| Sandy D | 01-13-2013 10:44 PM | Not a Colt fan growing up or now. Grew up in a house full of boys and football.
I give credit when it is due to someone who earned it. I never like Brett Favre at all, and he has nothing close to Manning numbers but gets mentioned all the time along the best when personally he would be lucky to get into my top 25 of all time QBs
Always mentioned as one of the best QBs of all time.
Is one of the smartest players ever to play the game. Knows the game inside and out. Far better then majority of coaches.
I would not mind be called a choker by a select few people with records like this.
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From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to eight (seven AFC South and one AFC East) division championships, two AFC championships, and to a Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLI).
He has won a record four league most valuable player awards,
[1] was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI,
has been named to twelve Pro Bowls,
has twelve 4,000-yard passing seasons,[2][3] and is the Indianapolis Colts' all-time leader in passing yards (54,828) and touchdown passes (399).
In 2009, he was named the best player in the NFL[2][3] and Fox Sports along with
Sports Illustrated named him the NFL player of the decade of the 2000s.
High school
He was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 1993.
College awards
1994 SEC Freshman of the Year[206]
1995 First-team All-SEC[206]
1995 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Arkansas)[206]
1995 NCAA Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Arkansas)[206]
1996 Second-Team All-SEC[206]
1996 Third-Team All-American[206]
1996 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (vs. South Carolina)[206]
1996 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Georgia)[206]
1997 Davey O'Brien Award[207]
1997 Johnny Unitas Award[207]
1997 NCAA QB of the Year[208]
1997 Maxwell Award[207]
1997 James E. Sullivan Award[207]
1997 Today's Top VIII Award[207]
1997 SEC Championship MVP[26]
1997 Citrus Bowl MVP
1997 Consensus All-American[206]
1997 SEC Player of the Year[206]
1997 First-team All-SEC[206]
1997 SEC Player of the Week (vs. Southern Miss)[206]
1998 Best College Player ESPY Award[31]
NFL awards
NFL MVP (2003 (shared with Steve McNair), 2004, 2008, 2009)[1]
Best NFL Player ESPY Award(2004,[31] 2005[209])
12× Pro Bowl (1999–2000, 2002–2010, 2012)[38]
5× First-team All-Pro (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)[77][94][101]
3× Second-team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2006)[50][58][114]
2× Bert Bell Award (2003, 2004)[210]
6× AFC Offensive Player of the Year Awards (1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
1998 NFL All-Rookie First Team[38]
2004 AFC Offensive Player of the Year[76]
2004 Fedex Express Player of the Year[211]
2005 Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award[209]
2005 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award[210]
2005 Byron "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award[38]
2005 Pro Bowl MVP[76]
2007 Super Bowl MVP[111]
2007 Best Championship Performance ESPY Award[113]
With one Super Bowl ring he even has one more rings them 99.0 of all QBs to ever play the game.
Yup. He is a choker.
Not to mention what kind of person in life he is and what he gives back to kids.
And I need to add. It was stupid to take a knee with 31 sec to go in regulation in that game. Knowing the Ravens D players were worn out, out of breathe and could have been abused. Coach made the call and the coach choked, not Manning. |