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We always hear about how Brady is better than Manning going head to head.  Well, I think that is all misguided.  Let's look at some facts:

 

(1) Head to head in playoffs: Manning 2, Brady 2

Home games for Manning: 2;  Home games for Brady: 2

 

(2) Head to head in AFC Championship Games: Manning 2, Brady 1

Home games for Manning:2;  Home games for Brady: 1

 

See the pattern - home team wins.  Now, let's see how that plays out overall.

(3) Head to head overall: Brady 10, Manning 5

 

In the 15 match-ups between Manning and Brady. Brady has played at home 9 times.  Since the home team always seems to have the edge, Brady should be 9-6 against Manning.  Brady is 1 game better than that at 10-5,

 

Now, the first 2 Manning-Brady matchups were in 2001.  The Colts were a bad team in 2001 (finished 6-10).  So, the real rivalry began when both teams were good, which was in 2003.  So, if you take out the 2001 season, Brady would hold an 8-5 record.  And, how about that.  Of those 13 games, Brady had 8 at home.

 

So, going from 2003 forward, Brady should be 8-5 against Manning and he is exactly that (no better, no worse).  

 

In effect, Manning and Brady are even.  

 

Now, if you want to throw in the fact that Brady had some incredible defenses back in the 2003 time frame, the argument could be made then that Manning comes out on top.

 

If you are wondering how many of those 13 games were won by the road team, here they are:

2003: At Ind: NE 38, Colts 34

2005: At NE: Colts 40, NE 21

2006: At NE: Colts 27, NE 20

2007: At Ind: NE 24, Colts 20

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We always hear about how Brady is better than Manning going head to head.  Well, I think that is all misguided.  Let's look at some facts:

 

(1) Head to head in playoffs: Manning 2, Brady 2

Home games for Manning: 2;  Home games for Brady: 2

 

(2) Head to head in AFC Championship Games: Manning 2, Brady 1

Home games for Manning:2;  Home games for Brady: 1

 

See the pattern - home team wins.  Now, let's see how that plays out overall.

(3) Head to head overall: Brady 10, Manning 5

 

In the 15 match-ups between Manning and Brady. Brady has played at home 9 times.  Since the home team always seems to have the edge, Brady should be 9-6 against Manning.  Brady is 1 game better than that at 10-5,

 

Now, the first 2 Manning-Brady matchups were in 2001.  The Colts were a bad team in 2001 (finished 6-10).  So, the real rivalry began when both teams were good, which was in 2003.  So, if you take out the 2001 season, Brady would hold an 8-5 record.  And, how about that.  Of those 13 games, Brady had 8 at home.

 

So, going from 2003 forward, Brady should be 8-5 against Manning and he is exactly that (no better, no worse).  

 

In effect, Manning and Brady are even.  

 

Now, if you want to throw in the fact that Brady had some incredible defenses back in the 2003 time frame, the argument could be made then that Manning comes out on top.

 

If you are wondering how many of those 13 games were won by the road team, here they are:

2003: At Ind: NE 38, Colts 34

2005: At NE: Colts 40, NE 21

2006: At NE: Colts 27, NE 20

2007: At Ind: NE 24, Colts 20

 

 

11 posts and he rolls it out......

 

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Rookie., ...............

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Threads like this aren't even needed anymore. Peyton Manning is simply a better player than Tom Brady, and it's not that close. It doesn't matter where the Patriots and Colts accrued their wins in head to head matchups in which the two players weren't directly competing against each other. This isn't a 1 on 1 game of basketball.

 

I'm a Patriots fan, and I'm tired of hearing people trying to make this an argument. The Superbowl in 2007 clearly left Brady shellshocked. His deep ball has been terrible since then, and he's been living off of a very limited set of skills (short dink and dunk passes) ever since. He's been horrific in the playoffs except in a few games where we were the heavy favorites. Manning has been excellent since 2007 or so. At this point I'm genuinely shocked when Tom plays well in the postseason, and that's pretty sad. He's done in my opinion.

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We always hear about how Brady is better than Manning going head to head.  Well, I think that is all misguided.  Let's look at some facts:

 

(1) Head to head in playoffs: Manning 2, Brady 2

Home games for Manning: 2;  Home games for Brady: 2

 

(2) Head to head in AFC Championship Games: Manning 2, Brady 1

Home games for Manning:2;  Home games for Brady: 1

 

See the pattern - home team wins.  Now, let's see how that plays out overall.

(3) Head to head overall: Brady 10, Manning 5

 

In the 15 match-ups between Manning and Brady. Brady has played at home 9 times.  Since the home team always seems to have the edge, Brady should be 9-6 against Manning.  Brady is 1 game better than that at 10-5,

 

Now, the first 2 Manning-Brady matchups were in 2001.  The Colts were a bad team in 2001 (finished 6-10).  So, the real rivalry began when both teams were good, which was in 2003.  So, if you take out the 2001 season, Brady would hold an 8-5 record.  And, how about that.  Of those 13 games, Brady had 8 at home.

 

So, going from 2003 forward, Brady should be 8-5 against Manning and he is exactly that (no better, no worse).  

 

In effect, Manning and Brady are even.  

 

Now, if you want to throw in the fact that Brady had some incredible defenses back in the 2003 time frame, the argument could be made then that Manning comes out on top.

 

If you are wondering how many of those 13 games were won by the road team, here they are:

2003: At Ind: NE 38, Colts 34

2005: At NE: Colts 40, NE 21

2006: At NE: Colts 27, NE 20

2007: At Ind: NE 24, Colts 20

 

well well well well . . . what do we have here . . . hmm . . . 

 

I see where you are coming from but teams are what they are . . . and understand and like that you qualified the 2001 season . . . I would only point that team was 5-13 till Brady showed up and also when the colts lost they lost by 4 scores and 3 scores respectively in 2001, true we did have one big loss 2005  . . . however the Pats were not always the 2003-2004 Pats . . . Manning almost lost to Matt Cassel for Christ sake . . . not many people fear the Pats offense in 2006 and the 2005 version lost well over half its starters on defense throw IR and FA, not to mention the 2009 team was not exacting inspiring and justifiably got smoked in the first round and not to mention Brady year back from ACL surgery  . . . and this year our top WR is a 7th rounder, college QB that no one wanted in FA . . . despite all of these we did not get smoked like Indy in 2001 and in a few of the case won the game . . .

 

So yes Indy was 6-10, but at the same time the 52 players outside of the QB have been good and have been bad for both players . . . and sometimes things even out . . . two of Peyton's wins '05 and '09 where when we were 10-6 . . . and remaining three (two more in '06 and this year) where when we did not have exactly the best of WR, in fact it was Brady's weakest help on the outside 2006 and 2013 . . .

 

so true Tom has two wins when the colts were 6-10, but all of manning wins were when we were either 10-6 or had our weakest WR core . . . so it works both ways once one looks at details . . .    

 

Good that Peyton won and won a playoff game and is 2-2 in the playoff and has plenty of time to add a few more wins . . . but if you step back and look at the teams and when the wins and losses came, each QB and team were helped by a good cast and not so good cast and things are not as even as you might think head to head . . .

 

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Yehoodi - in my analysis, I didn't analyze the defense other than mention that the Patriots had an extremely good defense back when NE really started the rivalry (2003 and 2004).  My guess would be that the Patriots had a better defense than the Colts in MOST seasons dating back to 2001.  I suppose though that you would counter that by saying the Colts had the better offense though.  

 

In the end, my post was to make the point that Brady's 10-5 is not all it's cracked up to be.  That home field advantage is huge, as I think is evidenced by the facts in the post.  15 games head to head, and only 5 won by the visiting team.  

 

In the end, they are both great QBs, and this rivalry has been pretty unbelievable.  Both Colts and Patriots fans have been rewarded with an amazing amount of joy (and heartbreak).    

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Yehoodi - in my analysis, I didn't analyze the defense other than mention that the Patriots had an extremely good defense back when NE really started the rivalry (2003 and 2004).  My guess would be that the Patriots had a better defense than the Colts in MOST seasons dating back to 2001.  I suppose though that you would counter that by saying the Colts had the better offense though.  

 

In the end, my post was to make the point that Brady's 10-5 is not all it's cracked up to be.  That home field advantage is huge, as I think is evidenced by the facts in the post.  15 games head to head, and only 5 won by the visiting team.  

 

In the end, they are both great QBs, and this rivalry has been pretty unbelievable.  Both Colts and Patriots fans have been rewarded with an amazing amount of joy (and heartbreak).    

 

yes the Pats have benefit from more home games . . . and like what you did and it is always fun to look at stats and see if things are more skewed than one might think and really liked what you did, and 10-5 seems big . . . and to qualify it can help . . . I just wanted to point out that when our team was not as strong the scores were a lot closer . . . we did not lose by a lot . ..

 

and yes both franchises have been bless with two great QBs and near the same age and were able to play each other each year, so its have been a great ride for sure . . . we will see how the next few years will go . . .

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We always hear about how Brady is better than Manning going head to head.  Well, I think that is all misguided.  Let's look at some facts:

 

(1) Head to head in playoffs: Manning 2, Brady 2

Home games for Manning: 2;  Home games for Brady: 2

 

(2) Head to head in AFC Championship Games: Manning 2, Brady 1

Home games for Manning:2;  Home games for Brady: 1

 

See the pattern - home team wins.  Now, let's see how that plays out overall.

(3) Head to head overall: Brady 10, Manning 5

 

In the 15 match-ups between Manning and Brady. Brady has played at home 9 times.  Since the home team always seems to have the edge, Brady should be 9-6 against Manning.  Brady is 1 game better than that at 10-5,

 

Now, the first 2 Manning-Brady matchups were in 2001.  The Colts were a bad team in 2001 (finished 6-10).  So, the real rivalry began when both teams were good, which was in 2003.  So, if you take out the 2001 season, Brady would hold an 8-5 record.  And, how about that.  Of those 13 games, Brady had 8 at home.

 

So, going from 2003 forward, Brady should be 8-5 against Manning and he is exactly that (no better, no worse).  

 

In effect, Manning and Brady are even.  

 

Now, if you want to throw in the fact that Brady had some incredible defenses back in the 2003 time frame, the argument could be made then that Manning comes out on top.

 

If you are wondering how many of those 13 games were won by the road team, here they are:

2003: At Ind: NE 38, Colts 34

2005: At NE: Colts 40, NE 21

2006: At NE: Colts 27, NE 20

2007: At Ind: NE 24, Colts 20

Are you really Adam Schefter?

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As nit picky as this thread is it is peculiar how NE was the home team 9 out of those 15. How many were in the post season n how many regular season.

 

That's something the media never seems to point out, that Brady has simply had the home field advantage far more often then Manning.  

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Kenny,

   11 of the 15 games were in regular season (7 at NE, 4 at Ind).  4 were in playoffs (2 at NE, 2 at Ind).

 

I don't know how the schedule makers decide who gets the home game when they play each other.

 

Denver will play NE next year again since they both won their divisions this year.  I'm not sure there is a way to know where that game will be prior to the schedule coming out.  It's easy to know which 16 games will be on any team's schedule next year, but I've never figured out how to know which games will be at home and which games will be away.

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Kenny,

   11 of the 15 games were in regular season (7 at NE, 4 at Ind).  4 were in playoffs (2 at NE, 2 at Ind).

 

I don't know how the schedule makers decide who gets the home game when they play each other.

 

Denver will play NE next year again since they both won their divisions this year.  I'm not sure there is a way to know where that game will be prior to the schedule coming out.  It's easy to know which 16 games will be on any team's schedule next year, but I've never figured out how to know which games will be at home and which games will be away.

 

I am not exactly sure how it works exactly but sometimes it goes in runs of three when teams meet head to head in the same conference . . . so three at NE, then three at indy, then three at NE and so one . . . which is how things go I think . . .  now it may be sequentially (that is you will play three times not many how many years it takes and then go to the opponents) and it may be by years regardless if you play or not in any given year. . .

 

Sequentially being you play regardless of the year and so if colts play pats in 2003, 2006, 2008 those three are at one venue then they go to the next venue for the next three whenever they are . . . say 2010, 2014, and 2022.

 

or it my be year that is IF they play it will be 2004, 2005, 2006 NE, 2007, 2008, 2009 indy 2010, 2011, 2012 NE, 2013, 2014, 2015 Indy and so one . . . and then back to NE in 2016,. so if we do not play in 2015 indy will missed out on the third home game and it will be back to NE if there is a 2016 game . . .  

 

given that we played every year it tough to know which one is the option, but something tells me it is the second option and that you are on a three year rotation regardless if you played them for all three years or not . . .

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Kenny,

   11 of the 15 games were in regular season (7 at NE, 4 at Ind).  4 were in playoffs (2 at NE, 2 at Ind).

 

I don't know how the schedule makers decide who gets the home game when they play each other.

 

Denver will play NE next year again since they both won their divisions this year.  I'm not sure there is a way to know where that game will be prior to the schedule coming out.  It's easy to know which 16 games will be on any team's schedule next year, but I've never figured out how to know which games will be at home and which games will be away.

the reason the more home games at NE was the 2 game divisional winner standing outside of the 14 games that are set and WHEN they happened.

 

The AFC divisions play each other every 3 years and rotate away/home.

 

The division winners (ranking the same- ie 1st plays 1st, 2nd plays 2nd etc) rotate unless it's your turn to play that division that rotates every 3 years as above.  They also rotate home/away.

 

There was however a quirk where the AFCS and AFCE only rotated the home/away every other time. That's is to say away two times in a row and home two times in a row.   

 

The pieces just happened to fall where they did mostly because colts/pats were no 1 in their division.

Ultimately the schedule was always set (not picked by the NFL) and just happened to fall where it did.

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