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watching Peyton Manning destroy the hapless 49ers the other evening in route to becoming the NFL's all-time touchdown passing leader.
Snippet: "Peyton Manning has made the history books again, and his latest achievement is more impressive than you think. While Brett Favre needed 10,164 passes to reach 508 touchdowns, Manning's NFL-record 509th TD pass happened in just 8,659 attempts (his 510th TD occurred on his 8,669th pass). But that's not all ... no other QB has been as proficient for such a sustained period of time as Manning has been, and he will likely remain atop that list for some time to come."
Joe Montana's stats pale in comparison to Manning's. ~:)
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•The Ducks sport the best overall winning percentage in college football this decade at 88.3% (53-7). UO’s 78.95% success rate vs. top 25 opponents (15-4) is also the best in the land.
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use for Manning. How many national championships did they win during that period? ~:
Did Denver figure out what went wrong at last year's Super Bowl? That was embarrassing.
I'm a Patriots fan. I was not surprised at all at that game.
I remember 2007 :(
Jim J.
"Did Denver figure out what went wrong at last year's Super Bowl? That was embarrassing."
Denver spent a small fortune during the offseason revamping their defense. And they acquired Emmanuel Sanders from Pittsburgh, a terrific receiver. What’s more, Pro Bowler Brian Clady, "Peyton's protector" is back. Clady missed the entire 2013 season due to injury. Having Clady back allows Manning a bit more time to throw.
As for Seattle, they appear to be on the ropes at present. The Harvin trade blew up in their faces.
... and Seattle not so good. I understand the trade they made concerning Harvin. He had been in two fights with teammates. A coach can't let internal stuff disrupt the whole team. There is still two months of the regular season remaining, so we shall see.
Montana: 4
Bradshaw: 4
Aikman: 3
Brady: 3
Young: 3
Manning: 2 ... Opps that's Eli.
Plunkett: 2
Geez, Joe Namath and Brett Favre have as many rings as Peyton....he's not even in the Top 15.
-Rod
His first super bowl win, he was the mvp, but Marcus Allen was the mvp the next one. And yet, the real stars were the cornerbacks, Hayes and Haynes.
What about Unitas? How mamy super bowls did he win? Who cares?
d
Or reads emails sent to "webmaster"?
Doesn't look like it.
Yes, I check it and I saw your post. Most users are linking to graphics from other places. I don't have much control and to strip all animated gifs would break more than it would fix.
There may be another means, but it requires a fair amount of software work to disable sig lines as a user option. That will take some thinking to see how easy or difficult it might be.
-Rod
... but I saw the SB last year. It was like he couldn't breathe.
Bradshaw and Aikman were better QBs than Peyton because their teams won more SBs. And to continue with your tortured reasoning: Super Bowl wins are the sole accomplishment, or nearly so, of the QB, the rest of the team is largely irrelevant. Pretty simplistic, isn't it?I think it more accurate, and intellectually honest, to acknowledge that Super Bowl wins are largely a team effort. When was the last time a team won a Super Bowl without a great defense and special teams?
Edits: 10/21/14
Here are some critical ones for Peyton; I remember him being terrific during the season for many years--- and falling apart in playoffs.
"Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1999 (0-1), 2000 (0-1), 2002 (0-1), 2003 (2-1), 2004 (1-1), 2005 (0-1), 2006 (4-0), 2007 (0-1), 2008 (0-1), 2009 (2-1), 2010 (0-1), 2012 (0-1), 2013 (2-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 2006 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 2006 (1)"
pro-football-reference.com
Ted Williams is acknowledged as the greatest hitter to ever play the game. He was the last player to hit 400. At age 38 he hit 388. At age 41 he hit 316. He retired with a lifetime batting average of 344. Only a small percentage of players will ever hit 300 for a single year. Yet Williams’ World Series average is 200. But I’ve never heard anyone argue (with a straight face) that because of his mediocre post season stats Williams was not the best hitter the game has ever seen.
The post season for any sport is exceedingly brief and does not offer us an accurate snapshot of a player’s abilities. Don Larson is the only pitcher in World Series history to toss a perfect game but he was a mediocre pitcher. When evaluating a player's legacy one must look at the **totality** of his career. That is the proper yardstick. And as the writer said, “no other QB has been as proficient for such a sustained period of time as Manning has been, and he will likely remain atop that list for some time to come."
How could you compare Babe Ruth's record to the steroid era hitters?
Manning has thrown over 8,500 passes; Montana, 5,400. Teams don't have much for running games these days. It's apples and oranges.
-Rod
today's game is more complex. The offenses and defenses are more sophisticated.
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