[JP55]

Brady has always taken a pay cut so the Patriots could afford other players...
and there have been a few years where the Pats were at the bottom of the totem pole on defense.

A paycut has nothing to do with my statement? The first few years they played each other was during The Pats dynasty, Brady was 6-0 against Manning with some of the best defenses in the NFL while Manning had no help, Since then they are 4-4 against eachother since Manning started getting a little help on defense, but even the year Manning won it all The Colts had one of the worst defenses in the NFL.