Peyton has always melted in clutch situations and the big games. This is his last chance to change that legacy.
Didn't he win a Super Bowl?
the haters love ignoring that little fact.
Eh, Mannings SB win came on the heels of a top defense that year. I don't think Otis is being a hater but he has a semi-valid point. Especially when compared to Eli.
He also led a 3-score comeback including the game winning drive at the end in a 38-34 win in the AFC Championship game to get to the Super Bowl that year.
Same story as always. If you re-define "clutch situations" or "big games" to only games where Peyton lost, then yes he always loses them. If he'd failed to lead that game winning drive at the end of that AFC Championship game then it would have been a "clutch situation" and "big game". Since he did win it, it suddenly becomes neither.
Once people get a reputation for this stuff early in their career the rest of it writes itself. Like a few years ago when Brady set the NFL record for most failed game winning drives in a single NFL season, but the one time he did successfully lead one it was "vintage Tom Brady" and no one even mentioned all the failed attempts. Had it been Peyton, the narrative would have been completely reversed and the successful one would have been ignored while all the failed ones were harped on.