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[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Everyone seems to point at his so so play in the regular season and forget what he has done in the playoffs. Also in those two SB wins he has had to make the play to win. I agree his brother has had to carry the team to the playoffs but once they get ther he has problems. I gave you his poor stats when he won the SB and when they lost the SB he only had 1 TD and 1 int.

I point out his regular season play because of things like last year. His regular season play meant he wasnt playing in the playoffs. I also dispute that he had to make the play in both SB's. I will give him the Manningham one. While it was a beautiful catch, it was also an amazing throw. But the Tyree pass was not some special pass. He did a nice job of escaping the pressure in the first place, but the throw was just him chucking it down field. Tyree made the play. The fact is Eli has never had to make every play like Peyton has had to do if he wants to win. He finally gets a good defense and what did that defense do once in the playoffs, choked hard core.

As far as Peyton is concerned, I would choose several other QB's if I only had to choose for one game, the SB. That doesnt change that Peyton had to carry average at best teams when in Indy. Eli never had to carry an above average team with the best pass rush in the game, he just had to play his role and the team performed like a real team.