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Pats-Colts stat of the day: Rodney Harrison 5-0 vs. Peyton Manning

Nov 10th, 2009 by Bill Burt

We will throw out a few stats the rest of the week on this matchup on Sunday night.
While most people like to compare Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, and Brady’s slight statistical lead (7-3 record, 2-1 in playoffs and three Super Bowl rings) here’s a head-shaker.
When Rodney Harrison was in the starting lineup and finished the game, the Patriots were 5-0 versus Manning and the Colts.
The one game Harrison started and was hurt in the first quarter of a 0-0 game (in 2006 regular season), Manning led the Colts to a 27-20 win.
The other two recent wins by the Colts — in the AFC Championship in Jan. of 2007 and last season — Harrison was out. Also, Brady didn’t play last season.
Mind you, Manning has said in the past that he had a difficult time reading what Harrison was going to do — play the run or the pass. Manning once told me that Harrison was one of the best safeties he ever went up against.
Interesting.

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  • wowgivemeabreak
    Nice to ignore that Peyton has a ring and well, just the general recent "stats" which let's see:

    Indy is 3-1 vs a brady-led team in the last 4 seasons with of course the afc comeback being in there.

    Indy has won more SBs in the last 4 seasons.

    Typical though of Pats fans and Pats media people to ignore the recent history and focus on crap from 2001-2004 when the rosters were totally different.

    Indy with Manning could win the next 3 meetings vs the Pats including in the playoffs and you people would still say "well brady has the better head to head record of 7-6."

    MOVE ON.

    Be sure tomorrow to post Manning's INTs vs NE in the games from earlier in the decade and ignore than in Brady's last 3 games vs Indy he's been picked off 7 times. Got to make sure you are totally biased with your "stats" since heaven forbid you give Peyton/Indy any credit.
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