Some sports rivalries are eternal even after the on-field tussles ends. Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning is one of those, arguably the greatest individual NFL rivalries of all time. Although the feud has stopped on the field with Manning taking retirement from the NFL, the famous reality show ‘Jeopardy!’ seems to reignite it in favor of Tom Brady.
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Merv Griffin created the quiz show Jeopardy! Which is a competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format. Quiz masters give the contestant clues as answers and they need to identify what it means by thinking about how a question can be framed from the response. Jeopardy! Conducted an NFL quiz show on the occasion of the commencement of the NFL 2022-23 season. The host asked the competitors to name the player who obliterated The Ravens in 2013 by making 7 TD passes. Amusingly, one competitor named Tom Brady as the player although the real exploit was done by Peyton Manning.
What is… GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL? #ICYMI we had a category on @Jeopardy tonight! Did any of our hosts stump you? #jeopardy pic.twitter.com/cnXbpqOioy
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) September 13, 2022
Manning destroyed the Baltimore Ravens 49-27 on September 6, 2013, while calling shots for the Denver Broncos. Widely regarded as Manning’s best performance, he is surely going to be annoyed at how fans have misinformation about his achievement.
Revisiting the nostalgic yet fierce animosity between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning
The intensity of the duels between the two greatest quarterbacks of the last 25 years had been immense. Sports enthusiasts even rank this rivalry alongside famous rivalries in sport, like Messi vs Ronaldo and Ali vs Frazer. Both of them started their career around the same time. Indianapolis Colts drafted Peyton Manning, a part of the Manning football dynasty, in 1998. Meanwhile, New England Patriots picked Brady up late in the sixth round in 2000. Considered the NFL draft steal of all time, Brady had to wait for more than a year to make their debut. Coincidentally, it was against the Colts, and the Patriots came out with Victor 44-13 in the match.
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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have faced each other 17 times, Brady winning it 11-6. However, Manning leads 3-2 for the five times they met in the playoffs. While Manning has won five MVP awards in his career, the count for Brady stands at three. On a different Pov, Brady has won seven Super Bowls and 5 Super Bowl MVPs, whereas Manning won two Super Bowls and 1 Super Bowl MVP.
Despite their heated matchups, their off-field relationship has remained cordial and respectful. “Peyton was someone that I always just admired as a quarterback, as a leader of a team“, Brady made this remark while talking to ESPN. Fans will expect the relationship between these archenemies to remain healthy even after the incident.
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