Why Peyton Manning is better than (insert name here).
by skywalker on Jan 21, 2009 6:30 PM EST
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Jim Brown, The Great Johnny Unitas, Brett Favre and our very own Peyton Manning all have 1 thing in common. 3 time league MVP.
Drafted number 1 overall by the Indianapolis Colts in 1998, Peyton Manning has more than lived up to his draft status causing media everywhere to denounce his greatness.
In his rookie season he set 5 NFL rookie records including most TDs in a season by a rookie QB. In his second year he threw for 4,135 yards. In 11 seasons with the colts he has thrown for over 4000 yards 9 times missing the mark only in his rookie season and again in 2005 where he was sat to rest after the Colts had clinched.
Since drafting Peyton in 98, the Colts have had the highest conversion rate on 3rd down (44.6%) and 4th down (61.1%) plays out of every team in the league. When leading the Colts to their Super Bowl victory in 06, Manning set a NFL record by converting 56.1% of his 3rd downs in the regular season. Peyton Mannings passing is anything but ordinary. He currently leads the league in most "Perfect Passer Rating games" with 4. He career passer rating of 94.7 is ranked first among active quarterbacks and only 2nd all time (Steve Young).
In 2004, Peyton Manning broke the NFL single season passing TD record with 49 TDs which had stood since 1983. He broke the record while Edge rushed for 1500 yards and also did not play the following game where he could have indeed extended the record some more. IF he had extented his record then a certain QB would not have been able to break it on the last play in the last game of the season.
Anyways where was I? Peyton Manning of course. So I tell you Peyton Manning did this and did that and you say "He chokes in the playoffs etc etc". Well sir or madam, has your quarterback threw for 400+ yards in multiple playoff games and won them both? Does your quarterback have the highest quarterback rating in postseason 400 yard games? No he does not because only Peyton Manning does. Most Quarterbacks will never see a Lombardi trophy, so I say be grateful with 1.
Passers pass. Peyton passing is purely picturesque. Enough alliteration. Peyton has had 9 career 400 yard games passing. 2nd all time behind Dan Marino. 2 in the postseason tied for 1st.
So enough of all the fancy smancy stat crap. Peyton is the best not just because of what he does on the field but also off the field. Sometime after Peytons football career started at Indy, he created his own charity, The Peyback Foundation. This taken from Wiki "The Peyback Foundation's mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana.[160] On September 6, 2007, St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis renamed its children's hospital to "Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent." Manning and his wife made a donation of an undisclosed amount to St. Vincent's and have had a relationship with the hospital since his arrival in Indianapolis."
Peytons passing is purely picturesque pretty much putting Peytons philathropy out the picture. Pity.
People don't see this side of Peyton when hes using his laser rocket arm to throw to Dallas and Reggie. Its rare to find someone who has alot of talent on AND off the field.
It could take me forever to name all of Peytons awards so Wiki will help here too.
NFL awards
- NFL MVP (2003 (shared with Steve McNair), 2004, 2008)[85]
- Best NFL Player ESPY Award(2004,[44] 2005[165])
- 9-Time Pro Bowl Selection (1999–2000, 2002–2008)[51]
- 4-Time First Team All-Pro(2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)[86][101][108]
- 3-Time Second Team All-Pro(1999, 2000, 2006)[62][70][121]
- Bert Bell Award (2003, 2004)[166]
- 1998 NFL All-Rookie First Team[51]
- 2004 AFC Offensive Player of the Year[85]
- 2004 Fedex Express Player of the Year[167]
- 2005 Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award[165]
- 2005 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award[166]
- 2005 Byron "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award[51]
- 2005 Pro Bowl MVP[85]
- 2007 Super Bowl MVP[118]
- 2007 Best Championship Performance ESPY Award[120]
Additionally, Manning has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month three times (9/2003, 11/2004, 10/2006) and Offensive Player of the Week on 19 occasions (18 AFC, 1 NFL/playoff).[50]
Its safe to say he has enough awards to cover his forehead.
Ya know what? Instead of reading my post just wiki the man.
Records, records, records from Wikipedia
NFL records
Career (individual)
Manning holds a number of individual career records:
- Most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 9 (1999–2004, 2006–2008)[169]
- Most consecutive seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 6 (1999–2004)[4]
- Most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes: 11 (1998–2008; current)[169]
- Most games with a perfect passer rating, career: 4 (includes 1 playoff game)[98]
- Most consecutive games started to open a career by a quarterback (current): 176[170]
- Highest passer rating, season: 121.1 (2004)[171]
- Most consecutive games with at least 2 touchdown passes: 13 (games 1–13, 2004)[172]
- Most consecutive games with at least 4 touchdown passes: 5 (games 7–11, 2004)[171]
- Most games with at least 4 touchdown passes (season, 2004): 6 (tied with 1984 Marino)[171]
- Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes, career: 7 (includes 1 playoff game)[citation needed]
- Highest career TDs/game average for any QB with at least 150 TDs: 1.90 TDs/game[51]
- Highest career passing yards/game average: 260.2[173]
- Highest career completions/game average (min. 100 games played): 21.7[174]
- Most consecutive games with a passer rating over 100: 9 (games 5–13 of 2004 season; record tied by Carson Palmer, 2004–05 and Tom Brady, 2006–07)[175]
- Most seasons with 12+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 7 (1999, 2003–2008)
- Only QB with at least 12 wins as a starter in 6 consecutive seasons (2003–2008)[176]
- First QB to defeat the other 31 teams in the regular season (Tom Brady did this later the same day, and Brett Favre did it the following week)[177]
Playoff records
- Most 300+ yard passing games: 6 (tied with Joe Montana)[178]
- Most 400+ yard passing games: 2 (tied with Dan Marino)[179]
- Most yards passing, 1st half of game: 360 vs. Denver Broncos, 1/9/05[180]
- Led the biggest comeback in conference championship game history (18 pts), 1/21/07 vs. New England[181]
- One of only four QB's to post a perfect 158.3 rating in a game (Don Meredith, Terry Bradshaw, Dave Krieg)[182]
- One of only three QB's to complete 30 or more passes in 2 playoff games (Warren Moon, Tom Brady)
- Most consecutive games with 20+ completions: 7 (tied w/Tom Brady)
Rookie records
- Most passing attempts: 575[183]
- Most completions: 326[171]
- Most passing yards: 3,739[171]
- Most touchdown passes: 26[171]
- Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (games 4–16): 13[183]
With Marvin Harrison
Manning and Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison hold a number of QB-WR tandem records:
- Most completions (career): 971[184]
- Most passing/receiving yards (career): 13,090[184]
- Most passing/receiving touchdowns (career): 110[51][184]
Pro Bowl records
- Most passing attempts (career): 150[109]
- Most passing attempts (game): 41 (2004)[185]
- Most completions (career): 92[109]
- Most completions (game): 22 (2004)[186]
- Most passing yards (career): 1,278[109]
- Most passing yards (game): 342 (2004)[187]
- Most passing touchdowns (career): 13[109]
Colts franchise records
Damn I love this man. Peyton is purely the epitomy of passing. Period p.s Wiki is wicked help when worshipping wubbed wones |
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by BigBlueShoe on Jan 21, 2009 6:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
my favorite athlete of all time.
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by torontocoltsfan on Jan 21, 2009 6:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
rofl
nice post. Peyton owns all!
Dwight Freeney will eat your children.
by halo_combat2 on Jan 21, 2009 7:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Awesome!
Rec’d.
The next time I have “the argument” I am going to just copy and paste this. You ROCK!
I do love Peyton Manning…
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jan 21, 2009 7:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Gosh, I ♥ Peyton Manning
I should’ve went to Tennessee. On second thought, na, orange isn’t my color lol.
I just don’t get why people continue to criticize the man. Does anyone say anything about Favre only having one ring? What about McNabb, who’s also a former number 1 pick (who I like), going to FIVE NFCCG and only winning one of them to reach the Super Bowl? Is Big Ben better than Peyton if he wins another Super Bowl ring? What about Elway? I’m way too young to remember Elway’s career, but he played in five Super Bowls and won the last two. FIVE SUPER BOWLS with only TWO WINS!!! Elway’s a former number 1 pick just like Peyton, yet no one gets on him about losing not only 1 or 2 Super Bowls, but three. However, people tend to forget one minor thing: Football is the ultimate TEAM sport.
Peyton has had to depend of the performance of the 21 guys on offense and defense in order to win a game. We’ve all seen Peyton do magical things on the field and wins games by himself (this past season had too many to count), but Wayne and Harrison still have to catch those key passes; Freeney and Mathis still have to pressure the opposing quarterback while Bobzilla knocks the f*%# out of the opposing team’s RB/TE/WR in order for the Colts to win, especially in the playoffs. And don’t forget about Special Teams, even though it’s the weakest part of the Colts team, it has had it moments (I guess). You have to be and play as a team; one guy can’t do it all, even Superman himself Peyton Manning. He’s need help, too, and in 2006 it finally clicked on all cylinders for the Colts.
I’ve heard plenty times on ESPN out of places that when the Colts are at their best, NO ONE can stop them. We’ve seen that before, and we will that again in the near future.
by KMR24 on Jan 21, 2009 7:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This particular Peyton post is positively
by ctnyc on Jan 21, 2009 11:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This piece rocks, but.....
My only criticism is that Peyton has a fivehead, not a forehead. (to keep all the brains in?)
Other than that, a tsunami of evidence, that hits with brute force and leaves you gasping. If you plan to have your mind changed by one post this year, make it THIS one.
Bobman
by Bobman on Jan 22, 2009 2:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Why Peyton Manning is better then Tom Brady
1.Tom Brady is a steroid addict, no one on the Colts, ESPECIALLY PEYTON MANNING takes steroids.
2.The only reason Tom Brady has won more super bowls and broke Peyton’s single season TD passing record, is because of his fat bastard cheater coach, Peyton Mannings coaches never have and never will cheat.
3.Tom Brady may not be back to the NFL after one Giant super bowl loss and one Giant injury, Peyton Manning will be back next season in a Colts uniform.
by PatsR18*andDONEwithoutCHEATING on Jan 22, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
How do you know Brady is addicted to steroids?
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
by KingRichard on Jan 22, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
shrkinage..
?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmGdAPjcgaM&eurl=http://www.only17points.com/&feature=player_embedded
by Nideak on Jan 22, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's obvious isn't it?
The percentage that someone’s significant other will be addicted to the same drugs is extremely high. And since Giselle has a man face and Brady has a the same intonation as a 13 year old boy….
by monstersbox on Jan 22, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lol…
okay, along the same juvenile lines, has no one else laughed at the fact that:
Tom Brady has a cleft (butt) chin. He is banging/dating/marrying/pregnating and then ditching someone named Bundchen (Bun = butt, chen = chin).
Am I easily amused, or just easy?>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmGdAPjcgaM&eurl=http://www.only17points.com/&feature=player_embedded
by Nideak on Jan 23, 2009 12:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that's certainly a leap in my book
There’s a whole lot to make fun of there but I think you’re stretching it.
I find the Ryan Parker songs about him adequate for entertaining me at TB’s expense. I have this feeling that his career will never be quite what it was in 2006 (face it 2007 will NEVER happen for him again!) after the knee, and that will probably sober me up enough that the “go Gilooley on his knee” songs no longer make me laugh. A sad day to be sure.
And regarding shrinkage, well, he’s a California boy living in New England’s bitter cold—that’ll shrink anything! (except, maybe, Rodney Harrison’s ability to feel disrspected—that somehow expanded in NE)
Bobman
by Bobman on Jan 23, 2009 3:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just think
What would have happened had we drafted Ryan Leaf first instead….
by Taskmaster on Jan 25, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Primadona Peyton
This article makes me sick. who wrote this, Primadona Peyton’s wife? Nobody in their right mind blows that much smoke up anyones ass. Pouty Peyton is only good as long as nobody from the other teams defense touches him, if Pouty Peyton gets hit or knocked down the bottom lip comes out, hands go on the hips and then the tears start. He is nothing more than a big baby,average QB at best who gets special treatment from the referee’s and especially the media. I can’t wait to see how fast all you FAIR WEATHER FANS abandon the colts after they don’t make the playoffs for a couple of years.
by anybodybutcolts on Jan 26, 2009 1:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Put down the crack pipe
it really isn’t good for you.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
Someone appears to be jealous
by Taskmaster on Jan 26, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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