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Is there a difference between simply "underperforming" and "making the key mistake"?
"normal QB" vs. "Favre/Manning", we'll call it.
Could be, but even "key mistakes" can be overcome.
Everybody knows "Havlicek stole the ball!"
But what few know is what happened before that. Bill Russell, trying to inbound the ball, hit the wire holding up the backboard with his inbounds pass. That "key mistake" by the ultimate winner and playoff performer gave the ball to the 76ers with a chance to win the game.
The "key mistake" didn't matter, of course, because "Havlicek stole the ball!"
Jerome Bettis was doing a lot of celebrating after the Steelers' Super Bowl victory over the Seahawks.
Only because his "key mistake" was overcome by Roethlisberger's tackle and Vanderjagt's scud.
He has eight one-and-dones in the playoffs. Certainly not all his fault. But that's TWICE as many as any other quarterback in playoff history.
Can't argue with that. But here's the thing. Perhaps another Manning would have been one-and-done this year. We'll never know, however, because the NFC East favorites didn't even make the playoffs. Can't lose if you don't play. And it keeps that 8-3 playoff record mighty pretty.