Posted on 06/19/2014 1:01:09 PM PDT by kingattax
Former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw says current Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is great — as long as you stop watching after the regular season ends.
Bradshaw said during his his one-man show, America’s Favorite Dumb Blonde, that he views Manning as a regular-season star and a playoff choker.
“Peyton Manning, considered the best quarterback to play the game today. Nobody would argue with that — if you like winning good during the season and losing Super Bowls, that’s your guy,” Bradshaw said, via PFT Commenter.
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Yes he did.
I know right? but 4 super bowl championships in 6yrs. and 1970 was his rookie year. His numbers really don’t compare at all to Brady, or Manning or Marino, but when you win 4, that’s really all that matters.
Your memory is not serving you. Try google.
As a Seahawk fan....I predicted the blowout (said it would be by at least 18) because Peyton relies on timing routs and adjusting the play to the defense he is presented at the line of scrimmage.
Seattle Just presses and plays physical and that throws off the timing...and they don’t do many stunts or odd tricks on defense.
That made it a competition between athletes and if you lined up both teams and ranked them on skill (offense vs defensive players for both teams).....only a few of the Bronco’s defensive lineman would have topped the Seattle offensive linemen.
my two cents.
Rings count, a lot, but it’s not all about rings. Marino was a great QB....but the only Superbowl he went to, he lost.
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Bradshaw also had an outstanding running back in Franco Harris plus 2 of the best wide receivers of that era, Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. He had to because despite all the stats and hoopla, Bradshaw was really an erratic quarterback. In particular, he couldn't throw. His receivers had to do some spectacular acrobatics to catch any of the balls he threw. Bradshaw wouldn't have been touted as a great quarterback were it not for his teammates.
Agreed. No doubt!
If you have to pick one guy I would go with Montana. Tremendous QB.
It's not right to put wins or losses on any one player. Way too many variables.
He's too dumb to form an intelligent opinion!
Good point. That’s why it’s difficult to say one guy is it....but Manning, in my opinion, lacks big game talent. If I was picking a QB, in his prime, for my team, it would not be Manning.
I think Bradshaw ha shad too much sun on his noggin. And I am a longh time Steeler fan. Payton is 1 of the greatest ever, hands down. If not the greatest.
This past year he ran against a stupid Seahawk team that was flat out amazing! I can’t stand the stupid Seahawks but man what a great team they have right now.
The big problem I see with Peyton is actually his OCs. So much gets made of Peyton being so smart and calling his own plays and being almost a coach, but when the games get big coaching matters more and more. And his coaches never seem to push him in the right direction, they always seem comfortable letting Peyton be Peyton. You can see that in his SB loss to The Saints, anybody that’s ever watched Peyton knows he loves to throw to the left flat when the blitz comes from that side, you’ll see him do it 2 or 3 times a game... including the interception NO ran back for the TD that effectively won the game. Because they had 2 weeks to watch tape and lure him into that play with a fake blitz on that side the had the LB drop to cover Peyton’s favorite spot. Good coaches would have spent the 2 weeks telling Peyton not to do that pass because everybody knows he loves it and Gregg Williams will have a plan for it. But Peyton’s coaches never seem to want to control him like that.
In short, you need a quarterback that can pass well from the pocket but be able to run and escape the pass rush on an as-needed basis. That's why Russell Wilson was so effective--he could run to escape the pass rush if needed.
Manning has bounced around in different systems with different coaching staffs so he has not had the stability like Brady has had, but in crunch time I don’t think Payton can hold himself together very well. I’ve seen his fall apart in the first round of the playoffs against teams he should have beat with ease.
Ahhh, Chuck Noll’s Pittsburgh Steroiders————better winning through chemistry.
I wouldn’t say Manning has bounced around at all. He spent most of his career under Dungy, and when Dungy retired he was replaced by his QB coach. So that was all the same system, which boiled down to let Peyton call his own plays. Now he’s in Denver but the system still seems to be let Peyton do whatever he wants.
The problem is the self coaching player will eventually be out coached by a full time coach. Which sets him up for falling apart, because he’s got nobody to fall back on. If you put Peyton’s work ethic and smarts with a team that actually coached him he’d probably have 4 or even 5 rings. But somehow or another all his coaches seem to not want to do that.
With many of the great QB’s, you have a key WR that has a lot to do with the success of the offense, and the team. Imagine Montana without Rice, Bradshaw without Swann or Stallworth? Manning had Marvin Harrison for years, and put up some big numbers. Brady seems to be able to do good with just about any receiver.
Yup....which is why I would take Brady over Manning every day of the week.
I think Manning lacks big game instincts. I won’t say he chokes, but he often comes up small, and you can’t coach that.
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