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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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In my rat's ass of an opinion, what makes Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback that I ever saw play was his freakish, almost inhuman ability to read defenses and make adjustments/audibles at the line of scrimmage ...... if Manning had had those Patriots teams around him when he played, I believe that he would have made it to even more Super Bowls than Tom Brady did (Brady made it to 9 Super Bowls when he was with the Patriots.) When Brady and Manning were both still in their in their prime in 2013, the Broncos easily beat the Patriots in that year's AFC Championship game, and the same probably would have happened one year earlier in 2012 if the Broncos' defensive backs had not choked and whiffed on the 70-yard TD pass with 30 seconds left to play in the Mile High Miracle divisional playoff game in Denver.
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100% agree. Don't think the game has or will ever see that kind of football mind again. His ability to instantly know what was about to happen was incredible. No one has ever been as prepared as he was. You hear stories of his demands to have film prepared of just his footwork and would study it for tells to see if he was tipping the D off at any point, constantly studying his form for inconsistencies, etc... just totally in command.
I remember during his rookie year I was telling a friend that he was heading toward being the best QB in the league in the next season (promise- AND I was a Leaf proponent coming out mind you) and was heavily ridiculed- taunted because of his interception count. I told him to come back to me in a couple years and I would smear his face in it. Late in that 2nd year, as we were just romping in game after game he said he was wrong and couldn't believe what Peyton was doing to defenses with his pre-snap reads and progressions. Most impressive he said was his ability to come right back after INT's as if they never happened- which was Peyton's calling card throughout his entire career.
Roughly 2004 / 2005 we were watching football again and he gave it up and said Peyton was the best QB of all time, and he was a steadfast Marino guy. Those 03' - 07' years were the most remarkable QB play this league has ever witnessed.
For those down on AR at this point, do not lose focus on the fact that what is probably the best pure QB of all time had a game with 6 INT's when he was already 4 years in the league.