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Simmons on Brady vs. Manning
If you don't like Bill Simmons, read no further. Although the piece is long, I found it entertaining and a good thing to revisit during the bye week.
Bill Simmons: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning -- the rivalry - ESPN
Here's one trip down memory lane that I particularly enjoyed. I'm sure we all remember where we were for each of THESE games.
If you don't like Bill Simmons, read no further. Although the piece is long, I found it entertaining and a good thing to revisit during the bye week.
Bill Simmons: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning -- the rivalry - ESPN
Here's one trip down memory lane that I particularly enjoyed. I'm sure we all remember where we were for each of THESE games.
Brady has beaten Manning eight of 12 times. Half of those games were memorable enough that either Pats or Colts fans (and in some cases, both) recall them by a specific phrase: the "Goal-Line Stand Game" (in 2003, in which the Pats prevailed with a goal-line stand in Indy); the "Four-Pick Game" (the 2003 AFC championship, in which the Patriots forced four Manning turnovers, also known in New England as the "Game Bill Polian Whined About Afterward Because We Beat Up His Receivers Like The [Bleeps] They Were"); the "Cut That Meat Game" (Round 2 in 2004, in which New England held Indy's offense to three points in a snowstorm as Patriots fans delightedly chanted "Cut That Meat," mocking one of Manning's commercials); the "40-Point Game" (in 2005, in which Indy finally beat Brady by exploding for 40 in Foxborough on a Monday night); "The Comeback" (in which Manning roared back from 18 down to beat New England for the 2006 AFC title, also known in New England as the "We Had It" game); and "Fourth-And-2" (in 2009, an implausible Colts comeback win that inspired a 4,000-word rant from me). Put it this way: The NFL Network could run a Brady-Manning marathon that could kill your whole weekend.