***OFFICIAL Week 17 Game Thread, Sponsored By The Decline of the Patriots

[HarlemHeat37]

Green Bay and Seattle would be the worst 1-2 seeds in recent history. Seattle has had a ton of luck in close games and GB isn't great at any facet of football.

Saints and 49ers are comfortably better, but it's the NFL, the best team often doesn't win.

[Will Hunting]

**UPDATED WITH TRENT DILFER ADDED***

2004 Tom Brady - 109.4
2014 Tom Brady - 100.3
2016 Tom Brady - 97.7
2018 Tom Brady - 85.8
2003 Tom Brady - 84.5
2000 Trent Dilfer - 83.7
2001 Tom Brady - 77.3
2015 Peyton Manning - 75.4
2006 Peyton Manning - 70.5

So actually Brady only Dilfered his way to 1 out of 6 superbowls, while Peyton Dilfered his way to 2 out of 2

[Spurtacular]

Julian Edelman is arguably the most overrated WR of all time

Not an argument I'd make, tbh.

[Will Hunting]

Comparing Peyton's playoff performances to Dilfer is an insult to Dilfer, tbh.

You beat me to it.

[Clipper Nation]

**UPDATED WITH TRENT DILFER ADDED***

2004 Tom Brady - 109.4
2014 Tom Brady - 100.3
2016 Tom Brady - 97.7
2018 Tom Brady - 85.8
2003 Tom Brady - 84.5
2000 Trent Dilfer - 83.7
2001 Tom Brady - 77.3
2015 Peyton Manning - 75.4
2006 Peyton Manning - 70.5

So actually Brady only Dilfered his way to 1 out of 6 superbowls, while Peyton Dilfered his way to 2 out of 2

Is it really "Dilfering" when you actually play a lot worse than Dilfer did?

It should be called Peytoning instead, tbh.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Green Bay and Seattle would be the worst 1-2 seeds in recent history. Seattle has had a ton of luck in close games and GB isn't great at any facet of football.

Saints and 49ers are comfortably better, but it's the NFL, the best team often doesn't win.

Seattle can't get the 2 seed now because they have 4 losses and GB/NO have 3.

[HarlemHeat37]

Seattle can't get the 2 seed now because they have 4 losses and GB/NO have 3.

Right, that's correct. Well hopefully SF wins so the Saints won't get a bye

[Will Hunting]

Is it really "Dilfering" when you actually play a lot worse than Dilfer did?

It should be called Peytoning instead, tbh.

I'll give Peyton credit for Dilfering in 2015. He was basically just plain mus that year and allowed himself to get carried by a stud defense without ing too much up.

2006 however I agree might be an insult to Dilfer, Dilfer would be too embarrassed to accept a ring for a playoff run where he threw 3 TDs and 7 interceptions

[Millennial_Messiah]

Right, that's correct. Well hopefully SF wins so the Saints won't get a bye

agreed

[Millennial_Messiah]

I think the Saints players are mostly a band of cool guys, but i'd like them to miss out to spite their annoying fans.

[Clipper Nation]

How do so many people lick Peyton’s balls as furiously as they do?

The same reason why CP0 and Harden get slurped so much. Some people are easily impressed by losers with nice regular season stats.

[DAF86]

Brady Dilfered his way to half of his superbowls and Manning Dilfered his way to his only two superbowls

Just goes to show you how circunstances play a factor on how we perceive these players.

2007 Brady >>>>>>>>> 2001 Brady. Yet the 2001 version is the one that won the SB.

[Millennial_Messiah]

By the way.... this thread le was fire, tbh.

[DAF86]

**UPDATED WITH TRENT DILFER ADDED***

2004 Tom Brady - 109.4
2014 Tom Brady - 100.3
2016 Tom Brady - 97.7
2018 Tom Brady - 85.8
2003 Tom Brady - 84.5
2000 Trent Dilfer - 83.7
2001 Tom Brady - 77.3
2015 Peyton Manning - 75.4
2006 Peyton Manning - 70.5

So actually Brady only Dilfered his way to 1 out of 6 superbowls, while Peyton Dilfered his way to 2 out of 2

2003 and 2018 Brady doesn't enter the Dilfer zone just because they have him beat by a couple of pts?

[Will Hunting]

2003 and 2018 Brady doesn't enter the Dilfer zone just because they have him beat by a couple of pts?

2018 Brady put up 37 points against the Chiefs and 41 points against the Chargers while averaging over 300 yards passing over 3 playoff games. It just so happens that the 4 touchdowns scored against the Chiefs were all running plays.

So no, to answer your question. I think saying that Brady's 2018 playoff run was Dilfering is ing re ed.

[Clipper Nation]

Pretty rare for QB’s to Peyton their way to a ring. Roethlisberger & Elway both got one, after that you probably gotta go to the 60’s to find QB’s playing that bad and getting carried to a ring.

Struggle Peytoned his way to a ring against Peyton

[Will Hunting]

Pretty rare for QB’s to Peyton their way to a ring. Roethlisberger & Elway both got one, after that you probably gotta go to the 60’s to find QB’s playing that bad and getting carried to a ring.

Has anyone really duplicated Peyton's 2006 performance to win a superbowl

3 touchdowns and 7 interceptions

Those are Jameis Winston level numbers.

[Clipper Nation]

Just goes to show you how circunstances play a factor on how we perceive these players.

2007 Brady >>>>>>>>> 2001 Brady. Yet the 2001 version is the one that won the SB.

Peyton's "cir stances" usually involved going one-and-done in the playoffs with stacked teams.

[Will Hunting]

Struggle Peytoned his way to a ring against Peyton

Struggle threw for 3 touchdowns and no interceptions that year.

Again, I'd say he Dilfered it, but it was by no means a Peyton-esk superbowl run where he took active measures to make his team lose only for it to still win

[Clipper Nation]

Eagles are looking like against the Giants.

[Will Hunting]

Peyton's "cir stances" usually involved going one-and-done in the playoffs with stacked teams.

blaming Peyton's playoff bed ting on "cir stances"

What cir stances made it so he had a 2013 Broncos team that he broke the regular season scoring record with yet when superbowl time came around, he wasn't able to do anything other than bend over, lube up, and let Pete Carroll/the legion of boom punish every hole in his body for 60 minutes

43-8 against on a neutral field against a team that had the same regular season record the Broncos had

[Clipper Nation]

blaming Peyton's playoff bed ting on "cir stances"

What cir stances made it so he had a 2013 Broncos team that he broke the regular season scoring record with yet when superbowl time came around, he wasn't able to do anything other than bend over, lube up, and let Pete Carroll/the legion of boom punish every hole in his body for 60 minutes

43-8 against on a neutral field against a team that had the same regular season record the Broncos had

My favorite "cir stances" are when he the bed against Billy Volek at home and then choked against an 8-8 team in consecutive years.

[DAF86]

2018 Brady put up 37 points against the Chiefs and 41 points against the Chargers while averaging over 300 yards passing over 3 playoff games. It just so happens that the 4 touchdowns scored against the Chiefs were all running plays.

So no, to answer your question. I think saying that Brady's 2018 playoff run was Dilfering is ing re ed.

Then why use QB rating in the first place?

[AlexJones]

The Pats are going to win the SB. I can feel it.

[Will Hunting]

My favorite "cir stances" are when he the bed against Billy Volek at home and then choked against an 8-8 team in consecutive years.

I almost forgot about the Billy Volek game