Lets take a look at the defenses in the years that these two have played
Defensive Ranking (Yards)
Manning Warner
1998 29 DNP
1999 15 6*
2000 21 23
2001 29 3
2002 8 played 7 games
2003 11 played 2 games
2004 29 13
2005 11 8
2006 21* lost starting job to Matt Leinart??????
2007 3 17
2008 11 19
*Won Super Bowl
Couple of notes:
1.) Warner has only won 1 Super Bowl (lost one as a 14 point favorite)
2.) Lost starting job to Leinart. Laughable
3.) Benefited from better defenses and weaker NFC his entire career
4.) Let Peyton play for the Rams/Giants/Cardinals from 1998-2008, he would have at least 3 rings and even more mezmerizing statistics than he already does.
Not really and argument here. Anyone that was picking a quarterback to lead a team and his/her choices were Manning or Warner, no sane human would pick Warner