QB Comparisons...
I've hesitated writing this, and resisted the temptation of entering the debate, but after the last few weeks I felt this was very necesarry.
All season long we've read and heard about the comparisons between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. How Brady finally had the weapons and this was a testament to his true greatness. I always struck back and said that that was ridiculous. If you had switched QB's on the Colts and Patriots neither team would miss a beat. Now i must say, I have to take that back and proclaim that I think Tom Brady is the best QB in the NFL.
The past few weeks, devoid of his regular weapons (Marvin Harrison, Dallas Clark and Anthony Gonzalez) Peyton Manning has put up his first two losses of the year. Without his primary weapons Manning has looked pedestrian. He seems like he has happy feet and tries to squeeze the ball into very tight coverages. His decision making which is generally top notch has suffered without the safety valve that are his missing weapons... all of which made me think of Tom Brady.
Both teams have great offensive lines, so that argument goes out the window. What it comes down to is the rest of the weapons. Manning has flourished with Harrison, Wayne, Stokely, Gonzalez, Clark, Pollard, etc. Where as the best receiver Brady has played with before this season is Deion Branch. Yet, he always remained cool under the pressure and won 3 Super Bowls. Yes, he's annoying with his model good looks and supermodel/actress girlfriends... but at the end of the day he is hands down the cream of the crop of NFL QB's. In my eyes he has the slight edge of Pitchman Peyton Manning.
On the subject of Mannings, I felt I had to mention this past weekends Giants/Cowboys game. On one sideline you had Eli Manning, the number one overaall pick of the draft from Ole Miss in his fourth year quarterbacking the Giants. On the other sideline you had Tony Romo who was an undrafted free agent from Eastern Illinois who sat on the bench for three years. You have two guys who couldnt have taken more different paths to stardom. Yet this past weekend the difference between the two was glaring. In a close game Manning imploded and had two delay of game penalties which cost the Giants precious field position as well as momentum. On each proceeding drive Romo went on to throw for touchdowns. While the more heralded QB cost his team the game... the one with the more humble beginnings continued his meteoric rise to super-stardom.
All season long we've read and heard about the comparisons between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. How Brady finally had the weapons and this was a testament to his true greatness. I always struck back and said that that was ridiculous. If you had switched QB's on the Colts and Patriots neither team would miss a beat. Now i must say, I have to take that back and proclaim that I think Tom Brady is the best QB in the NFL.
The past few weeks, devoid of his regular weapons (Marvin Harrison, Dallas Clark and Anthony Gonzalez) Peyton Manning has put up his first two losses of the year. Without his primary weapons Manning has looked pedestrian. He seems like he has happy feet and tries to squeeze the ball into very tight coverages. His decision making which is generally top notch has suffered without the safety valve that are his missing weapons... all of which made me think of Tom Brady.
Both teams have great offensive lines, so that argument goes out the window. What it comes down to is the rest of the weapons. Manning has flourished with Harrison, Wayne, Stokely, Gonzalez, Clark, Pollard, etc. Where as the best receiver Brady has played with before this season is Deion Branch. Yet, he always remained cool under the pressure and won 3 Super Bowls. Yes, he's annoying with his model good looks and supermodel/actress girlfriends... but at the end of the day he is hands down the cream of the crop of NFL QB's. In my eyes he has the slight edge of Pitchman Peyton Manning.
On the subject of Mannings, I felt I had to mention this past weekends Giants/Cowboys game. On one sideline you had Eli Manning, the number one overaall pick of the draft from Ole Miss in his fourth year quarterbacking the Giants. On the other sideline you had Tony Romo who was an undrafted free agent from Eastern Illinois who sat on the bench for three years. You have two guys who couldnt have taken more different paths to stardom. Yet this past weekend the difference between the two was glaring. In a close game Manning imploded and had two delay of game penalties which cost the Giants precious field position as well as momentum. On each proceeding drive Romo went on to throw for touchdowns. While the more heralded QB cost his team the game... the one with the more humble beginnings continued his meteoric rise to super-stardom.
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