Video: Tom Brady Compares Jared Goff's Lions to Peyton Manning-Era Colts Teams

Patrick McDermott/ Tom Brady had a first-hand look at the Detroit Lions when he called Sunday's win over the Green Bay Packers for Fox, and he had quite the comparison for the NFC North team's offense in the aftermath.

"I would say the early [Indianapolis] Colts offenses we faced," he said when asked during a discussion with Colin Cowherd if he ever faced an offense as loaded as Detroit's during his playing career.

He also explained that then-New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick always stressed red-zone defense going into games against those Peyton Manning-led Colts teams because he knew they would move the ball during the course of the game with talent that included the likes of Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Edgerrin James and others.

Manning quarterbacked the Colts for 13 seasons from 1998 to 2010 and led them to 11 playoff appearances, two Super Bowl appearances and one Lombardi Trophy.

It was an impressive run, but it also fell short of Brady's Patriots considering they went to four Super Bowls and won three of them during that span. Brady won six Lombardi Trophies in all during his time with the Patriots, while Manning added a second one later in his career on the Denver Broncos.

Jared Goff and the Lions certainly hope they don't consistently fall just short of a Super Bowl like those Colts teams did so many times, especially after reaching the NFC Championship Game last season just to lose a lead to the San Francisco 49ers.

But they have the talent to go all the way this season with Goff surrounded by Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, Jameson Williams, Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery and others.

That group has largely overwhelmed opponents this season and leads the league with 32.3 points per game.

Opposing defenses can't realistically expect to stop the Lions and may need to focus on just containing them when they reach the red zone. That is what Belichick did against the Manning-led Colts, and the result was plenty of championships.