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Super Bowl XLIV QB Battle: Drew Brees vs Peyton Manning

Posted February 4th, 2010 by Ryan

This NFL season has been absolutely ruled by offense as we have seen some very entertaining high powered offenses like the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints steam roll over their opponents on a weekly basis.

Ironically enough, all five of these high powered offenses were able to stand the test of time throughout the NFL regular season and reach the playoffs, but only two of them have been able to get Super Bowl in Drew Brees’ New Orleans Saints and Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis Colts.

Even though the Saints and Drew Brees have played as if they are used to the spotlight and playing in big games, they really don’t have that much experienced and will be playing their first Super Bowl in franchise history. Throughout Saints history, New Orleans has been by far one of the worst teams in the NFL, but after the Saints took a chance on Drew Brees a few seasons ago, New Orleans hasn’t looked back and has quickly turned into one of the elite teams in the NFL today.

On February 7th, Drew Brees will head into the Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts after having arguably the most successful season of his NFL career and putting up huge numbers with 4,388 passing yards, 34 touchdowns (tied career high) and only 11 interceptions while having a passer rating of 109.6 (career best).

With Drew Brees playing perhaps the best football of his NFL career, there is no better time for him to win a Super Bowl title, but he will have one big obstacle standing in his way in yet another future hall of fame quarterback in Peyton Manning to compete with on the biggest stage.

First it was Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals, then it was Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings and now the Saints and Brees will have to deal with Manning who is arguably the best quarterback in the NFL today.

Much like the New Orleans Saints, the Indianapolis Colts have had somewhat of a dream season and almost went undefeated for the entire season, but fell just short after they rested their starters, including Peyton Manning, in the last two games of the regular season.

Despite losing two straight coming into their first playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens, the Colts and Peyton Manning were on their game and beat the Ravens and the New York Jets in consecutive weeks. The Jets and the Ravens were arguably the top two defenses in the NFL and Manning shredded them apart in the second half of their games.

This weekend in the Super Bowl, Manning will have his work cut out for him once again against Darren Sharper and the Saints defense, but in my opinion, the four-time NFL MVP will come out on top and win his second Super Bowl title in his hall of fame career. One of our top rated, best online sportsbooks, Bodog has the Colts as -5 point favorites, so get your wagers in now as the line will probably sit around 4 points by Sunday.

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