Oh, I got it. Maybe/maybe not, those Colts D's have been vastly underrated by manning apologists to make excuses for why the Colts have lost.
At some point you will realize why your statement is false. I have data that shows it to be false and at some point I will share it with you. Generally speaking Manning has had half the defense that Brady had from 2000 to 2007. The numbers when you look at everything top to bottom and compare them against the NFL from 1990 until 2007 shows how much better the Pats D is over the same period of time in comparison to the Colts D.
I know you want to compare Playoffs as well and they are statistically different as well, favoring the Pats. The one thing Manning is statistically better at hands down is offensive production. The numbers also show Manning has lead is offenses to a better overall performance in the same time period then Brady.
The difference being the defenses and not the QB play as Manning lead offenses show superiority to Brady lead offenses over the same time span on average. The Colts offense had to make up for the lack of defensive stiffness and the ability to score on them. While the Pats lead defenses have been associated with some of the greatest collapses in the last 10 years the Colts are not in that category because you can not have a collapse if you are already in a shoot out to 40.