PrometheusFaulk
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...and, just to continue my earlier point using Bradshaw as an example, his passer rating went from a career 70.9 in the regular season to 83.0 in the post season. He played better when the competition was better and the stakes were higher. He's got the right to talk IMO.
Forgot to mention Montana earlier too. He got better when the stakes and competition got tougher.
Brady, Peyton, Marino, Elway...they didn't.
When you set the bar a lot lower in the regular season, it's much easier to exceed it.
Take the 1975 playoff run and Bradshaw's stats in the two games leading up to the Super Bowl as an example. Bradshaw's TD to INT ratio was 1 to 5. In two games he completed 23 passes, averaging about 150 yards per game. But the Steelers defense only allowed 10 points in both games.
There's no way Peyton could have had a stinker like that going against the Jets, Ravens, Steelers or Patriots in even one game with the defense the Colts had those years and have the team hope to advance.