Manning and Favre

Peyton Manning’s legacy took a bit of a hit in the Super Bowl. He’s back to being a great quarterback who isn’t always great in the big game. As I was thinking about how quarterbacks rank, I saw many similarities between Manning and Favre.

They are completely different quarterbacks of course. Manning, the cerebral one. Favre, the gunslinger. But both will have amazing careers setting all kinds of records. Both are clear Hall of Famers.

And so far, both are in the “only one Super Bowl” category of great quarterbacks. Hell, they both threw critical interceptions late in the game to the same guy in the playoffs this year.

I’m big fans of both of them. But unless Peyton comes back and wins another Super Bowl, he’s not in the Montana category, no matter how many records he breaks.