No, he's just a better quarterback. That's why when 15 HOF quarterbacks lent their opinion 13 chose Peyton, with Joe Montana splitting. And that was in 2009, when Brady had all of his rings.
Here's a sampling:
“He takes the talent around him and raises their level,” Moon said. “What he demands of himself, he demands of others. It’s scary what he would be like if HE had a Randy Moss on his team.”
Troy Aikman suggested that Manning has had a more challenging career path because he’s had to play for three coaches while Brady has only had one.
I've agreed he played on generally inferior teams and never had the coaching, let alone the consistency in that department, that Tom has benefited from. I'm a huge Belichick fan.
That alone tells you how valuable the stat is.
I've already broken down the two genuinely bad playoff games he's been involved in. And I've noted two different three pick playoff games that Tom has had, one of which his team won for him and the other of which ended his run in his own back yard.
Of those 13 Bradshaw and Elway chose Brady. It's noteworthy that Bradshaw's numbers are horrible and he'd better vest in wins. Elway also said it's about rings. Well, most of their peers (and better QBs) differed, but Peyton has a good chance of diminishing that argument this year.
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