We can get into the statistical aspect of this. Brady often beats Manning in these head-to-head games. He's now 11-5 against him. That's dominant, but it's more than that. It was the throws Brady was making. On one of them, to Julian Edelman, he threw the football to a spot where the tightly covered Edelman simply had to turn and
thwoop—the ball hit him in the chest.
It was a trademark Brady throw. Edelman was covered. The play was completed because of Brady, not the receiver.
There were a good half-dozen plays like that by Brady. He has a receiving group that is fairly talented but besides
Rob Gronkowski isn't overly so. Certainly not to the level of Manning's group.
And this is the difference between the two men and why Brady is better: He's malleable. He adjusts. He can play in any weather, with any offensive group, and beat you.
For Manning, the conditions have to be perfect for him to prosper. He's a front-runner, which is why he has so much statistical greatness and not Super Bowl moments. The Super Bowl is the ultimate setting where insanity is the norm, and Brady has played well in all of his Super Bowls because he prospers under adversity. Manning doesn't.
