Los playoffs of the 2023 NFL season that starts this Saturday will be the first in this century without the presence of any of the legends Peyton ManningHall of Fame member, or Tom Bradyconsidered the best player in history.
Both quarterbacks marked just over two decades with memorable performances that led them to dominate the NFL with nine Super Bowl rings, two for Peyton and seven for Tom.
Manningwho triumphed 29-17 with the Indianapolis Colts over the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl XLI and with the Denver Broncos, 24-10, over the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl L, began its run in the playoffs in the 1999 and 2000 campaigns; He did not qualify for his team in 2001.
Starting with the 2002 season, he did not miss a postseason with the Colts until 2011, when he did not play a game due to injury.
He resumed his continuity in the playoffs in 2012 with the Broncos, with whom he was not absent from a postseason again. He even closed his career by winning his second ring in the 2015 campaign.
In total, Manning had 15 playoff appearances in his 18 years in the NFL, only failing to qualify in 1998, his rookie year, 2001 and 2011.
Constancy that he imitated Tom Brady, winner of seven Super Bowl rings. The former quarterback, who retired in February of last year, did not require years of experience to get used to the pressure of playoff games.
He came to the Patriots in the 2000 season and in his first year as a starter, in 2001, he led the ‘Pats’ to win the first of the six Vince Lombardi trophies they have. He completed his seventh ring with his victory in Super Bowl LV with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In his 23-year career, 20 with New England and three with Tampa Bay, Brady only missed three postseason trips, the first in his rookie campaign in 2000, then in 2002 and the last in 2008.
That is why when the playoffs of the 2023 season start this Saturday, with the Texans-Browns and Chiefs-Dolphins duels, for the first time in this century the NFL will not have Peyton Manning or Tom Brady as its protagonists.
Will the coldest game in NFL history be played?
Los Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins They will face each other tomorrow at 7:00 p.m., central Mexico time, at Arrowhead Stadium in the Wild Card of the postseason and it is predicted that it will be the coldest game in the history of the League.
According to meteorologist Jonathan Kurtz, based in Kansas and working at the National Weather Service, the temperature at the start of the game is expected to be -11° C and could reach -13° C.
However, the most annoying thing for players will be that the winds will go from 24 to 32 kph, which will give thermal sensations of around -15° C and -24° C. This will greatly complicate the feat for those from Miami, who are used to playing in a tropical climate.
(With information from EFE)
2024-01-12 20:52:00
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