c******n
发帖数: 5697 | 1 纽约时报：
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/sports/football/nfl-conferenc
The last time Brady and Manning met for the A.F.C. championship, in the 2006
season, Manning and the Colts won in Indianapolis. Now Manning and the
Broncos are favored because their offense has been loaded since Day 1 and
the Patriots have had to cobble one together.
The game is in Denver, and New England has been a mediocre road team. In
almost every way, it looks like a season to remember for Manning and one to
forget for Brady.
But Brady has been here before and relishes the chance to be an underdog.
“I’m sure no one’s going to pick us to win,” Brady told reporters.
He was wrong.
Pick: Patriots
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/afc-championship-
This is not about quarterback ratings or NFL MVP awards, of which Manning
has a record four. The most crystallizing, defining measure of a quarterback
is this: whether he can perform at his best at the most crucial moment of
his given season.
Manning, 37, has superior career passing and touchdown numbers, but those
will never trump these: Brady, 36, has won twice as many playoff games and
two more Super Bowl trophies. And he has been to three more Super Bowls and
four more conference championship games .
When all of Manning’s numbers and awards are calibrated, this is not an
argument but merely a manipulation of statistics to support a weak thesis:
that a quarterback with more yards and touchdowns is simply better.
Brady doesn’t have to beat Manning for the second time in three conference
title games to be thought of as the more accomplished quarterback. If the
Patriots knock off Denver, he is on his way to scaling Montana and Elway,
the only two of ahead of him in my all-time, top-five pantheon right now.
Fact: Brady and Montana are the only two players in NFL history to win the
NFL Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP awards multiple times. If Brady
wins two more games this season, he will have as many Super Bowl titles as
Montana.
Fact: Brady and Elway are the only two quarterbacks to lead their teams to
five Super Bowls. If Brady takes the Patriots to a sixth this season, he
stands alone.
Fact: No quarterback has more wins in playoff history than Brady’s 18
against seven losses. Montana went 16-7. Brady has 31 more regular-season
wins than Montana and a higher career passing rating.
Fact: Joe Montana’s greatest receiver during his Super Bowl years was Jerry
Rice, only the greatest receiver ever. Peyton Manning’s was Marvin
Harrison, soon to be a Hall of Famer. Tom Brady’s greatest receiver during
his three Super Bowl victories was Troy Brown. (Randy Moss, bless his
straight-cash-homey heart, was just passing through.)
Fact: Peyton Manning is 10-11 in the postseason.
For Manning’s professional sake, I hope the Broncos blow out the Patriots
and the game is decided before the fourth quarter. I hope for all concerned
legacies involved that the game is over long before the final few minutes
and that Manning becomes one of the three oldest quarterbacks to win it all
after Elway, who won at 38 years old, and Johnny Unitas, who won when he was
37.
Because if it is remotely close with three minutes left, I will take Brady
over Manning 10 times out of 10 — in January, in February, wherever. (We’
re talking Peyton Manning here; Eli has stolen two Lombardi Trophies from
Brady.)
If Brady outplays and beats Manning’s team Sunday and wins his fourth Super
Bowl in February, he not only further distances himself from the main
contemporary of his era, but he also scales Elway and, finally, Montana as
the greatest to play the position.
That’s hard to fathom for a lifelong Montana fan, born and partly reared in
Northern California. But, hey, if anyone is going to do it, it might as
well be the 4-year-old who saw “The Catch” at Candlestick. | U*S
发帖数: 4914 | 2 看来白菜必败了。
2006
to
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 纽约时报：
: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/sports/football/nfl-conferenc
: The last time Brady and Manning met for the A.F.C. championship, in the 2006
: season, Manning and the Colts won in Indianapolis. Now Manning and the
: Broncos are favored because their offense has been loaded since Day 1 and
: the Patriots have had to cobble one together.
: The game is in Denver, and New England has been a mediocre road team. In
: almost every way, it looks like a season to remember for Manning and one to
: forget for Brady.
: But Brady has been here before and relishes the chance to be an underdog.
| c******n
发帖数: 5697 | 3 常规赛和季后赛之间这么大的分水岭，应该想想打球是为了作秀还是为了赢
【在 U*S 的大作中提到】
: 看来白菜必败了。
:
: 2006
: to
| U*S
发帖数: 4914 | 4 求解释
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 常规赛和季后赛之间这么大的分水岭，应该想想打球是为了作秀还是为了赢
| q**6
发帖数: 2068 | 5 越想赢越失常
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 常规赛和季后赛之间这么大的分水岭，应该想想打球是为了作秀还是为了赢
| l**k
发帖数: 45267 | 6 菜黑又给我拍败RP了
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 常规赛和季后赛之间这么大的分水岭，应该想想打球是为了作秀还是为了赢
| l*****8
发帖数: 16949 | 7 哦，你说鼻子07年以后再作秀？
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 常规赛和季后赛之间这么大的分水岭，应该想想打球是为了作秀还是为了赢
| c******n
发帖数: 5697 | 8 鼻子挺牛逼的，他和5个戒指只差了两个TD，差点就前无古人后无来者
【在 l*****8 的大作中提到】
: 哦，你说鼻子07年以后再作秀？
| l*****8
发帖数: 16949 | 9 这个我同意。但他季后赛的成绩更多的是刚出道的10-0打下的基础。之后在他成为球队
核心之后的季后赛表现，并不比PM强多少。不用说他还有NFL最好的教练。Having said
that, 我同意鼻子目前的成就超过白菜，但季后赛输球原因很多，你说季后赛输球就
是不想赢球光想做秀就过分了吧。
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 鼻子挺牛逼的，他和5个戒指只差了两个TD，差点就前无古人后无来者
| M******k
发帖数: 27573 | 10 还有间谍门
－－版霸．
said
【在 l*****8 的大作中提到】
: 这个我同意。但他季后赛的成绩更多的是刚出道的10-0打下的基础。之后在他成为球队
: 核心之后的季后赛表现，并不比PM强多少。不用说他还有NFL最好的教练。Having said
: that, 我同意鼻子目前的成就超过白菜，但季后赛输球原因很多，你说季后赛输球就
: 是不想赢球光想做秀就过分了吧。
| | | n*********7
发帖数: 4682 | | n***t
发帖数: 8357 | 12 Peyton's former team (like Colts) has been overhyped many times.
Brady almost always has a better team, plus he has the best coach. | l*****8
发帖数: 16949 | 13 Thank you for reminding us.
【在 M******k 的大作中提到】
: 还有间谍门
: －－版霸．
:
: said
| x******2
发帖数: 4034 | 14 这周好不容易看到个高调的拍粉，真不容易
2006
to
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 纽约时报：
: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/sports/football/nfl-conferenc
: The last time Brady and Manning met for the A.F.C. championship, in the 2006
: season, Manning and the Colts won in Indianapolis. Now Manning and the
: Broncos are favored because their offense has been loaded since Day 1 and
: the Patriots have had to cobble one together.
: The game is in Denver, and New England has been a mediocre road team. In
: almost every way, it looks like a season to remember for Manning and one to
: forget for Brady.
: But Brady has been here before and relishes the chance to be an underdog.
| B*****e
发帖数: 9375 | 15
那他和零个戒指距离更近 只差三个FG就前无古人的输五次超级碗
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 鼻子挺牛逼的，他和5个戒指只差了两个TD，差点就前无古人后无来者
| g****j
发帖数: 2908 | 16 报纸是最无聊的。反正做个和大家相反的预测最合算，到时候错了，大家都不care它说
了啥。要是对了，丫就可以吹了，你看看我多么英明。和股评家一样的，语不惊人死不
休。 |
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