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[cdumler7]

Because the narrative last year that they tried to force into reality was the Chiefs will be the first to 3 peat.
The refs...league... got egregious and showed their hand too early which effected what they could do in the SB.
This year they will take a more measured approach.

I'm just glad the Chiefs with the season they were having didn't pull it off to win it all. That was one of the luckiest seasons I have seen from a team. They never blew anyone out and somehow at the end the ball always bounced their way. I doubt we see another season like that in a long time where they go something like 11-0 in 1 score games.

 

[nefansince75]

Would be fun to see those two start having the old Brady/Manning who is the best in the AFC conversation.

That wasn't a long conversation with Manning usually bowing out during the first playoff game.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

That wasn't a long conversation with Manning usually bowing out during the first playoff game.

 

[cdumler7]

That wasn't a long conversation with Manning usually bowing out during the first playoff game.

Hey now...I mean are we going to talk about who had the better playoff record when they went head to head? Or how things played out later in their careers with Manning winning 6 of the final 11 matchups against each other?

Or we could talk about how Brady was 1-3 against the Broncos in the playoffs and that he had his worst overall record against the Broncos compared to any other team in the league.

 

[nefansince75]

Hey now...I mean are we going to talk about who had the better playoff record when they went head to head? Or how things played out later in their careers with Manning winning 6 of the final 11 matchups against each other?

Or we could talk about how Brady was 1-3 against the Broncos in the playoffs and that he had his worst overall record against the Broncos compared to any other team in the league.

It's a team game, but with a large sample size patterns emerge. Manning had great stats but he was prone to meltdowns. While Brady wasn't exempt from them, they were rare.

To be the GOAT you needed to win when it mattered most. Say the playoffs aren't the only metric till yo are blue in the face, I mean it. Keep saying it because it's true. But playoffs are a big piece and Payton just doesn't compete in that part of the GOAT race.

Finally - can you recall Brady blaming his teammates? I know what you are thinking, he didn't blame because he was winning, but he did lose some and only his wife was pointing fingers (and that was ugly).