Tom Brady -- four Super Bowls, three titles, two MVP awards.

And he would have had four wins had the New England defense not allowed the Giants to drive 83 yards in the final minutes of Super Bowl XLII, after Brady capped an 80-yard, late-game, touchdown drive with a 6-yard TD pass to Randy Moss.

Peyton Manning -- two Super Bowls, one win, one MVP.

And he might have had two wins except that, unlike Brady, when the Colts needed him to lead a game-tying drive in the fourth quarter against the Saints, Manning threw an interception that was returned 74 yards by cornerback Tracy Porter for the decisive TD in a 31-17 New Orleans victory.

Manning is, without question, one of the NFL's all-time greats -- a sure-fire, first-ballot Hall of Fame selection. But, if you had to take one quarterback to play a championship game, would you really take him over Brady?