Manning, Brees are in a QB class by themselves
The Super Bowl is the NFL’s biggest stage, so it makes sense that the game’s most important performers—the quarterbacks—are measured by their success when a league championship is on the line.
For the past two regular seasons, no two quarterbacks have been more successful than Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Beyond the standout statistical years as prolific passers, they also have set the standard in two other important aspects of their job—leading and winning.
When the Colts and Saints take the field Sunday for Super Bowl 44, Manning and Brees will be the unquestioned leaders of their teams. Because both teams were so dominant most of the season—Indianapolis started 14-0 and New Orleans 13-0—the matchup is fitting.
Looking back at their consistent prosperity as QB contemporaries, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Manning and Brees would eventually meet with so much at stake.
“When you go back and look at their careers as early as high school, you see that their teams are always winning,” Saints coach Sean Payton said. “It kind of follows them.”
Manning and Brees have much in common, from their exceptional credentials to their special connections to the city of New Orleans to their importance to their teams. Here’s at look at what makes each so great:
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1/31/10
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