BRADY/MANNING

Comparing quarterbacks is really a difficult thing to do. The factors that make a quarterback create stats are at the least variables. Offensive lines, game plans, and how the man felt on a particular day all come into play when you read the stats for the season.

The two quarterbacks have played different teams as well as the same teams. The teams they both faced are not the same teams on the game days they played them.

But if you look at the two men, Brady has all the stats, all the glamour, and all the linemen. But Manning has all the guts.

If you look at the two guys side-by-side, Brady has a slickness that makes him the media darling of the sports world, a real pretty boy with the talents to go with it. He is a great passer, with a ball that seems to sit and relax into his receiver’s hands. Manning throws and gets the ball there, his receivers may need to twist and turn, leap and dive, but the ball does get there too.

I’ve seen Brady get rattled, and like all good quarterbacks, he gets rattled often if things don’t go his way. The same for Manning is true, however, when Manning gets his butt kicked by an opponent, no matter how bloodied, disheveled and torn, he gets up ready for the next play, and forgets about the last one. Brady seems to remember the last play at times.

When things go well, give me Brady, when things seem difficult and hard, give me Manning.

Brady has to face the Giants defense, a formidable opponent for any quarterback, If you don’t think so ask the Falcon, Packer and 49er quarterbacks about that.

Manning has to face the Patriot defense, which can play over their heads at times. The question with them is which defense shows up on a given Sunday.

Manning can win the ‘must’ games, the road games and the ‘underdog’ games. Brady needs everything to be in place and aligned. Don’t get me wrong, he has the greatest coach in Bill Belichick, and he is a sure Hall of Famer, but Manning isn’t done yet, and not by a long shot.

I’ll take Manning over Brady for the Super Bowl, even though the patriots are looking for revenge.