Brady or Manning?

I fail to understand why this is such a contested question? Brady is the best qb in football and it's not even a question. Of course his performances under pressure are legendary, but he has also been consistently able to captain teams into overachieving. I mean, the Pats were never the best team in the league talentwise for any of the superbowls. Maybe 2003, maybe. Two AFC championship victories on the road (one with the flu) and two game winning superbowl drives. A constant carousel of change around him, yet he still wins. And then he goes out and leads the league in passing yards last year.

It's time for people to get over the fact that he wasnt a first round pick.

What's sad is that in comparing Peyton to Brady a lot of people are missing out on the fact that we're seeing a great QB in Peyton. Too many people just see him as not as good as Brady and don't appreciate Manning's talents because of that.

Thats a good point TAFKAS, but for me, what attracts me to an athlete is his ability to perform under pressure and be at his best when the situation is the heaviest (same thing that stimulates Parcells judging from that recent article). All my favorite athletes had that: Jordan, Tiger, Montana (either that or they played for a Washington team).

It's kind of the A-Rod factor, and its something that pushes me away from certain guys. There's just something kind of, I don't know, icky about watching Manning consistently fold under big game pressure, then watching him go on TV and whine and deflect blame to his offensive line, or whoever. Ewww. The fact is Manning has never won a big game at any level.

I like watching Manning throw 49 TD's and do all his crazy audibilizing as much as anyone else, but he'll never be one of my guys. If the question is then Brady or Manning - and it is - I'm taking Brady any time any day any game.

Brady is a system qb, but Manning is the system. Manning anyday

Manning isn't?

Peyton Manning (2001-2006): 60-25*

Tom Brady (2001-2006): 64-21**

*excludes final 2 games of 2005
**excludes final game of 2005

Since they both boast ridiculous winning percentages, I'd call them both "winners". Of course, it's just a game and everybody's a winner:food-smil.


You win and lose as a team.

i'm talking playoffs and superbowls here. how many does peyton have?......... ok know how many does brady have? 3 and soon to be 4 IMO.

plus he doesn't bitch about everything under the sun

brady is so amazing. he is soooo cool under pressure, i think manning kind of folds under pressure.

who are the patriots recivers? no one comes to mind and manning has huge names as harrison and wayne and clark. brady works with what hes got and he puts up monster numbers with no names basiclly. thats why i think so much of brady over manning.

brady will go to the superbowl and win it. thats my prediction for this year

who are the patriots recivers? no one comes to mind and manning has huge names as harrison and wayne and clark. brady works with what hes got and he puts up monster numbers with no names basiclly. thats why i think so much of brady over manning.

Manning shouldn't be punished for playing with Harrison and Wayne. For one thing you can't say how good they'd be without him. And you also cant say that Manning couldn't put up these numbers with other receivers.

i'm not punishing him i'm just saying it's amazing how good brady is with no name, reject players. don't get me wrong manning is an amazing quaterback, but it's just impressive how brady plays

Come on the question should be Brunell instead of those two losers. Brunell the only one ever to complete 22 passes in a row. Brady and Manning never have or will ever do that. I know 14 of the passes were behind the line of scrimmage but there no way that Brady and Manning can wear Brunell jock strap. Brady and Manning our all hype. LOL