The game that made playing defense illegal.

[@BrettKollmann]

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[@LightningBoltJpS]

Video idea, how about the Priest Holmes Chiefs? And how they ran the ball so effectively and maybe some commentary on whether that style would or would not work today.

[@ethanniedorowski116]

2004 cards Emmitts last dance 🕺 🎶 an vikings worst moment of the year 😢 It would be of all time for 28 other teams 🙄

[@johnburns9634]

Hi Brett, if you ever want to do a video on a great CFL quarterback who didn't always end up in the championship game you could do a retrospective on Doug Flute's years in Calgary in the CFL with the Stampeders in the 1990's. During the season he was amazing, and even in the playoffs he could surprise. Before he arrived, The Stampeders last Grey Cup win was in 1971. If you love football, why not check out his Stampeder years. It was also after Wally Buono took over coaching reins of the team. Keep up the great videos man!

[@mattstice5903]

Factor is crack. This is from a fat guy.

[@jamesharmon7733]

@@LightningBoltJpSPriest Holmes wore the hell out of that Chiefs mock turtle neck.

[@praisebingus1151]

There is something inspirationally sadistic about Brett posting at 1AM at the end of a month just to meet a sponsor deadline…

[@Nozizaki]

He's on the West Coast, so it's still June!

[@VictorCummings-xk7bh]

As an admitted football junky, I greatly appreciate it lol

[@IamDevron]

When I woke this morning and saw the post I immediately had a similar thought😂

[@patrickdabs]

Just one more example of the best producers being the worst procrastinators.

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

I just like to know what Brett's drinking during this segment. Along with the insight about details in football.

[@maroc-al-helmidi]

Peyton “if you can’t deal with CTE don’t play receiver on my team” Manning

[@brentharlow3559]

Lot of men sacrificed on the altar of stat chasing back in the day.

[@JuanMartinez-xf3uz]

@@maroc-al-helmidi Peyton "the no huddle stat padder" Manning

[@ryles1159]

That hospital pass at 12:50….foreshadowing Austin Collies future x 15 or however many times he got cracked 😂

[@354allday]

Marvin Harrison always protected himself never saw him get Jacked Up

[@jordanharris3358]

@@354alldayprobably were scared for they life if they laid him out

[@NFLVault]

Finally got Brett to do a throwback breakdown! Been bothering him to do one for years!

[@BrettKollmann]

And who knew the only thing you had to do to make it happen was just give me some never before seen footage and a triple shot of espresso

[@astrostar49]

He should do more pre 2000. He'll need your help. 😊

[@NFLVault]

@@astrostar49need a Jerry Rice breakdown!

[@astrostar49]

@@NFLVault Yes that would be a dandy!!!

[@slomoe53]

Aw f**k is this what’s happening to DAK?

[@kevinkelley1644]

Colts fan. And one of those who experienced this as trauma lol. 2 things not mentioned here is that 1. The Colts were a rythym offense at this moment. Peyton panicked a lot in this game because the timing was shot on every play. Most of these interceptions, we're peyton taking deep drops (this was mentioned) or on the run. Peyton did not do this much in his career. 2. The patriots front 7 shut down Edgerin James. That hasn't been mentioned much when talking about this game. The second you used safety help to slow down Edge, Peyton would get free deep shots. The Pats never need safety help in those two games. If you want an example for how this would work. The 2006 afc championship game is perfect. Peyton tried to do everything in the first half and got down 21-3. Second half the running game came to life; which allowed Peyton to catch fire. As a Colts fan I hate giving the Pats credit, but the defense does not get its fair share on how well they played Edge. And it screwed up the entire offense.

[@BleedColtsBlue]

Edge averaged 4 yards a carry this game and scored the teams first TD. The only thing that stopped Edge this game was Mannings play calling and tendency to choke.

[@LouisBilodeau-k4s]

That n half the ne team had food poisoning. Then Indy turns up the heat in our locker room. Nothing on that bullshit

[@Chayliss]

Yes. Thus was full rookie play Payton. Muck game. Good d Run the damn ball.

[@appahoopjack2514]

The Patriots would again shutdown the running game in the following Super Bowl against the Panthers, who relied on the running game more than the Colts

[@blackgemstone801]

​@@BleedColtsBluewhy can't y'all just give Bill and his defense credit? They shut down a HOF qb and made it look easy. They did that the whole season

[@barnyard9058]

I swear early Peyton Manning was trying to get receivers killed

[@dre_withwithout]

Austin Collie

[@aceassn716]

Anthony Gonzalez

[@JasonLewis544]

​@@dre_withwithout Collie was a sacrifice on the altar of Peyton's career. The hits that man took were absolutely traumatizing

[@raymondsmith2040]

Lack of arm strength was always a knock on Peyton. He was phenomenal at throwing guys open but things got dicey if he had to bullet a ball between defenders.

[@ShawnReed-ny1hd]

Wes welker,collie,DT in the super bowl vs Seattle

[@Godgamergenetics]

Shannahan, who played the colts prior to this was a desk commentator for this game. He after the game said “I cannot believe what I’m witnessing, this is a masterpiece of a game-plan from belicheck” and that it was. This colts team scored over 500pts this year. This was the first of three times that the patriots would play a team that scored over 500pts in their time as a dynasty and each time they would create such amazing game plans and win. It really was something to watch thanks for the video brett

[@bradsanders407]

Yeah recognizing that refs no longer called defensive holding and having his players hold every play was "genius".

[@Godgamergenetics]

@@bradsanders407 are you new to football or do you just not understand postseason officiating? Did you not watch a single play from this game? If you don’t know ball don’t talk

[@blackgemstone801]

​@@bradsanders407shaking Manning up on the first 3 quarters was what led to the loss. Not the 2 minutes of uncalled penalties in the end

[@Longjohnstone]

Just so you know this quote by Shanahan is actually in reference to the 2004 Divisional Round game the following year. The Colts in 2003 scored 447 points and played the Chiefs in the Divisional prior to the Patriots, although they did play Shanahans Broncos in the Wild Card round where Manning had a Perfect 158.3 Passer rating and 5 touchdowns.

[@robertpayne6781]

Well, knowing all the plays and coverages ahead of time because you cheated by filming practices, coaches, stole playboys, stole play calling sheets, and interfered with coaches' radios definitely helped.

[@nickrobl]

I legit remember "Who would you rather have in the playoffs, Peyton Manning or Chad Pennington?" being a major sports media topic when the Jets crushed the Colts in '02.

[@franciscoduran4618]

Being fair, Pennington WAS really good at the time and his shoulder hadn't yet turned into molasses. If he had been healthy, he would've been arguably a top ten QB in the league for a good while.

[@franciscoduran4618]

He wouldn't have been in Manning or Brady's level, but probably would've been in the next tier and the Patriots wouldn't had had it so easy in the AFC East.

[@sleigh4019]

Tom Tuppa was a better QB in the clutch and he was forced to be a punter

[@aliensyndrome4280]

If NFL didn't get so soft neither Brady or Manning would last

[@paulbedichek5177]

@@franciscoduran4618 To be fair,Peyton was an all time choker in playoffs, throughout his long career.

[@BlustoyourRay]

The thing I remember from this game is that when they went to the commercial they played the song “I Fought the Law (and the law won)” and to this day its the best ad break song leading to a commercial in the history of the NFL. I hope the person who chose to do that got a raise.

[@David_Drums]

To quote Chris Berman, Ty "I fought the Law and the Law won" with the interception! Ty Law was a great player and a nuicance to play against in NFL 2k5.

[@toxxedgaming3885]

Yep...guy I played against almost always went with the Pats.

[@JuanMartinez-xf3uz]

"Peyton Manning might be the Sheriff, but no one is above the Law"

[@TrevorHamberger]

I'll bet a lot of money I beat you in that game. Or anybody you can put up to play me

[@Ladnar_von_Boshaft]

Ty Law made a magnificent play. Textbook coverage with a little extra credit - technique + instincts

[@Andy_Babb]

You’d fight the Law and then get the Lawyer back in the early days lol

[@Rekcha]

It’s games like this that make it funny when people say Brady carried Belichick. His defense, and Ty Law in particular, is CLOWNING on a top 5 QB ever

[@davis2k1234]

A lot of defenses clowned Peyton in the playoffs

[@chucknorris277]

First 10 years bellichecks coaching with the tuna's groceries. Last 10 all tom

[@zenmaster16]

@@chucknorris277 I’d agree but Belichick gifted Brady a Super Bowl in 2019. They could have run the Wildcat the whole game and won.

[@ayoolou9392]

​@@zenmaster16 I mean he owe Brady a Superbowl remember when he couldn't stop nick folk😂. Yeah that great master mind bill

[@354allday]

​@@ayoolou9392Yea but Brady was the one who got sacked stripped

[@lukestarkiller441]

Ty law definitely a monster in his day, Revis before Revis. Until that 06 AFC Championship, the Patriots really just had Peytons number.

[@asnark7115]

They had it after that, too. The fact is that a 1-dimensional team is easy AF to gameplan, and the Peyton's Colts were the most 1-dimensional and predictable in history.

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

Peyton had a winning record against Brady. That narrative needs to go die

[@Sterling-5965]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandleWhen? Other than the playoffs only, where Peyton was 3-2 against Brady, Brady won more total h2h games

[@enterprise9001]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle The 2015 AFCCG was all about the Broncos defense beating the shit out of Brady and Brady still putting the fear of God into them despite that.

[@LouisBilodeau-k4s]

​@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandlePeyton Manning had moreint in less games than brady

[@FandangoHoward]

Oh my god, the all-22 of that first interception is insane. Just LOOK at how clean that pocket is while Manning does his best impression of me playing Madden and backs up 13 yards. Whoever the LG is does an amazing job of coming over and covering Jeff Saturday's right side to stop the blitz from Bruschi. Manning could have cooked an entire pot of chili in that pocket, and the Pats front wouldn't have even been able to smell it. That's legitimately atrocious, especially for someone of his caliber.

[@dominiquewashington2553]

All he ahead to do was just step up in the pocket

[@FandangoHoward]

@@dominiquewashington2553 he didn't even really need to step up! The pocket basically formed perfectly around where he received the snap. He could've stood still and not been touched.

[@dominiquewashington2553]

@@FandangoHoward yeah you got a point there

[@SpicyPepperon]

Manning was without question a choker. Growing up a manning fan constantly defending him and coddling him with excuses for his complete meltdowns eventually gave way to realizing I was just in a weird denial. Even when he won super bowls he didn’t play well

[@TMSBMC]

Eh, he def was early in his career, but the latter half I'd say he wasn't. He continued to get better as time went on.

[@omegaexists]

Brett my God how close do you want to cut it with the sponsor deadline?!

[@BrettKollmann]

As close as absolutely necessary

[@cod-the-creator]

@@BrettKollmann Factor's the best sponsor honestly for waiting 'til the last minute then saying "fuck it, I'm just gonna eat what I got lying around"

[@chrism6880]

Don't support companies that advertise on KZbin. You're the reason ads have gotten so bad.

[@ChriSX13]

yes

[@paulsbunions8441]

Wait so they cried about illegal contact in this game when it didn't matter, and cried about deflated balls when it didn't matter either? Are the Colts the biggest crybabies in the NFL?

[@03fiddler]

“Before I dive into this tape and rehash two decade old interceptions, for no other reason than just making Millennial Colts fans relive childhood trauma.” Had me rolling 😂

[@marvinstheman88]

As a millennial colts fan, he wasn't lying.

[@caleb10jag61]

Do more of these vintage film breakdowns PLEASE! I love this mid 2000 film, I grew up on the early 2010s- mid 2010s football, and love to see the differences in the way the game was played compared to 2000s, the 2010s to now.

[@Erohlson]

A compare/contrast video would be awesome!!!

[@fortynights1513]

One big difference is that in the 2000’s and generations earlier is that you’ll find more teams that are centered around a single running back. Also, the linebacker position was perceived to be a bit more valuable than now and while it was on the decline in the 2000’s, there were more snaps with fullbacks than you’ll find now. And MVP discourse was not near exclusively dominated by quarterbacks.

[@ryta1203]

LMFAO @ calling this vintage.

[@caleb10jag61]

@@ryta1203 20+ years feel fair enough calling it vintage

[@ryta1203]

@@caleb10jag61 Guess I'm just old, shit seems like yesterday and the scar the refs left that day by being completely blind is still healing.

[@SpittUp]

Lamar’s career so far reminds me so much of Peyton’s Indy years. MVPs, dominate the regular season, then always hit a wall in the postseason.

[@brianrobinson1552]

I'd love to see a spin off on the "Tampa 2 is a lie" video... Specifically focusing on what Lovie Smith was able to do defensively, because of Urlacher, Briggs, and Tommie Harris.

[@dre_withwithout]

Although he wasn’t a Lovie product I believe Cato June did a great job in the Tampa 2

[@cbrindle91]

Hell yeaaaaa 🐻⬇️

[@ryta1203]

@@dre_withwithout He was a Dungy product.

[@JuanMartinez-xf3uz]

The Steelers ran a version of that defense in the 70s when Dungy played Corner for them. Even Dungy admitted he "borrowed it" from Chuck Noll.

[@davestier6247]

Yeah it's not a coincidence that the rise of the "edge" position coincideded with the decline of the types of linebackers that made the Tampa 2 possible. In reality those guys mostly became "edge" because the contracts moved to paying them far, far more than LBs. Great take.

[@miked3723]

This was not an all time bad game for Peyton. This was an average showing against the Patriots in the 2000-2005 era. He had multiple 3+ INT games against them.

[@lipscomb3632]

The Patriots back then made a lot of pretty decent quarterbacks look awful. Their Defense during this period was tough. I can recall Ben Rothlesburger throwing multiple picks in games against the Patriots. The Steelers might even win the regular season matchup but invariably lose in a playoff game against the Patriots.

[@1201zj]

Nah. All of the 3 picks to Ty Law were on the right side. You'd figure he'd adjust. Especially considering he was basically the offensive coordinator himself.

[@riccracc6547]

Brett I dont wanna pile on Manning, but I'd kill for a breakdown of Mannings 6 int game vs the chargers and the evolution of declaring defenses pre snap/rotations of safeties post snap, etc as a video. Appreciate the content even close to midnight😂

[@SortaNonymous]

Funniest part of that game is that the Colts still would have won had it not been for Adam Vinatieri suddenly choking for once in his life

[@kevinkelley1644]

That game, most of the offense was injured and out of the game. Peyton had his RB and one healthy WR who he had chemistry with. The rest were backups. The Chargers sent every blitz to give Manning no time to adjust. The chargers did a great job of noticing the hot routes for this game and obviously 6 picks later it worked. Everyone deals with injuries. The Chargers did what every team should do. Pounce on every opertunity given. And they did. It's still shocking to this day that it was a 2 point game at the end.

[@silversoulken]

@@SortaNonymousSounds very San Diego.

[@kevinkelley1644]

And also another part to this. The Colts defense actually played really well in that game. Rivers had an awful game. LT for his standard had a down game. Sproles went off in the returns. Having 2 touchdowns. Being fair both offenses struggled that game.

[@SortaNonymous]

@@silversoulken Nah, it'd infinitely more San Diego (or just plain Chargers) if they lost.

[@Nomah1979]

Ty Law has the same amount of career INTs as Dion Sanders and had the physical ability to tackle and lay people out...He was a beast and a HOFer

[@supersasukemaniac]

Ty Law was a freak, I mean that im the best way possible. Ty was making plays that most secondaries couldn't.

[@kyleconnor2759]

The Pats were allowed to mug tf out of the Colts receivers. That’s what this was. Plenty of tape of Law getting worked. Just watched an Eric Moulds clip of him torching Law at least 3x. Prime Law. And Moulds obviously had garbage at QB almost his whole career. Law was good, but the truth of this game and most of the Pats run was them being allowed to hold like crazy.

[@headstrong4203]

@@kyleconnor2759 i didnt see a single hold on any of the interceptions 🤔

[@LouisBilodeau-k4s]

N lawyer milloy n Rodney. The weren't the legion of boom they were the legion of doom n gloom

[@kyleconnor2759]

@@headstrong4203 cool

[@tonyb3083]

Payton Manning was a choker. Both Superbowls were won in spite of his play. He was considered the worse quarterback in the league when the Broncos won the title.

[@astrostar49]

Co-MVP Steve McNair put up a better fight the previous week against the Patriots. 😤😤😤

[@FAMUAce]

Three words: Drew.Bennett.DROP!😢

[@astrostar49]

@@FAMUAce Yeah that was killer.

[@Skeletors_Closet]

Damn. I forgot about that.

[@fitzgerald297]

I liked McNair. He was a tough man and he had really transitioned into a good pocket passer. I think he made Jeff fisher look better than he really was.

[@505AG]

Jeff took the titans to 10-6 and 13-3 the 2 and 3 years after McNair left. I know people meme on jeff these days because of his stint with rams but for the early 2000s Fisher was one of the better coaches in the league. The game just passed him by when he coached the rams

[@KingPK]

The irony is that, the next season after the rule changes, Indy went into Foxboro and had arguably a WORSE game with a better offense.

[@jascha3197]

“The art of the shootout” featuring the chiefs and rams game in LA would be amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@kyloren-cd8dk]

That’d be an amazing vid!!

[@Freddie7191]

That game was in LA; it got moved from Mexico because the field sucked. It would be a great video though.

[@Whatdoievenwriteherebruh]

I remember watching that game here in india live inside my school class while it was raining heavily outside ,my school also used to be a king's castle with large af windows and insanely beautiful interior with green grass around my classroom man it was soo fucking majestic ,that game has been engrained as one of the best moments of my life cause of the way I watched it (our school's are very strict so if I was caught with my phone ,I might've even gotten suspended but idgaf ,even if i were caught i wouldn't have stopped watching it bruh 😂)

[@vinsanity_52]

I was gonna say the 2015 game of saints vs giants but the chiefs rams game scored slightly more which is wild to me.

[@marcusgarcia5089]

I was at the coliseum in LA for that game and it was insane. Rams fans betting me drinks on scoring throughout and we were smashed. Most satisfied and charged up I will ever be after a loss.

[@cliffordsmith8230]

People either forget or don't realize that for the most part during Mannings career with Indy is that we never had a defense that would match the offense, so Peyton felt he had to do everything to win the game. The yr we won the Superbowl our defense actually showed up and stopped the best 2 running backs that year Larry Johnson and Jamal Lewis in the AFC playoffs. If we would've had a decent defense for the majority of the time Peyton was in Indy, he would've won more than one even playing against Brady.

[@danielharrar4571]

Maybe the Ty Law game directly followed by the 14-3 demolition of the Donovan McNabb led Eagles offense by CAR (10-22, 100, 3 INT by Ricky Manning) made defense illegal. At the time that was how the game was played, and the Freddie Mitchell/James Thrash WR tandem wasn’t going to cut it (while McNabb was also thought of as a choker). Enter Terrell Owens…

[@aceassn716]

This is a great reminder Not only that but TO had ankle broken at end of season, only for Eagles to make Superbowl anyway Then Mcnabb turned into Willie Beamen while TO on one healthy leg had 9catches for 120+ I think

[@janboblarry]

If TO wasnt playing in the SB philly wins the game. They killed the NFC without him Owens demanded the ball be fed to him. Everyones like he did great.. that fool dropped a couple easy catchea too.

[@thomascrowley9122]

@@janboblarry The Eagles likely get blown out without T.O

[@jcsturgeon]

The coolest thing about this channel is how I KNOW X player was great... but I don't always know why. I knew Ty Law was an amazing player, but I didn't really see the anticipation and skill broken down like this. I would honestly love to see more retro stuff. Like what made Joe Montana so good? What made Orlando Pace so good? What made Bruce Smith so good, etc etc.

[@gatienlaurol5793]

Peyton Manning didn’t win his first playoff game until his sixth year as a starter. Before the 2003 postseason, his last playoff game was a 41-0 shellacking from the Jets. Not to mention that the Colts were perceived as a “soft” team when they played in the cold. All this to say that sometimes talking heads don’t know what they’re talking about.

[@BardelystheMagnificent]

They did know what they were talking about. The Colts were good, but needed to get better to be real contenders. They did, and the rest is history.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

They did know what they were talking about manning was a regular season powerhouse but when team had time to solely focus on beating him they did all the time.

[@gatienlaurol5793]

@@BardelystheMagnificent True - the Colts teams of the 2000s were powerhouses. I’m looking at Manning through the prism of what he is now.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Actually they did,Young Peyton was more of a liability to his team then an asset. You see it in these clips, when he starts panicking, he made bad choices. It took him years to finally find that composure, and when he did the Colts offense was better for it.

[@Maal7432]

@@supersasukemaniacA liability? Stop talking football. New England was better.

[@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165]

Kollmann here speaking some facts. I'm a Titans fan, and we've had naught at the QB position since Steve McNair. If you've got a QB that is a multiple time All-Pro and/or has been in multiple championship games, and they still look like they have gas in the tank, don't complain about an occasional playoff blip. A Hall of Fame QB, the best of the best, is very likely to miss the playoffs on a few seasons. When they do get to the playoffs, in the vast majority of seasons, they won't make it to the Super Bowl. Occasionally, you're going to have to watch in frustration as your team with a good QB didn't make it to the Super Bowl while a team starting Trent Dilfer or Rex Grossman trots out there repping your conference. I would've loved to have even a loveable borderline contender at QB like Bledsoe or Romo. At least then, at the beginning of the season, my hope wouldn't feel as crazy. I wonder how much of this QB complaining is due to Tom Brady's success. He was in the playoffs nearly every single season he played, and in most seasons won at least one of those games. When Brady retired in 2022, the NFL had played 57 Super Bowls. Tom Brady started in nearly 18% of them (let that sink in). I don't think there will ever be another set of circumstances in the NFL that produces a QB with Brady's level of success. It's not fair to compare any QB to that success level.

[@jamsgamingstation6023]

As a bills fan I can tell you the goal post gets moved when you get the all star qb. Not my personal feelings, but everyone (bills fan or not) just talks about how we'll never beat the chiefs or how allen is overrated and that type of stuff. It's no longer about making the playoffs, it's about winning it all and if you do less than that your guys trash. It's so annoying when the dude accounts for 40 tds in a season and is called trash like what are you talking about 😂

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

​@jamsgamingstation6023 Allen by every metric was the MVP last year. Lamar winning it was a joke. Allen's "turnover prone" narrative is BS too, as he had the second d lowest turnover worthy play rate of any aylff QB. Better than PM. Better than Lamar. Allen has more TDs than any player in history as this point in his career, and when he started the Bills were a disaster with a coach who likes to blow games, and PM got on a perennial playoff team with a HOF coach.

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

Warpdrive, that narrative about Peyton and Brady drives me crazy too, as he actually had winning record against Brady.

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

Ravens fans know this pain all too well...great QB, but just can't get it done in the post season...however, this past one I don't blame on Lamar...NFL and refs used a blonde chick with questionable musical skills in the suites to beat the Ravens.

[@davis2k1234]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandleBrady was 16-6 vs Peyton and the 3-2 edge in the playoffs is because 06 Patriots were a terrible offense team had no business being in a AFC Champ gm one Brady’s biggest carry jobs and is still worst graded WR core in PFF history and Denver was a super team (Tebow was won w them) Welker was Bradys No1 WR he was Peytons 3rd string vs mediocre Patriots teams/Brady always struggled in Mile high vs all Broncos teams

[@doctorbarber1]

Yeah Manning used to be considered a whiner, stat-padder, and choker until the Colts won XLI. Drew Brees was accused of similar until he won a Super Bowl too.

[@100puremustard5]

Nah... Brees was never considered a whiner or choker. He left a bad organization (Chargers) for a much better one and an offensive guru in Sean Payton. During Brees time Saints never had a defense like Brady had with Pats. Fun fact, Brady on average for his career had the #1 scoring defense. It's a lot eaiser to be the winningest QB when you only have to put up say 17-18pts a game to win instead of 25 😂😂😂 But hey, it's a team game right...

[@Sterling-5965]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@100puremustard5Yeah he still had multiple top 5 defenses. Also, your defense is gonna be worse if you throw 3 INTs a game. Brees just wasn’t that guy in the clutch and had some Farve moments. He was a lot like Manning in that the team lived or died by him. He was getting 350 yards, but it was with 4 TDs 1 INT or 5 INTs 1 TD. Oh, and him and Sean Payton loved stat padding. Especially in that 2011 season.

[@davis2k1234]

@@100puremustard5Brady had I think 2 No1 ranked defenses his entire career were do you get averaged No1? Patriots had a lot of bend don’t break defense they were top 10 in PTs allowed but 20 something in Yards and benefitted from the offense being No1 in least TOs for his career Brady’s offense was almost always ranked above his defenses

[@anubiam3004]

Don't forget the SB the Colts won, they were getting pounded at home in the AFC title game until the Pats ran out of gas and ended up coming up just short. I think Manning threw a pick 6 to make it 21-3 just before half. 2-min drive for TD made it 21-10 at half IIRC. They go on to beat the Bears? (history is stilling trying to figure out how that team made the SB).

[@rishabhanand4973]

​@@anubiam3004I mean, bears had the best regular season record and were the top seed in the nfc. And iirc, they had an overwhelmingly good defense, maybe best in the league.

[@johncassani6780]

I was at this game, as well as the one against Tennessee a week earlier. Despite the fact that it was snowing, it felt like summer compared to the 4 degree game the week before. That bad snap on the punt was the first punt Indy had attempted during those playoffs. When Peyton left the field, we were all chanting “Cut that meat.” It was great. I still think the next season’s team was better, because of Cory Dillon, but the 03 and 04 teams were the best Pats’ championship teams.

[@Nievsy]

Always hitting that deadline lol.

[@BrettKollmann]

Been grinding all weekend to make it haha

[@cmcq33]

It shows my man. Worth the wait if the content is first class.

[@phillippropst3825]

He was known as not being able to win big games from his collegiate days. He was the best qb in the country but he went 0-4 against his biggest rival which essentially took them out of championship contention early all 4 of his collegiate seasons.

[@Schmeebo]

Rodney Harrison needs to be the Hall of Fame yesterday

[@SclountDraxxer]

I saw Rodney on my flight, earlier this year. Dude just looks different from us regular people.

[@fortynights1513]

He actually made the final 15 of the Hall of Fame voting this past election.

[@100puremustard5]

He was incredible as a Charger, got the rings with the Pats so yes he needs to be in there!

[@JuanMartinez-xf3uz]

LeRoy Butler somehow got in ahead of him. I think he was in his last year of eligibility so they're making Rodney wait.

[@LouisBilodeau-k4s]

Remember when Rodney hit Marvin so hard he changed the rule book. The Rodney rule

[@Helen-Spires]

Even when he did break through, his SB stats are the worst. Great Defenses got Paintin his Rings! He is a much better actor than a clutch QB!

[@Tanker3278]

How 'bout a breakdown on another classic. Superbowl in '91. Giants-Bills. Two teams stacked with HOF players and a Bill Belichick master stroke back when he was working for the Big Tuna. Belichick's insane psychological exploitation of Jim Kelly - at his peak and on a roll.

[@zoomcat5138]

“We will win the game if we let Thurman Thomas run for 100 yards” - Bill Belichick

[@choiyatlam2552]

Wide Right. The two most dreaded words in Bills' history.

[@stevejamieson8468]

That loss had more to do with the Bills defense choking repeatedly when it came to 3rd down stops in the 2nd half.

[@Tanker3278]

@@stevejamieson8468 so you're saying the other half of the Giants plan of wearing out the Bills defense by keeping them on the field also worked. Giants offense on the field all day.... Giants defense puts 9 in coverage and lets Thurman Thomas run wild because Jim Kelly (who calls his own plays) can't stop throwing the ball... Two sides of one coin that I think came out of one mind (Belichick) and was given blessings by the Big Tuna (Parcels) himself.

[@cope847]

Please don't

[@johnsharpe6411]

And remember: The owner of the Colts was on the aforementioned "competition committee". His QB set a new NFL record for TD passes the next season thanks to "reemphasizing the rules". The sports press hated the patriots (because they were old school and boring) and their coach (because he was old school and hostile) and adored Payton Manning, hence the misinformation campaign about the game and paving the way for the rule changes. Frankly, the whole thing was corrupt scandal.

[@bradsanders407]

Literally nothing you said is true. Bill Pollian was on the competition committee. Not Jim Irsay. Also it wasnt the colts crying to the league. It was the entire league crying. Everyone wanted to know if defensive holding was now legal. The patriots cried that they have to hold or the colts would blow them out. So the leugue came up with a compromise and thats when we got the 5 yard rule allowing the defense to mug receivers for the 1st 5 yards. This certainly helped the defense not hurt it.

[@bradsanders407]

Lol "thanks to reemphasizing the rules" So its thanks to the rules being enforced that led to manning breaking the td record? Ok kid

[@Adrian-yn4qg]

That comment about millennial Colts fans reliving old pain hit really close to home. Cut me deep with that one. See you in week 4 my friend.

[@MegaBearsFan]

This isn't just a matter of Manning having a bad game in bad weather. It's also a case of an elite defense having a good game, and turning small mistakes into deathblows. Ty Law doesn't get 3 interceptions unless he's doing something right, and that first pick in the endzone is a case of a safety sprinting halfway across the field to cut off a route that he can't even see, but knows is coming.

[@maskedman5657]

Lol is Brett really posting a video on the Ty Law Rule!?? 😂😂 Bro..... Brett we need more videos like this...

[@blitzburgh9066]

Mel Blount rule*

[@arandomperson1999]

@@blitzburgh9066while the rule was originally created because of Mel Blount, this game caused new interpretation of the rule, making it the Ty Law rule

[@blitzburgh9066]

@@arandomperson1999 that’s a myth the rule was already in place and known as the Mel Blount rule…just because they reiterated it doesn’t mean the name changed…and if you watch the video Brett doesn’t mention “Ty law rule” not even one time

[@SchulzEricT]

The Mel Blount rule?

[@blitzburgh9066]

@@SchulzEricT thank you, Ty law rules a myth

[@brianchua4240]

The game where the colts were complaining about the Patriots' DBs for being way too physical. *Proceeds to score only 3 points almost the same time next year in the AFC Divisional game* ☠

[@FireAttack0811]

Posting at 1 am is crazy 💀

[@75pc44]

Congratz, you were the 1 view when I clicked

[@BrettKollmann]

Technically it's 11:44 pm

[@The.Arbiter85]

3am for the florida boys😂

[@dezz695]

2am in Minnesota

[@mariosepulveda5214]

Is 02:50 here Brett😂 think of your worldwide audience!😂😂 thanks for the video !

[@Cagon415]

Peyton Manning was talked about because his offense couldn't score in short yardage. That was its Achilles heel. And joe montana is still at least number 2.

[@homer23422000]

Peyton Manning also had the title of choker because he wasn't able to lead the Volunteers to a dub against Florida, which is evidently their big rival. He also didn't win a National Championship, but he help get the SEC Championship, which is a big deal.

[@Maal7432]

Florida was better than Tennessee.

[@georgelucas2571]

Some things never change. Tennessee still can’t beat Florida today. 🤣

[@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6]

his performance vs Florida vs. Woodson's against OSU was the reason Woodson won the Heisman. Clutch vs. Choker.

[@354allday]

​@@Maal7432They beat Florida and won a chip soon as Peyton walked out the door.

[@Ben-zr4ho]

Manning was just trying to give his receivers a break and spread some hospitals passes out to the defenders for a change. Its an interesting strategy. Let's see if it works for him.

[@Evan-fw6wt]

it ain't a Brett upload if it isn't uploaded at 2:45am

[@WKRPwpig]

Peyton was a top quarterback who answered every "yea but" through getting past new england. He was consistently great. Dak Prescott is nothing like that. He is a mid-level quarterback who loses big games.

[@Nater99]

Brett, @6:45 When you transitioned from Peyton to Patrick, I was astounded. I was in just disbelief. Thanks for that.

[@ronharvey8442]

Peyton always had happy feet when pressured early. Choking wasn't the issue. It was his comfort in the pocket. Beating him was simple. If you disrupt his rhythm early, he faltered more than he didn't. The longer the game progressed and his rhythm was not interrupted, the tougher it was to beat him.

[@Halberd38]

NBA season is over but Brett just put up a hell of a buzzer beater

[@ty15533]

Brett: says manning wasn't a choker and got too much hate Also Brett: compares him to dak midscott and shows example of him choking in the playoffs

[@andrewfung9340]

I would say Lamar Jackson is more like Peyton Manning instead of Dak because of the MVPs and he also hasn't gotten it done in the playoffs

[@donjohnson2758]

True but Peyton’s playstyle is legit the same as Dak’s tbh

[@bonesawisready2865]

@@donjohnson2758yup

[@michaelbeale559]

​@@donjohnson2758Peyton didn't lose to GB on the playoffs every year?!?! 😉

[@jacobboenzi3222]

This is the same reason why I think the Josh Allen-Peyton Manning comparisons don't stick. Josh doesn't have the regular season accolades (at least not yet) to be looked at as this generation's Peyton.

[@zztv15]

​@@michaelbeale559Peyton was getting his ass handed to him by the PATs 😉

[@panoramicview8173]

The funny thing is they met again the very next year in the playoffs and the Patriots won 20-3. New England still figured out how to play defense.

[@jamesseiter4576]

7:28 I don't think enough people talk about that "kicking the fumbled snap out of the endzone" play. That was really the only play I remember from this game. One of the smartest, "know the rules, and know the situation" plays I've ever seen.

[@foxfire1112]

I mean it's smart but it's fairly common

[@and1chewy1]

Not sure I'd give Tua that kind of money. He's one hit away from retirement.

[@WolfDB]

The thing about calling good QB's overrated is that yes, they may be overrated...when it comes to the playoffs. But whenever the regular season comes around, and you see them on your schedule, you're probably going to get nervous or even count it as a loss as a forgone conclusion As a Commander's fan, growing up I'd always worry about dealing with a three-headed monster of Romo, Eli, and McNabb because even when they stank, they did really well against us

[@JJ-zr6fu]

It’s about winning in the post season. In the regular season the worst team can beat the Super Bowl winners. In the post season that team would have no shot.

[@100puremustard5]

Growing up don't you mean "Redskins" fan? Can't wait till they change the name back. The only people crying in the first place were wite libs

[@MysticMungusSlungus]

0:31 Heck yeah, Suns win. Eat it Blazers.

[@elfofcourage]

You said this made defense illegal, yet the following year in the Divisional Round, the ONLY Colts player that put up any points was their liquored up idiot kicker.

[@FiveGuysFan0604]

He’s a nice guy but he is an idiot

[@Chebornek]

As a Chiefs fan, this game was the most satisfying to watch (considering what the Colts did to the Chiefs, the weekend prior) as any game I've seen - until 2015, when I watched the Chiefs pants an 11 year older Manning when he was QB1 with the Broncos - going for various records and ended up tossing 4 pickoffs and getting yanked in the 3rd quarter of that game - a game the Chiefs won - and then reeled off 8 years of owning the Broncos. Just an observation - great video, Brett! Thanks for the memories.

[@blufey2925]

I'd love to see you do a video of the 2017 NFC Championship game. As painful as it would be to relive as a Vikings fan. Zimmer's defense was top notch that year and the wheels just came off that game. I still haven't fully recovered..

[@maidenpotato]

Your channel is one of the few on KZbin that has/have pushed me towards learning more about (and watching) American Football. As someone from South Africa, a country that's very big on rugby [and very successful in it], my interest in American Football-since coming across it through American media in my early childhood-was and still is limited to its aesthetics [I'm mostly drawn to the jerseys, team names, and colors each team uses]. Your outstanding production and the way you articulate the sport and its nuances is captivating. Keep up the excellent work!

[@jrad410]

It was crazy to see Manning get owned by th 03 Pats, and then a few weeks later to see Dehlome torch that same defense in superbowl 38. Colts went to the league after this loss i remeber.

[@hgriff14]

0:42 i still think of him as a choker. the only reason he has two super bowls is because of the denver defense.

[@Largentfan80]

In 2006 he didn't play bad, but he is the reason the colts couldn't win in the playoffs

[@chasebethersonton5169]

Yeah, vid has a bad take on this. Second to Brady is total BS.

[@AD-ur1fk]

He always looked so jumpy in the pocket 😂

[@maxe5023]

Illegal 2:45am upload

[@mariosepulveda5214]

Under review

[@TurboTimTravels]

People forget how great pretty much every Pats defense was the years they won super bowls.

[@GraniteJet]

I still believed that narrative about Peyton until his final days in the NFL, when we looked back and revisited what was an undeniably historic career. Granted, being a Chiefs fan during those final years in Denver gave me a heavy bit of bias. I hadn't even thought about the choker narrative for years until this video reminded me it once existed.

[@bigwrnrg]

Old noodle arm Manning being carried by the Denver defense? I guess the marketing works on some.

[@darkowl5795]

I haven’t seen a lot of people talk about this yet, but your quote towards the end, “The grass is always greener where you water it” is a really powerful one.

[@1ofone_]

“3 hrs ago” mr. coleman it’s 6 in the morning 😂😂😂

[@Card_lol]

Been an eventful sports morning for me at least. Found out paul george signed with the sixers and brett released a vid to beat a deadline lmao.

[@harborwolf22]

Manning is second to Brady? No he's not. Just because he won a couple super bowls doesn't mean he's on the level of Brady, Montana, Starr, or other guys who consistently won at a high level. Manning is amazing, but he was never those guys.

[@astrostar49]

Not sure if you have the All 22, but would love to hear your thoughts on the 1999 NFC Championship game between the Buccaneers, and Rams. Thanks.

[@backyardbaseball2006]

15:20 You know i've always wanted to see film on just how dominant Lester Hayes or Mel Blount was....or just how scary that Raiders secondary was🤔😅

[@elowe5937]

Right when I finish a Bootleg episode and get ready to hit the hay. Brett, you dirty dawg.

[@RaymondJonesrejlive]

The NFL later admitted after that game in 2003 playoffs that there were too many holding calls that went uncalled against Patriot defenders. I mean they were holding the whole game against the Colt receivers.

[@AD-ur1fk]

Patriots were known for that in this era. They did the same thing to the rams in the Super Bowl two years prior

[@JeebusCripes21]

I love your point about great QBs being judged for their worst games. That narrative, and the "a QB isn't great unless they win a SB" need to stop. Granted, I'm speaking as a Cowboys fan and we have had back to back 2 of the greatest QBs of all time who haven't won a SB, so I tend to take this a bit personally. I spent the 2000's listening to Eli vs Romo comparisons with not a single person talking about the 2000's Giants defense. You know, that defense that held the undefeated NE to less than 20 points even though NE was averaging north of 30 PPG going into the SB. That being said, I'd really enjoy a video on the unsung heroes that were the NYG's defense that broke up NE's perfect season. Everyone remembers Tyree's catch, but people forget just how dominant that Giants defense was all game, and how unreal NE's offense was going into the SB.

[@aceassn716]

Fellow Dallas fan who recalls as well That 07 Giants led the league in sacks with 60 or so.. that Sam Hurd drop haunts me eternally

[@fanboy50]

I think it's part of a larger flaw in North American sports culture, tbh, a larger overfixation on championships/postseason success. Even in sports where there is a regular-season championship trophy (the NHL comes readily to mind), the main way most fans tend to think about it is the way it tends to jinx whichever team gets it in the postseason. The way North American leagues generally force a certain amount of parity, while it's good that outside of chronic mismanagement it's hard to render a team straight-up non-competitive, also creates a kind of fan brainrot where the regular season just totally doesn't matter to them except as a vehicle for making the post season. And that kind of sucks considering the vast majority of games are the regular season, and by definition the post-season ends in defeat for all but one team and finishing on top requires a lot of luck as well as being good. Being a Ravens fan, for instance, it's incredibly frustrating seeing fans treat seasons where we win our division or even get the #1 seed as a failure because, even though we won the most games in our conference, we didn't get to the Super Bowl thanks to Chiefs Bullshit.

[@100puremustard5]

"Two of the greatest QB's back to back to not win a SB" Chargers: hold my beer (Herbert, Rivers)

[@3serio]

I know, Brady. But those defenses in New England were always special and are a big part of his legacy that the casual fan would completely ignore.

[@maskedman5657]

So Brett if you have All-22 of films over the last few decades Can you make one of the 2000 Ravens Defense, The 77 Falcons, or Like greatest offense of all time in the 2013 Broncos?

[@aceassn716]

That same so called greatest offense that scored only once in the Superbowl?!? Regular season was nice playoffs not so much

[@BigDaddyJones420]

​@@aceassn716 They were missing the whole ol, plus Von Miller was injured.

[@maskedman5657]

@@aceassn716 That's an ignorant statement because they have to win 3 playoff games to make the Superbowl

[@100puremustard5]

​@@aceassn716Kind of like 17-0 until Brady couldn't beat Eli in the SB LOLOLOL

[@animeanime7849]

@@100puremustard5Atleast the Pats didn’t get their backs blown out

[@jdotoz]

Pats had his number in the playoffs. Three games with IND, he averaged a 61.3 passer rating and threw three picks per TD. He also did show a difference in performance between the playoffs and regular season. Sticking with the Patriots, in the 2004 season he posted a 93.5 passer rating when they met in September. This dropped to 69.3 when they met in January. (Both were at NE.) In 2006, he was 93.1 on the road in November, then 79.1 at home in January. I think there really is something to the idea that he wasn't as good in the playoffs. There are a lot of confounding variables, but the numbers do point that way at a glance.

[@cousinbenji]

Peyton Legacy is over inflated. His Super Bowl run stats would would make Mark Sanchez blush. 3 TD to 7 INT's he was a game manager for the 06-07 Championship and he was a corpse carried by the Denver Defense in 2015. 10 times Manning had a top 10 defense and 75% of the times he lost in the wildcard or opening round of the playoffs.

[@alexwilliams5799]

Dak is getting the most for a QB and he hasn't gotten past the divisional round ever.

[@douglashorrocks9191]

I think pretty clearly the obvious current comparison in terms of playoff "choking" is Lamar as opposed to Dak. Lets see if Lamar can overcome the narrative

[@bonesawisready2865]

Peyton & Dak are similar because they choked with elite talent at the skill positions. Lamar don’t have the elite wrs

[@douglashorrocks9191]

@bonesawisready2865 that's fair, however Dak doesn't have the MVPs the other two do. I'd argue that correlates more than weaponry

[@joevuyou2]

I think he has cause Dak hasn't made a NFC Championship Games yet. While Lamar just came off one.

[@100puremustard5]

​@@bonesawisready2865Yeaaa, I'd rather have the #1 scoring defense through my career as a starter like Lamar 😂 So he's still a choker, especially after last year 😮 He's not alone, Josh Allen has the the #2 scoring defense through his career as a starter so he hasn't had to put up that many pts to get a W either. Mahomes has played with the #7 scoring defense on average for his career, last year really helped 😂

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

Lamar is athletically talented but a crappy QB. He wasn't even top 10 in several QB categories last year, yet nearly unanimous MVP. The MVP award has become a joke.

[@scizorbullet8185]

That 1st Ty Law interception never gets old. I've seen it so many times

[@mobbinReelDeep]

The last two minutes is basically the whole conversation about Lamar I feel like. Most average NFL fans are just like "nope, sucks in the playoffs for sure." There isnt even a discussion to be had because they arent watching ball, theyre just parroting a narrative

[@SportsTalkElitist]

He does suck in the playoffs kid. 74 passer rating, 9 TDs, 9 turnovers in 6 games. 0-4 in games where the opponent scores 14+ points, his only 2 playoff wins have came from his defense carrying him and holding the opponent to 13 points or less

[@kamehamehey22615]

This was an awesome video! I'd love to see more old All-22 footage!

[@normalguy1232]

Legacy second only to Brady? I think you are too generous to Peyton. I would say in terms of legacy from the super bowl era you can’t put him before Montana, Mahomes or Aikman. You could argue that Manning, Elway, Marino and Bradshaw are all sort of tied for 5th. Personally I would put Bradshaw ahead of him if we are talking legacy. If I’m choosing one of them to be my starter and they are in their prime and in today’s NFL I’m taking them in this order. Mahomes, Montana, Marino, Brady, Aikman, Manning, Elway and then Bradshaw. If we are talking the NFL of the 70’s & 80’s then I take Montana, Marino, Bradshaw, Mahomes, Elway, Aikman, Brady, then Manning. Game was so much different then that players could not play the same then as the do in the modern NFL.

[@jeffreymathis3379]

1st and 2nd pick shown is a result of the Patriots always knowing where the ball was going.

[@C47vin]

Bill burr brings this up daily 😂😂😂😂

[@anubiam3004]

There is a reason why most people don't think Manning when asked you get 1 Qb to win 1 game with everything on the line.

[@TheoreticalString]

Peyton Manning being more important to NFL history than Joe Cool is... a take. I'd say that's hotter than the take that Peyton's a choker, personally.

[@insertnamehere2746]

Who's Joe Cool?

[@JonPITBZN]

@@insertnamehere2746 Joe Montana

[@derekwalker87]

The rules were already in the book, the just weren't enforced. I once tweeted Tony Dungy himself about this game, and he set me straight.

[@AndreKing4]

I would argue the pats vs rams Super Bowl changed the rules more than this game . The NFL wanted that high flying offense and the pats shut it down

[@aceassn716]

Spygate haha Love your Kamikaze II pic! Reignman Kemp was a beast!!

[@AndreKing4]

@@aceassn716I got every pair 😊

[@anon8007]

I would love to see a deep dive on Eli Manning's 2007 / 2011 seasons, particularly why it was he was so good in the 4th quarter (or bad in the first 3). I'm also curious about the Patriots' 2008 season when Brady was injured but they still managed to finish with a decently strong record (11-5).

[@Hozuki16]

Thank you, Brett! This is legitimately what i have been dealing with all off season. Dak has a mvp regular season but has a bad playoff game so according to people that means he is trash. You have cowboys fans saying to let him go because they will just get another QB. Im at the point i want Dak to leave dallas just so these people will get just how hard it is to find QBs even as good as Dak is

[@z34567890123456]

I agree that Dak is at least competent at QB but it’s the Cowboys we’re talking about, they’re SUPPOSED to be competing for Super Bowls and haven’t made it past the divisional since I don’t remember when. So while Dak is okay, he hasn’t shown to be good enough for what the Cowboys are trying to achieve.

[@Hozuki16]

@z34567890123456 You are exactly the type of person Brett and I are talking about. Calling the QB that was second in mvp last year, okay is just ridiculous, and it's the fact you are only saying that based off of 5 of the games he has played in a 8 year career. I'm exhausted trying to talk sense into people like you. So I'm just gonna say there are many other reasons this team hasn't had playoff success and leave it at that. And no, that's not me absolving him of blame from when he has played poorly in playoff games.

[@100puremustard5]

​@@Hozuki16To be fair last year was one of the weakest MVP seasons, if not THEE weakest, in history. The NFL wants sooo bad to give it to a QB, especially one like Lamar (wink wink), when in the past a season like CMC had (especially with the weak QB stats) would have gotten multiple votes.

[@Hozuki16]

@100puremustard5 that's not being fair, though. That's coming up with a reason to down him for being second in mvp. Also, it wasn't weak, and it wasn't one of the weakest in history. You are only saying that because the guys that were leading it weren't guys you would normally consider elite. If Mahomes or Josh Allen or Burrow had the stats and record vs. the exact same teams Dak or Purdy or even Tua had, they would have been unanimous. It wouldn't have been the bs it was this year, where if they lose a game, they are basically out of the conversation.

[@100puremustard5]

@@Hozuki16 1st, the Ravens had the #1 scoring defense. I like to call this the QB handicap ie. they don't have to put up as many points a to get a W like a Tua or Herbert. 2nd, we all know fantasy football isn't real football, but it is a great indicator as to a player(s) ballin out. Last year was the worst year for fantasy QB scoring in the last 5 and when you take into account the 17 game season now it's the worst in over a decade. It wasn't just Lamar, it was all QB's across the board, scoring was just way down.

[@Anasi94]

The Pat's dynasty has Brady as the poster boy but those defenses were legendary and had multiple HOFers. They are too often forgotten on the list of great defense in NFL history.

[@elemaioh]

I'll always spend 15 minutes watching Ty Law mug the Colts. God that game was fun to watch live.

[@devildog6698]

I remember these games with New England. We used to talk about how the patriot defensive backs and corner backs would make the cut on the plays a step before the wide receiver made the cut. It was like they knew exactly what the play was going to be. Can’t forget the Harrison rule either. Harrison was moving across the field with his jersey pulled back about 2 feet from his body dragging the corner. The ref was standing there looking straight at the play and then simply looked away. The following season the nfl changed the rules and started calling the holds.

[@Matwho]

If brady never showed up, people would still be calling Montana the goat. Manning is still known as a choker, but also a regular season monster.

[@roljamas]

This game came the week after Peyton and the Colts beat a 13-3 Chiefs team in Arrowhead and only needed to punt once. He followed up arguably his best playoff game of his career with inarguably his worst. That drove Manning narratives, along with him being the Golden Boy Number 1 Pick QB, getting usurped by some 6th rounder out of nowhere.

[@bradsanders407]

A 6th rounder who at the time was getting the defensive play call told to him before the snap. Gee i wonder why he got good. Imagine spending your 1st 5 years knowing the defensive play call each snap.

[@prismatic9804]

Manning really dropped off heavily in the playoffs. That can't be argued. Superbowl mvp off Adai's coat tails