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With Super Bowl 50 win, Peyton Manning solidifies place as NFL’s best QB ever
Peyton Manning’s NFL journey started as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 draft and, by all accounts, is ending after Super Bowl 50.
If the reports are true, Manning will go down as the best quarterback in NFL history. Of course, Sunday’s win can be primarily credited to Denver’s defense — Manning’s passer rating was just 56.6 — but regardless, the man just won his second ring to pair with quite the impressive resume.
The two-time Super Bowl champion was named to 14 Pro Bowls and selected to seven first-team all-pro teams. Since the merger, no other quarterback has more than three first-team all-pro nominations. Not Tom Brady. Not Brett Favre. Not even Joe Montana. Manning also won five regular-season most valuable player awards, was named offensive player of the year twice and earned comeback player of the year as well. The Pro Football Hall of Fame named him to their second team all-2000s team.
In addition, Manning is the NFL’s all-time passing yardage (71,940) leader, over 11,000 yards more than Drew Brees, the closest active quarterback in the game today. Manning has also thrown the most career touchdown passes (539), 111 more than Brady and Brees among active players.
If the reports are true, Manning will go down as the best quarterback in NFL history. Of course, Sunday’s win can be primarily credited to Denver’s defense — Manning’s passer rating was just 56.6 — but regardless, the man just won his second ring to pair with quite the impressive resume.
The two-time Super Bowl champion was named to 14 Pro Bowls and selected to seven first-team all-pro teams. Since the merger, no other quarterback has more than three first-team all-pro nominations. Not Tom Brady. Not Brett Favre. Not even Joe Montana. Manning also won five regular-season most valuable player awards, was named offensive player of the year twice and earned comeback player of the year as well. The Pro Football Hall of Fame named him to their second team all-2000s team.
In addition, Manning is the NFL’s all-time passing yardage (71,940) leader, over 11,000 yards more than Drew Brees, the closest active quarterback in the game today. Manning has also thrown the most career touchdown passes (539), 111 more than Brady and Brees among active players.
Read the rest, you haters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2016/02/07/with-super-bowl-50-win-peyton-manning-solidifies-place-as-nfls-best-qb-ever/
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Think of it as my Valentines Day heart to you.
But look, you know what seals the deal? Peyton is now the only QB to win a Super Bowl with two different teams. Kurt Warner and Craig Morton are the only other two that tried but didn't do it. But there are several more that potentially could have. The ones that come to mind are Fran Tarkenton, Jim Plunkett, Joe Montana and Bret Favre.
