Brett, Peyton, Drew and everything in between

Forty-year child at heart Brett Favre threw for 310 yards, one touch down and made 28 completions last night--for a loss. Favre was 28/46 and had two interceptions against the Saints in a dramatic overtime game.

Phenom Adrian Peterson rushed 25 attempts for 122 yards and three touchdowns. Taylor and Harvin combined for another 10 rushing attempts. So this puts the ratio of passing to rushing at 46:36 (and Favre ran once)--wasn't the team supposed to be a ground-game first mentality?

After nineteen seasons of playing, Favre had his best TD-Int ratio with a total of 33-7 this past season, but once again he falls short. It's unfortunate to see an icon lose in a great battle but I cannot see Favre as a hero of the game anymore.

Yes he has won a Superbowl and has led the NFL record in games started as a QB, most completions, most yards, most touchdowns and the longest possible pass--but he also has attempted the most passes and thrown the most interceptions!

Obviously he is still one of the greatest players to ever play the game but let's not say he's better than Peyton Manning. Manning has played for twelve seasons and does not have as much experience as Favre but when it comes down to who's a better quarterback--I don't think it's a debate.

Manning has revolutionized the role as a quarterback. Taking ample of time off the play clock--audible after audible, he audibles his audible multiple times. He reads the defense, edits the offense, and rewrites the story every game--every year.

His overall passer rating is 95.2, which is second only to Steve Young (Favre has about ten points less than Manning). Manning has the highest individual passer rating for a season with 121.1 back in 2004. Manning has 366 career passing TD's and 181 career interceptions (ratio of 2.02), while Favre has 497-317 (ratio of 1.56).

However Manning will never be known as a better quarterback until he does something that Favre hasn't done (not including being the best sportsman practically every year)--he has to win another Super Bowl. Simple as ABC's--he has to extend his book with another Super Bowl chapter.

Will he win it this year? I don't think so. I was right about my previous predictions and I am going to stick with my final one--the Saints will win. The Colts have the best offensive line but there is this flare with Drew and his Saints that I can't see losing. A wonderful story to the people of New Orleans and the Super Bowl has a grand emotional and momentum importance.

Both teams are phenomenal offensive juggernauts, but which team wants it more? I don't think the first-year Colts head coach will be able to get his team hyped as Drew has been able to. I mean he looked as if he was going to do a rap battle with all the Saints after the win. He has it in him and quite frankly, he is going to want it more than Manning.

And it's no doubt that Favre wanted it but I think Favre wants it so bad that he overlooks what his team needed--Peterson to run more than Favre threw. Either way, this should be a high-octane Super Bowl and I can't wait... to not see Favre in the Super Bowl again... but I'm sure we'll see him next year after he retires and comes back.