Point wasn't that Peyton is better than Tom (He's not). Like you said, people like to ignore the failures you pointed to.
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defense vs Indy Peyton kept him in check until 2006. Only 2 of his playoff Ls came to Brady. No excuses for the rest. He consistently came up short in the playoffs.
Early on you can get on Peyton for some of them (mostly 2003 and 2004), but post 2006 I can’t really think of one except 2009.
2007: upstanding man from Philadelphia has a fumble in chargers territory, Reggie Wayne juggles a pass into the hands of Antonio Cromartie in field goal range right before halftime, the defense lets Billy Volek drive the length of the field for the go ahead score in the final minutes with rivers, gates, and LT all hurt. Then the receivers drop passes on 3rd and 4th down beyond the sticks to lose the game.
2008: 8 of the colts 10 drives start inside the 20 and I think 5 start inside the 10 while the colts can’t run the ball either. They have the lead late but Jacob Tamme forgets the snap count and misses his block so Shaun Phillips gets a 3rd down sack when a 1st would’ve won the game so the colts have to punt. The defense folds in regulation and gives up the winning score on the first drive in overtime.
2009: Peyton did throw the pick to Tracy Porter, but there was a clear block in the back (on Peyton of all people) that should’ve wiped out the score. Then Reggie Wayne dropped a touchdown on 4th to end the game when if they recovered the kick they’d have had a shot at the tie. Minor note but Pierre Garçon dropping a 50 yard gain cost them the momentum.
2010: Slow paced & as a result low scoring game but Peyton gets them the lead with less than a minute left. Then the kick coverage unit gives up a big return and lets the jets drive for the winning field goal at the buzzer.
2012: Brandon Stokley juggles a pass into Corey Graham’s hands for a pick 6, Matt Prater botches a field goal right before halftime which gives the ravens a short field they turn into a touchdown, and Rahim Moore blows the coverage on a Hail Mary with the game on the line. It should’ve been 31-14 Denver after the 2nd half kickoff.
2013: Their offensive line was missing I think 3 starters, the line was horrible, the receivers played bad and scared after Kam lit up Thomas (RIP) the backs were bad, and the defense & special teams unit gave up 36 points to a team with a historically great defense. No quarterback could’ve won that game for Denver that night. All of Denver’s struggles that game originated elsewhere.
2014: He had a torn quad so he couldn’t really throw the ball. Tore his quad in early December against the raiders and looked bad the final month of the season. We just didn’t realize he was officially
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until the next year.