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Originally Posted by dubb93
So basically the numbers are close to a stalemate other than the titles and record, and I can remember several games Peyton played...and lost that IMO weren't completely his fault.
You have the Vandershank kick game where the drunken kicker missed the FG so bad that I believe it was actually right on the endzone, the WR rape game that resulted in the current NFL passing rules, the Jets miracle KR/FG game, and the Champ Bailey meltdown game(too soon?)  . And as I said Peyton didn't play bad in that Super Bowl loss either. But I guess his record is what it is, personally I would argue that Eli's team choke this year to miss the playoffs was equally as impressive as anything Peyton has ever done in the playoffs. But then you would just argue playoffs vs. regular season again like not making the playoffs is better than getting a bye and losing.
And as far as quality games go, looking at the stats all of Eli's losses you can firmly place the blame on him. In his three losses he is 0 TDs vs. 7 picks. That would make him 17 TDs against 1 pick in his victories. Hey, all or nothing with that guy, right? |
I think the stats point to Peyton's performance dropping vs. his stellar regular season performance while Eli generally has more pedestrian regular season performance so the variance isn't particularly dramatic. Peyton hasn't been terrible in the playoffs, but he hasn't been his regular season level either.
You could argue that running a 100 career rating in the playoffs is nearly impossible, but I think that's the expectations people have for Peyton. He certainly isn't the worst QB in the playoffs out there.