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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
He played a perfect game against a Belichick defense in absolutely frigid weather in the playoffs. There may not be another single game accomplishment at that level for years.
And do you recall who coached the defense that intercepted Manning 4 times? Hint: look up.
The Bills are damn good. They’re not flawless and the Tre White injury leaves them really thin at corner, but no reason to think they’re overrated.
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You can’t compare the 2003 Patriots defense with the 2021 one
2003 was much better and got to take advantage of the much more physical coverage and hits that were legal at that time. Manning’s receivers were literally getting decapitated and there weren’t any flags
Totally different era. The Bengals defense got 8 interceptions in the playoffs. 8. Who knows, maybe they’d ruin Allen’s “perfect playoff run” just like they did to Mahomes and his brilliant playoff run.
To me, Manning’s first two games of his 2003 playoff run was even more impressive because of the era in which he did it…but nobody talks about it because of his AFCCG performance with 4 picks. It’s so much harder when you have to play more than 2 playoff games