I'm not going to sit here and say that Joe Montana would never have a game like Manning's because he did, he had them in the playoffs, too. If you look at Montana's run from 85-87 in the playoffs, he was downright terrible in the playoffs, especially against an amazing D like the Giants had.
However, when we start arguing all the fine details of greatest QB of all time, you start to dissect EVERY little thing. It isn't fair and it only applies when splitting hairs of the greatest of all time (sorry, but Marino is still a better QB than Dilfer, but that doesn't mean Super Bowls aren't important when debating GOAT). I just have a very hard time to say a guy who drops in nearly every statistical category for a QB of note (QBR, TD%, YPA, INT%, etc.) is better than Montana who actually raised his stats in the playoffs. Yes, I know they are a small sample size, yes, I know all those regular season games matter, and yes, I know its a team game. But again, when picking the GOAT, you have to pick apart hairs and argue all these little details that you never would even consider if you are just saying something like Ryan vs Flacco.
However, when we start arguing all the fine details of greatest QB of all time, you start to dissect EVERY little thing. It isn't fair and it only applies when splitting hairs of the greatest of all time (sorry, but Marino is still a better QB than Dilfer, but that doesn't mean Super Bowls aren't important when debating GOAT). I just have a very hard time to say a guy who drops in nearly every statistical category for a QB of note (QBR, TD%, YPA, INT%, etc.) is better than Montana who actually raised his stats in the playoffs. Yes, I know they are a small sample size, yes, I know all those regular season games matter, and yes, I know its a team game. But again, when picking the GOAT, you have to pick apart hairs and argue all these little details that you never would even consider if you are just saying something like Ryan vs Flacco.
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