etc, and would be viewed as sheer brilliance. It would be welcomed with open arms, and has often been discussed. Yet when another team does it with their quarterback who won 12 games and threw for 39 touchdowns last year (in an "off" year), it's somehow viewed as a negative?
And if first ballot HOF quarterback Peyton Manning is not on par with other conference QBs such as Rivers, Flacco and Roethlisberger who were clearly a step or two below him heading into the 2nd half of last year (after a record setting 2013 and amazing first half of 2014), then who exactly, would you compare him to?
All of a sudden he has dropped so far that he's with such QBs as Ryan Fitzpatrick? Alex Smith? Andy Dalton? Brian Hoyer? Ryan Tannehill, maybe?
For the record, the Steelers completely retooled their entire offensive scheme when they brought Todd Haley in, which is why he and Roethlisberger have been viewed as butting heads so often in the media. There have been plenty of "good to very good" quarterbacks who have seen their systems changed when a new head coach steps in. If this is your argument as to how Peyton Manning won't be effective anymore, it's really, really stretching things.
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