S3mper said:
Absolutely,
People just look at the stats it's one of the reasons Ben is so under estimated, I've seen every single one of his games the way he wins games in unreal.
Now that he has a line that is blocking for him (which he has never had) and has great talent to throw to.. He's always had talent to throw to but not like this - he is breaking records. 500+ yards for his second time (Peyton or Brady has never done that) two 6 TD throwing games back to back (Peyton or Brady haven't done that)
^^ Also it's not like he did that against bad teams he did it against the Colts and Ravens
We saw what happened to Brady and the patriots with no one to throw to and bad blocking. He was terrible, Ben has had that problem his entire career and he has 2 super bowl rings. (Manning only has one)
Roethlisberger also has had an injury ridden career, not that he is starting to stay healthy look out.
I also think he throws for 7 TD against the Jets lol
If only
Did you watch the video? lol
I only watched about the first 2 minutes of it... Honestly the first like 7 passes didn't even show what he was throwing into or even if they were completions. I stopped after the nice run after catch for a TD screen pass to Hines Ward....
You've got blinders on to these two isolated games. He is playing well, don't get me wrong, but take out those two games and your boy is only averaging 265 ypg and 10 scores through 7 games. Nobody will be considered the best in the league at that position with those numbers.
I do give credit when deserved. The main thing to his game hasn't been mentioned yet. Having that many attempts this season (2nd in the league) and only 3 int's is his best stat, better than back2back 6 TD games, better than multiple 500 yard games (those are just feel good numbers).
The whole superbowl ring argument is completely overblown in terms of Peyton. It is just about the only thing left anyone can have against him, so it is used left and right (by the way, only 5 time MVP in history). He's had to put multiple teams on his shoulders for many, many years. He's never had the running systems like Ben has to open those passing lanes. In fact, Manning's passing game is the only reason his team has had decent running seasons, because of only 6 guys in the box in fear of his arm.
Everyone does the comparison between Manning and Brady, I don't think I've heard of any comparison of Ben/Peyton or Ben/Brady. If a poll was given among the league or sports writers or just fans in general, I don't think it would be a contest and Peyton or Brady would out vote Ben by a good amount.