When it's all been said and done.

[JoeRedskin]

If we are talking just Brady/Manning - I think that is going to be one debated for a looooongggg time. Would Brady have succeeded in the Colts offense? I am thinking yes. What would Belicheck have done with Manning?

I think Manning is the better QB of the two BUT, if I was starting a team, I think I would take Brady. Certainly the Brady of 2 to 3 years ago.

Manning is such a good QB that, like Marino before him, the offense tends to get modelled around him. It's not that he is a "Me First" guy, it's just that he's so good that he can't help but be the team's focus. Particularly now in the salary cap era, other parts of the team suffer a little. When you play Indi, if you "solve" Peyton, you win. While true to a certain degree and more so recently, "solving" Brady didn't necessarily get you a win (Matt Cassell anyone?). For the last 5 years or so, teams didn't so much play "the Colts" as much as they played Peyton (figuratively speaking of course).

But as Smoot said, we're just lucky to see them both play.