Factoid
How are we supposed to compare Peyton Manning to the all-time great quarterbacks? He’s got lots of yards, touchdowns and regular-season wins, but he hasn’t been a great postseason quarterback.
Below is the list of all quarterbacks with at least 90 regular-season wins (those records follow each guys name). Of this group, only five other quarterbacks have losing records in the postseason.
When you compare regular-season winning percentage to the postseason number, Manning has the biggest dropoff of everyone in this group.
Not saying that Manning isn’t as good as Bart Starr, Donovan McNabb, Bob Griese or Drew Bledsoe. He’s been very good.
But the lack of postseason success weighs heavily against Manning when you try to measure him against guys like Tom Brady, Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana.
POSTSEASON WINNING PERCENTAGES
Quarterbacks with 90-plus career regular season wins (in parentheses):
W L Pct
9 1 .900 Bart Starr (94-57-6)
6 2 .750 Johnny Unitas (118-64-4)
17 6 .739 Tom Brady (136-39-0)
14 5 .737 Terry Bradshaw (107-51-0)
11 4 .733 Troy Aikman (94-71-0)
16 7 .696 Joe Montana (117-47-0)
14 7 .667 John Elway (148-82-1)
5 3 .625 Len Dawson (94-57-8)
6 4 .600 Phil Simms (95-64-0)
7 5 .583 Ken Stabler (96-49-1)
8 6 .571 Steve Young (94-49-0)
9 7 .563 Donovan McNabb (98-62-1)
5 4 .556 Drew Brees (99-70-0)
6 5 .545 Fran Tarkenton (124-109-6)
6 5 .545 Bob Griese (92-56-3)
13 11 .542 Brett Favre (186-112-0)
9 8 .529 Jim Kelly (101-59-0)
5 5 .500 Steve McNair (91-62-0)
3 3 .500 Drew Bledsoe (98-95-0)
9 11 .450 Peyton Manning (154-70-0)
8 10 .444 Dan Marino (147-93-0)
2 3 .400 Vinny Testaverde (90-123-1)
3 6 .333 Dave Krieg (98-77-0)
2 4 .333 Ken Anderson (91-81-0)
3 7 .300 Warren Moon (102-101-0)
—Ian Allan
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Posted by Matt Mumford | Jan. 15 at 10:11 AM
He's becoming like Coach Marty Schottenheimer!!
Posted by DAVID DIGREGORIO | Jan. 15 at 12:20 PM
His doesn't seem to have much on the ball these days. He is still very accurate with it, but he could really fall off if he loses much more arm strength. This is a concern for me.
Posted by PETER DEBIASE | Jan. 15 at 01:01 PM
I agree with David. He looked like a pitcher with a tired arm. It got worse as the game went on as he seemed to be content to just dink and dunk. I wondered whether he was hurt because it seemed odd that he couldn't throw the ball down the field.
Posted by ANDY RICHARDSON | Jan. 15 at 01:47 PM
The cold weather has more of an effect on those older bones, I think. We saw it with Favre in some of his last couple of playoff games at Lambeau Field, certainly the Giants loss. Honestly, part of the reason I didn't think Manning would sign with Denver was the idea of playing outdoors in cold weather after playing his entire career in a dome.