He is being inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight. To me he is arguably the GOAT of QB's so this deserves a thread by itself. I have always said if you put Tom Brady, Joe Montana, or Peyton Manning's name in a hat and picked one out, you can't go wrong. Most polls and media have Peyton the 3rd best ever behind Tom and Joe but not too bad, I will take it as a Colts fan.
Here was Peyton's accolades as a Colt:
1 SB win as a starter so he got the city of Indianapolis our Championship! = 2006
2 SB appearances as a starter = 2006, 2009
3 AFC Title Game appearances as a starter = 2003, 2006, 2009
4 League MVP's = 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
1 SB MVP = 2006
Career Regular Season record as a Colt starter 141-67, he won 68% of his games over 13 seasons. From 2003-2009 the Colts went 89-23 LMAO, if we lost I was in shock and we rarely lost at home. We won 79.5% of our games over 7 seasons which is unreal!
-As a Bronco, Peyton won another League MVP in 2013 giving him 5 which is the all-time record. He also won that all important 2nd SB as a starter in 2015 putting him in the multiple SB QB winners club. Only 12 QB's have won 2 or more SB's as a starter in NFL history. If a QB like Ben Roethlisberger or his brother Eli would've ended up with more SB wins that would've been ridiculous but Peyton got #2 so it is all great baby! A QB is just looked at in a different light when they get that 2nd one, eventhough he got it with the Broncos I was happy for him because i knew how big it would be for his legacy. Think about this Aaron Rodgers is a great QB, I say top 10 ever and he only has won 1, Brett Favre only won 1 SB as well. Dan Marino won 0 SB's.
Congrats Peyton, you are a Top 3 QB of all-time without debate, #1 in my heart.