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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 3211118" data-attributes="member: 4779">That is a valid arguement.  I typically sway towards QBs if they are as good as Peyton as they effect every offensive play as opposed to the 30 touches that a star RB gets.  That said, if either of those two go down with injury the team is dead.I love Brady as a QB (hate the Pats), he is as clutch as they come.  He has the rings to prove it.  That said, you give Peyton Brady's defense, coach and kicker and this is a different conversation.When has he cost his team the game in the playoffs?  Check out the defensive performances and witness his kicker botch the Steelers game last year.  You are putting too much blame on a QB who has little to no impact on how the defense performs and forgetting that Brady's Pats were balanced teams that didn't need him all the time to win.  The arguement could be made that Vinatieri + Defense was just as important as Brady in their SB wins.Put it this way:  Think about Brady having the Colts Defense and imagine if they would have beaten the Rams, Carolina or Philly.  Or even made the Super Bowl any of those years.And don't forget that Belichick is a much better coach than Dungy.  He does more with less.</blockquote>