One of the greatest regular season QBs ever, who can't get it done by himself in the playoffs. I would say his legacy was enhanced when his team that went 14-2 and 10-6 the previous 2 years with him went 2-14 without him. Tom Brady's team still won 10 games the year he went down in the first game, with a fairly-useless Cassel.
Manning's legacy isn't done, though. John Elway had a very unexpected playoff loss to Jacksonville in a very similar manner to this loss Manning just suffered against the Ravens... and then won the next two Super Bowls and instantly leapt over Marino and others in the GOAT QB conversation. It suddenly became about getting a defense and a running game and, "wow, look what he might have done if Reeves and the rest had given him a team worthy of him all those other years."
If Manning wins a Superbowl in the next couple of years, his legacy will be nudged up a couple of notches. And if he doesn't, he still has as many SB wins and appearances as Favre (2 shots at the ring, one victory).
~G
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