Peyton's postseason stats:
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Year Opp Result | CMP ATT PYD PTD INT |RSH YD TD
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1999 ten L,16-19 | 19 43 227 0 0 | 2 22 1
2000 mia L,17-23 | 17 32 194 1 0 | 1 -2 0
2002 nyj L,0-41 | 14 31 137 0 2 | 1 2 0
2003 den W41-10 | 22 26 377 5 0 | 1 0 0
2003 kan W,38-31 | 22 30 304 3 0 | 1 -1 0
2003 nwe L,14-24 23 47 237 1 4 | 2 4 0
2004 den W,49-24 | 27 33 457 4 1 | 1 1 1
2004 nwe L,3-20 | 27 42 238 0 1 | 1 6 0
2005 pit L,18-21 | 22 38 290 1 0 | 0 0 0
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TOTAL | 193 322 2461 15 8 | 10 32 2 |
If you can't read the table:
Peyton Manning statistics - pro-football-reference.com It isn't so much that he doesn't show up, its just that he manages to completely stink out the place when they lose.
His stats during playoff losses are much more telling:
122/233 (52%), 1323 yards 3 TD/7 INT
This is the guy that easily lasers in 4 TDs a week and broke Marino's TD/Season record. This is an offensive team that rivals the Martz Rams in their heyday, except they can't bring it when it counts. This is why Peyton has a bad rap in the post-season: because he gets annihilated in critical games against defenses that aren't chumps.
Say what you want about Brady: he's 60+ and 20 as a starter, and he's the football equivalent to Mr. October.