ESPN: Top-25 Teams of the Past 25 Years

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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

I'll always thank him before bed for that.

He's just the poster boy for the argument. Easiest to point out, plus I still have PTSD from people arguing that he was better than Peyton because of this.

Not that it's not dumb to judge QBs so heavily on team accomplishments in the most team-oriented sport... But if we're going to do that...

Eli's 8-4 record looks great because he missed the playoffs 10 out 16 years. 8-14 record is more accurate to what he was.

Gotcha. Yeah, anyone who thinks Eli had a better career than Peyton has no idea what they're talking about.

I do think it's fair to say that Eli (or at least his teams) performed much better in the playoffs than Peyton did. But then it's also fair to point out that Peyton led his teams to the playoffs 15/17 vs. 6/16 for Eli. And of course Peyton's career stats blow Eli's away.