Resolved: Tom Brady is a better quarterback than Peyton Manning

I will begin by attacking my opponents case and then move on to defend my one. C1 - ClutchThe statistic my opponent uses is a flawed statistic. It doesn't measure how a QB does in his final drive when he's down by one score, it measures how a QB does when he's down by one score. So it could be with 13:48 remaining in the 1st quarter, or it could be with 1:35 remaining in the 4th quarter. Obviously, it doesn't take much to be clutch when it's in the first quarter, but it does require you to be clutch in the 4th.Due to this, a better number to look at is 4th quarter comebacks. Peyton manning has 51 and Tom Brady has 42.[1] Peyton Manning has been a starter for 15 years and averages 3.4 comebacks per year starting. Tom Brady has been a starter for 12 years and averages 3.5 comebacks per year. It is really hard to currently tell what Brady's and Manning's final numbers will be in this category, but to see the averages be so close (again with Brady ahead) it makes the clutch argument (at least in the regular season) a wash.[1] http://www.pro-football-reference.com...Now I will rebuild my own case.C2 - EfficiencyMy opponent points out that Brady and Manning only differ by .02 yards per completion. I was unaware of this as my statistics did not round to the hundredths place. My opponent then moves to a different stat (yards per attempt) and he shows that Brady and Manning differ by .23 in favor of Manning. While this is a slight difference, there are a lot of factors that go into play besides just skill level. The first fact we must consider is that Manning played his home games (for13 of his 15 years as a starter) indoors while Brady has always played his home games outdoors. Obviously, it is easier to throw indoors and this could allow for the difference. Another fact we must consider is that Manning had superior weapons at WR than Brady. Manning played with Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne for almost his entire time in Indianapolis. He then proceeded to have really good weapons in Denver. Conversely, Brady had very little weapons at WR until 2007 when he gained both Welker and Moss. He then missed the 2008 season and lost Moss after just 2 full years with him. Both Brady and Manning had comparable talent post 2007, but Manning definitely had an advantage before 2007. Manning's superior weapons and his home stadium in Indianapolis can easily explain a .23 difference in yds/att and 1.5 difference in Passer Rating. (The 1.5 difference is less than 1%, .95% to be exact, difference when you consider passer rating is out of 158.3 possible points). My opponent states that QBR is a better measurement of a QB than Passer Rating and I totally agree; however, it is not appropriate to compare Manning's and Brady's QBR because the years only go back to 2006. Usually, it would be safe to assume that those years before the QBR was taken would show similar patterns, but it is not this case in this instance.Brady had less talent in the 5 years before QBR was taken than Manning. In the five years that the QB's were both starting before QBR Manning had a better rushing attack 4 out of the 5 years.[1] As I pointed out earlier Manning also had greater weapons at WR than Brady had. Due to the fact that Manning had greater weapons his QBR would have dropped; conversely, Brady's lack of weapons would have boosted his QBR.Furthermore, Manning was not as great in his three years before Brady became a starter. He threw 1 TD for every .69 INT's in that period; comparatively, over Manning's career he has thrown 1 TD for every .39 INT's.[2]So if you add in the fact that in those 5 years Manning had greater weapons (which would have lowered his QBR) and the fact that Manning wasn't as good is his first 3 years then it is entirely likely that the two QB's QBR would be incredibly similar.[1] http://www.pro-football-reference.com... (Go to each year and look up rushing attack. The Colts have a higher ranked rushing attack than the Patriots in 4 of the 5 years.)[2] http://www.pro-football-reference.com... C1 - WinningMy opponent had two attacks on this contention.The first attack was that Tom Brady has had a stronger run game than Peyton Manning. He points out that Brady's team has averaged 1889 yards per season and Manning's team has averaged 1667. These statistics are incorrect. Brady should average 1856.6 yards per year. The 1889 number is gathered when you include the Patriots 2008 season where Brady was injured for the entire season. Obviously, this shouldn't be included because it wasn't Brady's team.When you subtract 1856 from 1667 and divide by 16 (for the total number of regular season games) you get 11.85 yards. This number represents the average number of rushing yards Brady's team gets more than Manning's a game. This number is pretty small and doesn't show that Brady had a significantly better running game.This number is even smaller (less than 10) when you take out the 2009 season. This season was an outlier because it featured the Patriots ranked 12 and the Colts ranked 32. This was the largest separation between the two and if taken out makes the difference in rushing yards per game even smaller.[1]The second attack was that Brady's division was weaker than Manning's. Over the past five years, the AFC East has ranked the 3rd toughest with 166 wins.[2] The 1st and 2nd best team have 167 wins. Furthermore, Manning's division has sent 17 teams to the playoffs and Brady's has sent 14.[3] So the divisions have been pretty close in competition level.I effectively disproved my opponents attacks on this contention and I would like to again point out that Brady has the highest winning % of any QB and he was the fastest QB to 100 wins.[4][5][1] http://www.pro-football-reference.com... [2] https://docs.google.com... [3] http://www.pro-football-reference.com... [4] http://en.wikipedia.org... [5] http://msn.foxsports.com... Vote in affirmation. I now yield the floor to the negation.