With the GAME OF THE CENTURY: WEEK 9 EDITION, just 24 hours away, now seems like as good a time as any to compare two of the best quarterbacks on the planet.
When not talking about PatriotGate, or running up the score, the conversation usually turns to the remarkable season New England quarterback Tom Brady has cobbled together. Through eight weeks, he's thrown 30 touchdowns, only two interceptions, and sports an insane 136.2 passer rating.
He's also on pace to shatter Peyton Manning's single-season touchdown record (49), set in 2004. But how does '04 Peyton stack up against '07 Brady on a week-by-week basis? Glad you asked:
Week 1
Manning: 2 TDs, 1 Int, 1 Sack
Brady: 3 TDs, 0 Int, 0 Sack
Week 2
Manning: 2, 0, 1
Brady: 3, 1, 2
Week 3
Manning: 5, 0, 0
Brady: 4, 0, 1
Week 4
Manning: 2, 1, 0
Brady: 3, 1, 0
Week 5
Manning: 3, 1, 1
Brady: 3, 0, 0
Week 6
Manning: 3, 0, 1
Brady: 5, 0, 3
Week 7
Manning: 5, 1, 0
Brady: 6, 0, 1
Week 8
Manning: 4, 0, 0
Brady: 3, 0, 1
Halfway-through-the-season totals:
Manning: 26 TDs, 4 INTs, 5 sacks
Brady: 30 TDs, 2 INTs, 8 sacks
In the final seven games, Manning threw 23 touchdowns (he only played a series in a meaningless Week 17 game). Brady's on pace for 60 touchdowns, but that assumes he continues to play when the Pats are pulverizing opponents late in the fourth quarter, and that Bill Belichick won't rest his starters during the final weeks of the regular season. Yeah, like that'll happen.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-03-2007 @ 4:39PM
joe wallace said...
The one advantage manning has is that the pats play home games outdoors, and that will surely slow down brady's pace as the weather gets colder and more inclement. I believe that Manning will keep the record. In fact,as of right now (we will see what happens tomorrow), the Colts will have the best record in the league when all is said and done.
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11-03-2007 @ 6:51PM
Desides said...
One way in which the '04 Manning and '07 Brady also compare is that both QBs threw touchdowns in garbage time for the sole purpose of racking up statistics. The Colts were so obviously trying to break Marino's single season TD record that it was insulting, and the Patriots are now trying to do the same to the team that bested them in the AFC Championship Game.
Karma is a bitch.
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11-03-2007 @ 8:36PM
Bill Walters said...
is anyone outside of Indy Fans and cheater fans planning to watch this game. I doubt it.
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11-03-2007 @ 10:46PM
tobrien28 said...
I am a Giants fan and i have my popcorn ready so yes we are called football fans and we will watch what figures to be the game of the century.
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11-03-2007 @ 11:28PM
George B Vieto said...
Peyton is a boy scout and the other quaretrback is Clubber Lang in a Patriot uniform. Go Patriots beat the Colts and regain the NFL title that rightfully belongs to you
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11-03-2007 @ 11:56PM
Justin said...
Time to get your popcorn ready because this is going to be a show.
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11-04-2007 @ 1:38AM
SP said...
hahaha you all know T.O. will have his popcorn ready no matter where he is ;]
and actually as of RIGHT NOW, Patriots are the best team because they're 8-0 and Colts are 7-0 because of their bye week =]
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11-04-2007 @ 8:54AM
Bill Walters said...
tobrian ------the point is although it will be interesting to find the results of this game, is this really that interesting of a game? There are many more important games that the outcome of have meaning that are being played this weekend. Sure i will want to see clips but to watch this entire game??? Might look like a tennis match; lets go watch some real smash em up football.
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11-04-2007 @ 9:55AM
ausch said...
Flash!!! Just in..Dungy caught cheating!
Yes folks...Dungy is cheating...Whenever Sanders is on the field....he is playing with 12 players.
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11-04-2007 @ 12:26PM
sandy said...
GO COLTS! PEYTON WILL TAKE ON TOM AND WIN LIKE A PRO!!UNLIKE "PRETTY BOY" AND BELLICHEAT!! THE PATRIOTS HAVE NO CLASS AND THEY WILL FALL IN THE END.
GO COLTS!!!PEYTON YOU ARE THE MAN SO BEAT THAT LITTLE BOY!!!!!
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11-06-2007 @ 8:47PM
wrong said...
The Jets are cheaters too. They did that last year and the NFL wouldn't do anything about it.
Use your brain and tell me why you think Belichick would do that so out in the open. He did it on purpose as revenge to Mangini the loser
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11-07-2007 @ 8:24PM
Peg Roach said...
I guess we saw who was the better team. Love you Pats.
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