Does Peyton Manning get credit for getting Mike Vanderjagt into position?
Does Jim Kelly get credit for getting Scott Norwood into position?
Does Joe Flacco get credit for getting Billy Cundiff into position?
That's the real difference. If those guys actually connect on field goals, then somehow the quarterback gets credit. If they don't, then somehow it's the quarterback's fault.
So if Adam Vinatieri doesn't hit a long field goal in a driving snow, then no one ever talks about Tom Brady and how "clutch" he is. But somehow, at the most important moment in the Super Bowl just a couple of weeks later, we're supposed to gush about "clutch" even though it was his offense that let the Rams come back from a 17-3 4th quarter deficit to tie it. Does anyone talk about "clutch Kurt Warner"? He's the one that led his team back from that two-touchdown deficit; Brady had to make two throws and then let his kicker win it.
