Peyton Manning's Legacy

You're fighting a battle that can't be won. People that dislike Peyton will dislike him if he wins tomorrow. They'll come up with another excuse then. Then he could win the next one, and people would find another reason. And another. Some people just don't like him and never have.

Not that I'm much better. I haven't like Kobe since he came to the NBA, so I get irrational in Kobe debates.

 

Just don't put Favre in a dome, where he's prone to throw six picks in conference title games.

 

You have placed plenty of worthy reading on my screen.

None more to the heart of a matter, perhaps, than that.

 

Peyton Manning: Meat cutter cheerer-onner.

 

Peyton's legacy: Leadership, football wins, one or more Super Bowl victories.

 

Point's still the same, like Manning, Favre's not all roses. Everyone has their flaws.

 

This is what's going to happen to the Bears.

 

Yeah, yeah. And Favre is a helluva lot more likely to make a costly pick to his team the game.

 

Remember, Elway was considered a career loser, "couldn't win the big one," until in the very twilight of his career, he won TWO of the "big ones."

In almost the complete opposite-image of Elway's career, Johnny Unitas, regarded by many the greatest ever, won two NFL Championships (the Super Bowl of the era) very, very early in his career, and finished up with poor performances in the two SBs he DID play in close to his retirement - he was ineffective in SB III against the Jets, and he was worse than ineffective in SB V, when he was yanked/knocked out in favor of Earl Morrall, who went on to win the game.

Which brings up a tangent: Why didn't Earl Morrall ever get any traction for election to the HOF himself? A key player on TWO Super Bowl-winning teams, and also picked up an MVP award of his own (He did play poorly in SB III, but he was one of the main reasons the Colts even got there). Yeah, he had some dud years mixed in there, and his status as a backup for half his career hurts, but the guys he was backing up were HOFers themselves (Tarkenton, Unitas, Griese). Plus, playing much of his career in an era when 2,000 yards passing in a season was a big deal didn't help either.

His eligibility is over now, but he had a career that could stack up with some of the guys who are in.

 

But we're talking about the team Montana had around him in this context, and that group wasn't nearly as good as the 49ers other championship teams.

 

Not against the Broncos. Or at Arrowhead Stadium. Some games, yes. Other games, no.

 

Let's revisit this after tomorrow, shall we?