If Eli Manning's name was Smith

[DeaconOEF/OIFvet]

The ultimate goal of every player, every year, is to win the Super Bowl.

Bz wins at least one every year!

 

[RacerDeac]

One of the Super Bowl starting QBs is named Manning.
The Super Bowl is being played in the Meadowlands Stadium, the home stadium of a player named Manning.
The two aforementioned Mannings are easily two of the top 10 QBs over the last decade.
The two aforementioned Mannings are the sons of a hall of famer named Manning.

So yeah, the name Manning is probably gonna come up from time to time the week before the Super Bowl.

Ok, got that. But, who is this Smith character I keep hearing about?!!?

 

[faxmachineanthem]

What if his name was Man Ng?

 

[KitchinDeac]

Based just on those number, I'd go with this. Of course teammates great influence the numbers above but...

Player D: 254.7 yds/game, 63.4 compl %, 5.5 TD%, 2.0 int% 1
Player C: 238.5 yds/game, 63.3 compl %, 5.0 TD%, 2.8 int% 2
Player F: 211.2 yds/game, 63.2 compl %, 5.1 TD%, 2.6 int% 3
Player E: 199.6 yds/game, 61.5 compl %, 3.5 TD%, 3.0 int% 4
Player B: 231.0 yds/game, 58.5 compl %, 4.6 TD%, 3.4 int% 5
Player A: 220.0 yds/game, 56.9 compl %, 4.1 TD%, 3.1 int%, 6

D = Brady
C = Roethlisberger
F = Montana
E = Aikman
B = Manning
A = Elway

 

[qcdeac]

His career has been situated in the middle 1/3 of NFL QBs.

Super Bowls wins is basically irrelevant. Was Kenny Smith a better player than Chuck? Is Flacco better than Marino? Is Jeremy Shockey better than Tony Gonzalez?

Yep. Kenny Smith has 2 NBA titles and Chuck Nevitt only has 1, despite being 7' 5".

 

[94Deac]

Robert Horry > Michael Jordan

 

[RJKarl]

Moose Skowron > Ted Williams

 

[AnonymousDeac]

Winning Super Bowls show you were on a really good team. It's like being a hot goalie in the NHL.

What do RBI's tell us?

 

[IrishSlim]

I think we can all agree that Bill Russell > Chris Webber > Wilt Chamberlain.

 

[RacerDeac]

So, according to RJ, advanced metrics/stats are an awful way of determining how good a player is, as are the number of championships a player wins. What are you left with? The eye test?

 

[ThinkingWithMyDeac]

Andrew Sharp is that you?
http://www.sbnation.com/2012-super-...-york-giants-peyton-manning-indianapolis-xlvi

No is it Daniel Karpuc?
http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/...nning-the-most-overrated-athlete-of-all-time/

Wait RJ posts as Toadofsteel on the giants message board?
http://boards.giants.com/showthread.php?32294-If-eli-wasn-t-a-Manning&

No none of those just a non-original thought that has no reason to be discussed here, yeah figured so.

 

[RJKarl]

I think we can all agree that Bill Russell > Chris Webber > Wilt Chamberlain.

Hedo and Vlade are still looking for Christine Webber from fourth quarters in the playoffs.

 

[DirkTheDeac]

So, according to RJ, advanced metrics/stats are an awful way of determining how good a player is, as are the number of championships a player wins. What are you left with? The eye test?

The hotter mistress.

 

[DeaconBrews]

I'll answer the question instead of being obtuse.

ultimately, the NFL isn't a stats driven league. The playoff success, combined with the length of career will probably put him in the HOF.

 

[bullets]

if your last name was hemingway you would still be a shitty writer

 

[TheReff]

What would people think about Tony Manning of the Dallas Cowboys?

He sucks because he has never won a playoff game and obviously has no Super Bowl titles. Meanwhile Eli Romo of the NY Giants has 2 Super Bowl titles so he is obviously great. Where is RH going with this thread?