its hard to explain peyton. IMO he's the smartest, most talented QB in the NFL. But, if i was a GM, i dont think i would want him on my team. He chokes. He flat out plays horrible in important games. He's too analytical and overthinks at times.
Take a look at his superbowl run.
Game #1. Against KC he throws 3 INT's and keeps a sub-par Chief's team in the game till the end. Peyton did everything in his power to give the game away. THE ONLY REASON they win is because of their defense. That defense anchored by Freeney and Sanders gets 4 sacks and two INT's. It also held Larry Johnson to ONLY 32 yards! (btw, he missed the rushing title by just 20yds that season)
Game #2. Okay, so the Colts should have been ousted in the first round (as usual) but they ended up squeaking by despite Mr Manning. Maybe he'll step it up this game.
Now, the Baltimore D is great. And you do have to give credit where credit is due, BUT, peyton did his best to give this one away too. 50%, 170yds, 0 TD's, 2 INT's. WOW, yea, he's the best of all time. you got me there.
Plus, its not like he played ball control and had the game in hand and so he purposefully played conservative. The game was dominated by the Indy D. They caused/recovered a fumble to set up a FG. Picked off the ravens on the 4yd-line as they were going in for a score. Special teams had some nice punt returns to set up FG's.
Peyton did absolutely ****, and they won again, despite him.
Game #3. New England. I'll give you this one. Peyton shined. For two quarters that is. They made a great comeback on a good team. But, a QB playing two GREAT quarters of football out of a total of 16 quarters in the playoffs is nothing to be gloating about.
Game #4. Superbowl. Other than a 50 yard p*** to start off the Indy scoring, Mr manning played a below average game. He could have put away the bears (and their inept offense) very early but let them hang around ALL game till a pick6 put the game away (again, the defense saves the game). Peyton ended up with 250yds and 1TD and 1INT.
Peyton's legacy of his one superbowl victory is pretty crappy. Managing only 3 TD's and throwing 7 picks in four games is not something the "best QB in the NFL" would do.