The look of an overrated QB that has played in the weakest division of the AFC, has had great luck, favorable ref calls, and according to most of your gender, is 'cute'.
Posted on 01/18/2007 5:58:25 AM PST by Risha
Brady thrills, Manning shills: Colts star cashes in, but Pats QB/QT scores when it counts
By Jesse Noyes
Boston Herald Business Reporter
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - Updated: 06:22 AM EST
Tom Brady has three Super Bowl rings. Peyton Manning has none.
So why is it nearly impossible to watch 10 minutes of a televised NFL game - or television for that matter - without seeing Manning’s mug (with or without a fake mustache)? The All-Pro quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts is featured in ads for Sprint, DirecTV, MasterCard, Gatorade, ESPN and other major brands.
Meanwhile, two-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady [stats], who dates actresses and supermodels, makes the occasional commercial appearance but sits mostly on the advertising sidelines.
Sports marketing and media executives rank Manning as the most marketable player in the NFL, according to Sports Business Daily. And he doesn’t miss a lot of opportunities to cash in. Many fans outside of Indianapolis gripe that the quarterback is overexposed.
Brady scores right behind Manning in the marketability survey. But the Patriots [team stats] quarterback takes a different approach, which experts say reflects his personality along with that of his team.
“Brady is without question as marketable as Peyton, if not more,” said Peter Stern, president of Strategic, a New York sports and entertainment marketing agency. “He has the rings and he’s played on the stage on the biggest day of the year.”
But Brady likely turns down numerous endorsement deals in part because he doesn’t want to stray far from the Pats’ team ethic, sports marketing experts say. When Brady appeared in ads for Visa and Sirius Satellite Radio, he was joined by his offensive line and wide receivers.
When he does fly solo it’s seldom in uniform, and more often in model poses that end up in style magazines, like his print ad for upscale watch maker Movado.
Brady is very protective of his image. He’s sued Yahoo! [YHOO] and General Motors over what he claimed was unauthorized use of his likeness in ads.
Brady may also decline a number of endorsement opportunities to keep from diluting his image. By maintaining a certain aloofness, celebrities can often demand a bigger price tag when they do lend their image to an advertiser.
Unlike Brady, Manning arrived in the NFL with a big name already in place. His father, Archie, was a famous quarterback, and Peyton was a first overall draft pick out of college. “He had name recognition from birth,” said Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based consultancy Sportscorp Ltd. “He’s always had more name recognition . . . and advertisers always liked that.”
Manning also is funny and a good actor by football player standards.
In his commercials for MasterCard the quarterback shows a good sense of comedic timing. Manning appeared in a TV ad for Sprint where he sports a fake mustache and talks up his own performance on the field.
Manning’s appeal is more “humble-folksy,” Stern said, while Brady’s is more centered around his movie-star good looks.
Your sour grapes are way past their expiration date.
Sadly, yes.
Yeah, because real class is planning for a Superbowl parade in your town after you win one playoff game. And real class is celebrating like a peacock (i.e., one of those ultra-gay WWF-type antics dances) after you simply do your job.
"We were supposed to win the Super Bowl this year, and they just made plays that we didn't. It's a terrible way to go out."
But you can't win the Super Bowl in a divisional playoff game.
One other note. To avoid teams celebrating on your logo; Don't lose at home.
The look of an overrated QB that has played in the weakest division of the AFC, has had great luck, favorable ref calls, and according to most of your gender, is 'cute'.
Merriman never even did his job.
Not one sack, not one!!
The only time he did his dance was when he put pressure on Brady and caused an incompletion.
Merriman was MIA in that game despite having "lights out" shaved into his hair!!!
What a tool!!!
Our local sports pundit said the defense was "in the zone - the twilight zone".
And he's right; it's like Dungy just flipped a switch or something, but who cares. If they play with the intensity they've played with so far in the playoffs; it's gonna be one hell of a game. And if Payton comes out of his post season slump and kicks the offense back into gear...
One HELL of a game
Without a doubt.
HAHA! Waaaaahhhhh!
It's all annecdotal of course but there's an interesting article on Football Outsiders about bad defenses that turned good in the playoffs. In all 5 of the teams they they looked at (teams that allowed over 20 in the regular season but less than 10 for two games in the playoffs) in the third game the defenses "reverted to form". As I said it's no kind of proof of what will happen Sunday, but it make the picture less clear since previous "flipped swith" turn around only lasted two games.
Peyton sucks.
Want to go back and watch a replay of the game? The holding on Merriman was atrocious. The refs turned a blind eye. Of course, you have to be looking at more than the QB to see such things, which I doubt you do. Even with bad officiating, the Chargers owned the Pats, but ultimately beat themselves.
I'll try and find a link for you. Very informative, it may explain a lot.
Merriman had zero sacks.
The tears from your crying on this thread could water Florida's entire citrus crop for a year. Have you no shame?
Go change your diaper you big baby.
That's correct, we aint. Those teams are in week 3 of the offseason. Meanwhile, you casually leave out the Patriots defeating said Steelers in the Championship game...TWICE. Did we back in those times? Weren't they the so-called #1 seed in the conference in 2001 and 2004? Just as the Chargers where this year. Looks like a trend to me, but I'm just a classless Pats fan so what do I know?
(Makes Peyton "gosh darnit Reggie you ran the wrong route, it's not my fault" gesture)
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