I assumed this was a given, but we're talking about regular season stats here. The postseason has nothing to do with regular season stats. I've never seen any stats that show more than 16 games for a season. That being the case, how does 48 TDs compare to 55? It doesn't. You don't have to win a Super Bowl to validate your regular season stats. For some reason you apply that to Peyton Manning but not Dan Marino or Tom Brady. The overt double standard that applies to Peyton Manning in an attempt to qualify or detract from what he's done really puzzles me.
You are 2 for 2 in reading comprehension disability. I absolutely applied it to Marino and Brady.
55 is more than 48 but 48 was done in almost 100 less passes. Marino's TD% was higher than Mannings this year (meaning if the play calls had the same amount of passes then Marino would have thrown more than 55td's). Virtually everyone involved in the sport agrees it was harder to pass the ball in 1984 than it is in 2013. So, in theory, if Manning decides to pass for a TD almost always on 1st down from the 2 yard line and Marino hands it off in those situations does that mean Manning had a better year? I'm not saying that happened but making a point that 55 to 48 doesn't mean you automatically had a better year. You being a big contributor on these NFL boards, I would think you would understand something quite this obvious.