You can't honestly tell me that guys like Trent Difler and Joe Flacco are better than Dan Marino and just as good as guys like Brett Favre, Drew Brees, Steve Young, Peyton Manning, and Aaron Rodgers. Is Big Ben better than any of those guys? Is Big Ben or Eli Manning better than any of those quarterbacks or just as good as John Elway? No. It's a 53 man team, not a one man team.
Manning has gone one and done in the post season 8 times out of 11 and was carried to his only ring by the defense and running game.You mean the same Colts team that was 23rd in points allowed, 2nd in points scored, 18th in rushing yards (tied 6th in rushing touchdowns - Chiefs), 2nd in passing yards (tied 1st in passing td's - Eagles), had a terrific passing defense but a horrible rushing defense? Those Colts?
There's little doubt that Flacco is a better playoff QB.
You mean the same Colts team that was 23rd in points allowed, 2nd in points scored, 18th in rushing yards (tied 6th in rushing touchdowns - Chiefs), 2nd in passing yards (tied 1st in passing td's - Eagles), had a terrific passing defense but a horrible rushing defense? Those Colts?Did you just pick one Colts defense? If you're speaking about the 06 Colts team, you do know they did the same thing as the Ravens this season and Giants last year right? You know they got healthy just in time for the playoffs and that the defense got BETTER overall in the playoffs, right? You do know that the run defense, that was horrible in the regular season, turned around and was the almost a Steelers/Ravens type of run defense don't you?
The fact that the Colts averaged 26.5 points a game really doesn't say that their defense won those gamesSilly. You do know the 06 Colts defense only allowed 16 points per game in the playoffs. This includes holding not one but TWO playoff teams under 9 points scored. Go ahead and tell me again how the defense didn't win any of those games

You do know the 06 Colts defense only allowed 16 points per game in the playoffs. This includes holding not one but TWO playoff teams under 9 points scored. Go ahead and tell me again how the defense didn't win any of those gamesWait, I forgot Hester returned the opening kick off in the superbowl. So actually, the Colts DEFENSE only allowed 14.5 points per game in the 2006 playoffs.