the Tom Brady Payton Manning rivalry was a series of games that took place between 2001 and 2015 involving two quarterbacks in the National Football League NFL Tom Brady and pton Manning today we're diving into one of the most legendary rivales in NFL history Tom Brady versus pton Manning this is the story of two of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game and how their epic battles on the field defined an era it is considered by many to be the greatest individual NFL rivalry of all time and has been compared to other legendary Sports rivalries such as magic bird in basketball Ali Frasier in boxing and Messi Ronaldo in association football both quarterbacks are considered to be among the greatest in NFL history indanapolis Colts select quarterback University of Tennessee Payton Manning their first Clash came in 2001 with Brady's Patriots dominating Manning's Colts 4413 this was just the beginning of a rivalry that would see both quarterbacks push each other to new heights January 19th 2014 2013 AFC Championship Game Manning through for 400 yards in two touchdowns to lead Denver to its first trip to the Super Bowl in 15 years less than three three years after being unable to throw a football because of his surgically ravaged neck and nerve endings Manning got a chance for his second ring Brady won seven Super Bowl championships in his career as well as five Super Bowl MVPs while Manning won two Super Bowl championships and one Super Bowl MVP in his career contrarily Manning would go on to win five MVP awards in his 18-year career while Brady would win three in his 22-year career both quarterbacks also made the Pro Bowl four or more times in their careers and both were selected to the NFL 100th anniversary alltime team in 2019 Brady and Manning are the only starting quarterbacks to win Super Bowls with multiple franchises and are believed by many as the best NFL players of the 2000s and 2010s November 24th 2013 week 12 the Broncos jumped out to a 24 and nrow first half lead behind strong defense and a payon Manning touchdown pass to Jacob Tammy however Tom Brady orchestrated a classic comeback and at the end of regulation the teams were deadlocked in a 31 to 31 TI the defenses held firm in overtime until a Patriots punt bounced off Broncos cornerback Tony Carter setting up an easy game-winning field goal for the Pats they won 3431 in overtime extending Brady's record to 10 to4 against Manning Manning and Brady played each other 17 times with Brady winning the head-to-head series series 11 to the 6 from 2001 to 2015 the two quarterbacks met at least once every season except 2002 2008 and 2011 while Brady's Patriots and Manning's Colts played each other in Titan 8 and 2011 Brady missed the 2008 season and Manning missed the 2011 season both due to injuries Brady with an ACL tier suffered weak B one and Manning with neck problems the two quarterbacks did not meet during the 2015 regular season Brady's Patriots did play Manning's Broncos but Manning missed the game due to a planter fasciitis injury though they met in that Year's AFC Championship Game Brady won the Colts Patriots series 8-4 and also won the Broncos Patriot series 32 though Manning's two wins with the Broncos both occurred in the AFC Championship games in 2013 and 2015 Brady led the series in Foxboro 82 while Manning led the series in Indianapolis to Denver 4 to three the two quarterbacks met five times in the NFL playoffs in which Manning won three of them all five were won by the home team as Brady's two wins both came in Foxboro four of the five matchups were in the AFC Championship game with Manning winning three of the four one of the games with the Colts 2006 and another two with the Broncos 2013 2015 the winner of each of the playoff matchups went on to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl four of the teams Brady's 2000 uh 2003 and 2004 Patriots and Manning's 2006 Colts and 2015 Broncos went on to win the Super Bowl while Manning's 2013 Broncos lost the game Manning and Brady participated alongside Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the rematch of the match tiger versus Phil as a charity fundraiser for covid-19 pandemic relief January 16th 2005 2004 AFC divisional round ne20 I D3 it was a defensive battle in the first half as Manning and Brady LED their teams to a combined nine points however Brady and company got going in the second half Brady threw a touchdown pass to David given and ran in a touchdown himself to give the Patriots a 20 to3 Victory when Manning was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in t Brady attended his inran ceremony and quipped on Twitter that he needed to make sure Manning's really done as their careers wound down the legacy of Brady versus Manning was cemented Brady went on to win Seven Super Bowls while Manning retired with two their rivalry not only defined their careers but also an entire era of NFL football Tom Brady and pton Manning two legends one rivalry and countless memories thanks 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