Fivehead Manning: least clutch QB in NFL history?

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I don't get this whole "Peyton's defense carried him to a Super Bowl" thing.

He played terribly against the Chiefs in the WC game. We all saw that. It was also 16-0 and the Chiefs didn't get a 1st down for like 40 minutes of that game. It was never in doubt.

After that, he played another shitty game (by Peyton's standards) in the divisional.

And then all he did was bring his team back from an 18 point 1st half deficit including orchestrating a game winning TD drive against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFCCG ...

and then, down 10 in the Super Bowl, he posts one of the most efficient games in a Super Bowl as his team controls the ball for 39 minutes against A DEFENSE SO GOOD they got Rex Grossman to a Super Bowl.

The bullshit about Peyton being carried to his only Super Bowl is just that ... bullshit.

2006 postseason – Proving that even a blind squirrel can find a nut, Manning throws 3 TDs and 7 INTs in four postseason games, but bumbles his way to his only Super Bowl victory behind Indy's brilliant defensive play (16.3 PPG in postseason). He posts the lowest playoff passer rating of any Super Bowl-winning quarterback.

He was carried, period.