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More overrated: Peyton Manning or 'Homeland'?

The Showtime hit series "Homeland" had a near sweep at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, while Peyton Manning is still universally praised as the greatest quarterback in NFL history despite another first-round playoff loss.

Enough of this.

Never discuss politics and religion in polite conversation, or so the conventional wisdom goes. Expand this to include "Homeland" or Manning. Seriously, if you ever want to create an uncomfortable conversation at a dinner party or sports tavern point out plot holes in "Homeland" or the playoff failures (9-11) for Manning. Reason and rationality regress with these hot-button issues.

Because both are good, but neither are not the greatest. Here's the thing, is "Homeland" or Manning the most overrated? There is only one way to settle this, and that's to take them to the grid! (And really, I believe I've set this up rather well here in this introduction you've likely skipped past. So don't let that stop you from racing down to the comments section and say, "Why did you compare these two things?)

And without further ado ...

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Just like a playoff game, Manning started strong but faded at the end. "Homeland" wins.

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