Those guys all still got help from their defense and skill positions too. The defining plays of the last 2 postseasons for the ravens on the other hand have been flowers fumbling at the 1 yard line in a game they lost by 7 and Andrews having a fumble that gave away 3 points and a dropped 2 point conversion to tie the game on their final drive where he was wide open. A key point that was just brought up to me by Stan Jones is the defense. In his 8 playoff games Lamar has gotten 1 takeaway by his defense in the 2020 wild card game and none in any other game. All those guys had a great game or two during said playoff runs but their defense also stepped up in big moments while Lamar essentially has to be flawless for his team to win because his skill positions and defense don’t give him any margin for error whatsoever.
Flacco got 3 takeaways and horrible execution on a missed field goal as well as one of the worst blown coverages ever with the game on the line in the divisional round vs Denver, 2 picks and a turnover on downs in the afc title game and then 2 takeaways and a turnover on downs and kick return touchdown in Super Bowl 47 with all 3 games being close.
Brady’s defense & special teams got big plays in nearly every playoff game, such as 4 picks in the 2003 afc title game, 2 picks including a pick 6 in Super Bowl 36, 3 picks in Super Bowl 39, the Malcolm butler and a key red zone stop earlier in Super Bowl 49, 2 special teams touchdowns in the 2001 afc title game, John kasay doing what he did in Super Bowl 38, and the pats defense holding the chargers to 12 points in the 2007 afc title game.
Manning had a great comeback in the 2006 afc title game but he shouldn’t have been there with the game he had against the ravens the week prior. His defense got multiple takeaways and held the ravens to 6 points in a game where he was 15-30 for 170 yards and 2 picks. In that afc title game his defense made a few huge plays at the end too with Bob sanders baiting Brady in robber coverage to get a 3rd down stop to set up the game winning drive and then Marlon Jackson in the same coverage getting the pick to win the game the next drive.
Ben had a great game winning drive in Super Bowl 43 but he doesn’t get there if his defense doesn’t get there without his defense forcing 3 turnovers and having a defensive score to put away the afc title game and getting to play an 8-8 chargers squad the week before that, not to mention his defense getting multiple takeaways and having a defensive touchdown.
Rodgers in 2010 got a defensive touchdown in a 1 score win in the nfc title game and in a 6 point win in the Super Bowl by Nick Collins too before this defense also forced a turnover on downs to win the game.
Maybe it is wrong, but we’re arguing over granular details. The point was that the rest of the team did enough that he hardly had to do anything after halftime.
, which is why we never got past the Divisional when having to take the long route in the postseason. 
