Editted to laugh at your previous post that Eli has been as inconsistent in the playoffs as he has been in the regular season. I see 2 bad games out of 11.
I didn't say he's not talented. My position is he's a middle of the pack type of guy.
Although he doesn't get as much national play as Peyton, he seems to be a good guy and a slightly above average QB.
I think you can compare Eli to Roethlisberger. Better than average QB who is rated highly because of 2 Super Bowl wins. I think playing in New York contributes more to his legacy than his last name.
In Giants 2 Super Bowl runs, Eli had 15 TDs and 2 Ints.
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?
Where did this thread come from?
The ultimate goal of every player, every year, is to win the Super Bowl.
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?
Discussed at the last book club meeting.
If he was just a guy named Eli Smith? Hmmm. That's pretty interesting. I think his father, Morty Smith, is a really good salesman. One of those guys who can sell a dick to a nun. But he's always out there selling, can't get enough of that adrenaline, certainly doesn't have time for young Eli Smith. Sure, Eli Smith's got his mom, Deborah, and his sister, Eileen, and they're great women who mean the world to him, but the lack of a real male role model makes life hard on the youngster.
Eventually, Eli Smith tries out football. He wants to impress his father, he's sick of begging for his attention through phone calls and birthday cards, he has to do something great. He throws the ball around day after day, steadily improving his craft. But he forgot one important thing. Morty Smith is 5 foot 1 and Deborah Smith is 4 foot 9. Young Eli stands taller than both by the age of 12, but he's still just 5 foot 3 by the time he hits high school. He gets laughed off the field. Three months later, all Morty's roadside meals of Cheetos and vodka catch up with him. He dies right in the middle of an Exxon parking lot.
Eli Smith sits in a church, his father's casket right in front of him, he looks at his notes one last time and gets ready to deliver a eulogy. He doesn't know if there's an afterlife, but he's got to take one more shot at making his father proud. He must convince himself that Morty's sitting on a cloud, hanging on his son's every word for the first time in his existence. Eli Smith gets up to the podium, looks out on the seats, and sees that no one is there. It's Super Bowl Sunday. Who cares about a crotchety old salesman on day like today? The End.
Where did this thread come from?
I just keeping hearing the name Manning.
Wasn't RJ one of the people who came to the defense of noted average QB Donovan McNabb when people dared point out how mediocre he really was?
I just keeping hearing the name Manning.
I just keeping hearing the name Manning.
Were you shooting for comedy here? One of the game's QB is named Manning. The game is being played where another QB named Manning plays. And these two QBs have a former QB dad named Manning.