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Was this Eli's best game ever in the NFL

Phil S : 9/27/2014 3:40 pm
I am hard pressed to name a better game than this for Eli. Whether you look at statistics, the way he led, his avoidance of mistakes I just cannot remember a better game for him. I was not even including of his running touchdown.
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Easily the JPP blocked kick game against Dallas for me.  
Mike in Long Beach : 9/27/2014 4:07 pm : link
The dude didn't seem to care that nobody on the Giants wanted to block that day. He had to keep a championship season alive.
He's definitely come a long way  
Simms11 : 9/27/2014 4:08 pm : link
from his first start - 0 QBR at Baltimore!

I'm hoping that this season is similar statistically, for him, to the 2011 season. If so, that would probably mean good things for the team overall, as well.
His first start was against Atlanta.  
Britt in VA : 9/27/2014 4:11 pm : link
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For mastery of a big game, I'd go with the 2011 Super Bowl  
Go Terps : 9/27/2014 4:13 pm : link
Complete control of offense, outclassed a great opponent, made an impossible throw in a game winning drive...all under the pressure of the Super Bowl.
here's game log for eli's rookie season  
ray in arlington : 9/27/2014 4:15 pm : link
the Pittsburgh game was really good. I felt hopeful after that one.
Eli 2004 - ( New Window )
Not even remotely close.  
BlueLou : 9/27/2014 4:15 pm : link
The 1st two mentioned above in a toss-up, the two NFC championships Eli won, once in Green Bay in ridiculously cold and windy weather and vs the Niners in SF when he withstood the worst beating I've ever seen laid on a QB and still threw that 3rd and 15 dart to Mario for a TD in the 4th quarter. He "survived" at least a half dozen drops in that GB game, and folks remember Plax making a chump out of GB's All Pro CB (Harris?), but Eli was on fucking fire in Favre's house; that was a beauty.

Forget stats man, they really don't define Eli at his best. Though it may be very, very fun to watch Eli compile them in this McAdoo O.
I'd go with the Packer playoff game  
Headhunter : 9/27/2014 4:17 pm : link
It was so cold it looked like Coughlin's face would get frostbite,Favre did not want to be out there and Eli treated it like a day at the beach
That game vs GB was one of Gilbride's best called too.  
BlueLou : 9/27/2014 4:19 pm : link
He wasn't afraid to put the game on Eli's shoulders one whit and it paid off handsomely.
RE: His first start was against Atlanta.  
Simms11 : 9/27/2014 4:21 pm : link
In comment 11887111 Britt in VA said:
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That's right, however, you know what I mean.
Plax was also heroic  
Headhunter : 9/27/2014 4:22 pm : link
that bitter cold day
His best game ever was the 2011 NFCC  
Big Blue '56 : 9/27/2014 4:33 pm : link
at SF, imo, albeit not artistically a work of art
Tampa Bay  
NYBEN : 9/27/2014 4:35 pm : link
Game 2012 ..over 500 yards and 3 TD's don't worry about the 3 INT's actually if you count 1 of the INT's he had 4 TD's. Giants win 41-34 that's all that matters. Hakeem Nicks' last big time game as a Giant
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Danny Kanell : 9/27/2014 4:55 pm : link
I think years from now when I think of Eli, the 2011 NFC Championship will be the absolute first game that comes to mind, every time. What a legendary performance, on so many levels.
Phil S  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 9/27/2014 4:55 pm : link
don't know...but given the weather conditions, one of the most impressive QB performances I've ever seen.
Eli has had greater moments  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 9/27/2014 5:03 pm : link
against far tougher competition. I would never consider this Skins game to be on the level of his 2 NFC Championship games, his '11 Super Bowl, his '11 game against Dallas, and other games where he showed his clutch gene against tough opponents. Eli has Heavyweight titles under his belt, beating a mediocre team like the Skins in Week 4 simple can't be his greatest game.

But in terms of treating a punching bag like a punching bag, this Skins game may have been his greatest. He took care of business and looked as in control as I've ever seen him. 5 TDs, 1 fluke INT, 18-20 passing in the 1st half with 2 drops. Probably his best performance against a mediocre team ever.
Hard to pick one game  
JOrthman : 9/27/2014 5:03 pm : link
but what was very impressive about that game is who he was throwing to. I know if before the season, if BBI knew Eli was going into the game with Cruz, Parker, RR as his three WR's and Fell and Donnell as his TE's, you'd think it would be a rough game. He took that group, put up those stats and now has people talking about Donnell in the same sentence as the top TE's in the league.
RE: My  
ed90631 : 9/27/2014 5:05 pm : link
In comment 11887075 Eric from BBI said:
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favorite game of his is still the 2007 NFC Championship Game.


Either Green Bay Playoff game would be my choices with a nod to the 2011 game. 49's defense in the 2011 playoff game had the Giants stopped cold most of the afternoon. Same with the super bowl games vs New England. Defense by the Giants won those games.
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jcn56 : 9/27/2014 5:07 pm : link
In comment 11887187 Danny Kanell said:
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I think years from now when I think of Eli, the 2011 NFC Championship will be the absolute first game that comes to mind, every time. What a legendary performance, on so many levels.


Yep, with the pounding that Eli took, being able to score like that against that defense on the road, I don't think Eli could do any better than that in my book.

What Eli reminded me of on Thursday was Phil Simms in XXI. It was as if we has incapable of throwing an incomplete pass.
In terms  
AnishPatel : 9/27/2014 5:13 pm : link
of stats, the first half was truly amazing. For the whole game, I think either NFCCG is worthy, and either SB, or both.

the two NFCC games  
crick78 : 9/27/2014 5:16 pm : link
Are on another level than any other game.
Eli  
PaulN : 9/27/2014 5:29 pm : link
Looked as efficient as he has ever looked, but it is 1 game and it was not a significant game in comparison to what he has already accomplished, so the comparison is not fair really. Someone mentioned the 49re game, he was not nearly as efficient, BUT, he is playing a very good defense in the NFC championship game and on the road, so how can you compare them?
RE: here's game log for eli's rookie season  
Moondwg : 9/27/2014 5:36 pm : link
In comment 11887117 ray in arlington said:
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the Pittsburgh game was really good. I felt hopeful after that one. Eli 2004 - ( New Window )


I was thinking about this one too!
RE: That game was most notable  
Joe in Cambridge : 9/27/2014 5:41 pm : link
In comment 11887073 Phil S said:
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for him taking a beating in the second half and over time. Not to diminish his effort but we won that game with two turnovers not Eli's arm.
The defense got 6 turnovers on Thursday.
RE: Plax was also heroic  
Great White Ghost : 9/27/2014 5:49 pm : link
In comment 11887144 Headhunter said:
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that bitter cold day
he was, he was in a lot of pain, more than pain.Such a shame......
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Great White Ghost : 9/27/2014 5:53 pm : link
In comment 11887187 Danny Kanell said:
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I think years from now when I think of Eli, the 2011 NFC Championship will be the absolute first game that comes to mind, every time. What a legendary performance, on so many levels.
s true, it was, but for me that Day In Green Bay defines him, how I think about him, how I'll remember him.
Agree With Eric,  
clatterbuck : 9/27/2014 6:01 pm : link
Eli still doesn't get enough credit for the way he played in those conditions, on the road, in a championship game.
RE: NFC Championship Game  
shabu : 9/27/2014 7:07 pm : link
In comment 11887067 That Said said:
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vs. San Francisco would be my vote.


Sir. U r correct . Eli was hit over 20 times that game . Warrior performance.
RE: Not even remotely close.  
GeofromNJ : 9/27/2014 7:37 pm : link
In comment 11887118 BlueLou said:
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The 1st two mentioned above in a toss-up, the two NFC championships Eli won, once in Green Bay in ridiculously cold and windy weather and vs the Niners in SF when he withstood the worst beating I've ever seen laid on a QB and still threw that 3rd and 15 dart to Mario for a TD in the 4th quarter. He "survived" at least a half dozen drops in that GB game, and folks remember Plax making a chump out of GB's All Pro CB (Harris?), but Eli was on fucking fire in Favre's house; that was a beauty.

Forget stats man, they really don't define Eli at his best. Though it may be very, very fun to watch Eli compile them in this McAdoo O.
It was extremely cold in Green Bay, but not windy.
not even close  
ZogZerg : 9/27/2014 7:37 pm : link
Redskins are scrubs
You don't have a "best game ever" against a bad team  
BillT : 9/27/2014 7:41 pm : link
Gee the guy is a two time SB MVP. Seems to me like those were slightly "better" games.
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kepler20 : 9/27/2014 7:45 pm : link
No way was it 2011 NFCC game. He took a beating, but he also chucked and ducked about 3 INTs that were dropped. Yes, we won the game, but it was really our defense and special teams that got it for us.


His best game imo was the 2011 divisional game against GB. We were underdogs on the road against an explosive offense that shredded us in the regular season. Eli had to control the tempo and prevent turnovers. He did both
Both NFCC games were his most impressive.  
arcarsenal : 9/27/2014 7:45 pm : link
The game he just played against WSH was just more pretty. But those 2 NFCC performances were gutty as hell and his 2 best given the circumstances, conditions, etc. He was throwing darts in GB and he outdueled a legend on his turf. I'd be hard pressed to name any other time where I was more proud of Eli specifically.
Looking back is cool..  
Q : 9/27/2014 8:01 pm : link
At some point in the next two, three years, maybe as soon as late January, Eli will have to silence that 12th man far away from home, for another shot at a ring.

I'm looking forward to it, as I'm sure Eli is.
kepler  
crick78 : 9/27/2014 8:03 pm : link
The giants offense did little to nothing in the second half vs green bay, the defense played a great second half. As for the 2011 NFCC game, i don't care how many ints the 49ers 'dropped'. Maybe i will start counting 'shoulda been tds". Last i checked you gotta catch them for it to count. You sound like Ron Jaworksi, he said the next morning on mike and mike about the 2011 nfcc game when asked about Manning's performance...I don't look at interceptions, but could have been interceptions. That is how he explained a night where a qb was beaten into the ground and excelled against easily the best defense in the league at their house.
Surprised not to see Super Bowl XLVI mentioned more in this discussion  
an_idol_mind : 9/27/2014 8:36 pm : link
That was a great quarterback performance.
The Dallas loss in 2004 to go 6-10  
TommytheElephant : 9/27/2014 8:40 pm : link
Made me believe and know that we'd have many great moments ahead.

Dallas Lost,  
TommytheElephant : 9/27/2014 8:41 pm : link
We won.

Thats what I meant to type.
RE: That game was most notable  
Zebra3 : 9/27/2014 9:56 pm : link
In comment 11887073 Phil S said:
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for him taking a beating in the second half and over time. Not to diminish his effort but we won that game with two turnovers not Eli's arm.


No remembers the rope he threw to manning ham? Only a few make that throw also later in the game he had a great throw to Bradshaw.

But yeah it was just defense and luck. Wow
this  
BK on Casco Bay : 9/27/2014 10:18 pm : link
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Link - ( New Window )
That's what I'm talking about.  
That Said : 9/27/2014 10:25 pm : link
The kid comes off the deck looking like this:

and gets the job done.
Posting a pic like that  
Zebra3 : 9/27/2014 11:34 pm : link
At a Giants sight show major disrespect to the best QB this franchise ever had. Unbelievable bad taste
Classless buffoon
RE: Posting a pic like that  
That Said : 9/27/2014 11:37 pm : link
In comment 11887631 Zebra3 said:
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At a Giants sight show major disrespect to the best QB this franchise ever had. Unbelievable bad taste
Classless buffoon


Actually, no. I'm giving Eli the utmost respect by posting a pic of The Scarecrow.

Of course, you haven't given it much thought, have you?
I was fortunate to see that game in SF ...  
Manny in CA : 9/28/2014 12:41 am : link
I personally saw him picked up and slammed to the turf several times, still he got up and secured the victory.

Then, after the game, a packed bus full of Niners fans was in awe of Eli that night.
I said it right after the game  
Sonic Youth : 9/28/2014 1:05 am : link
And this is admittedly an eye test thing vs stat observation...


But I vote dallas '11 JPP block.
The niners game  
Sneakers O'toole : 9/28/2014 1:43 am : link
and the Eagles game were both games where he got the living hell knocked out of him, and he kept coming. Those are the kinds of games that stand out to me. Eli is one tough fucking dude.
Maybe dominant instead of best  
Phil S : 9/28/2014 3:04 am : link
would be how I should have phrased it. The games everyone else mentions are close games. I just cannot remember Eli outplaying his opponents this decisively.
Tommy  
MBavaro : 9/28/2014 7:06 am : link
I remember telling a co worker the next morning how excited I was after that game. I was going to "look back on this game as where it all started". He looked at me like I was crazy : )
Eli  
stretch234 : 9/28/2014 7:59 am : link
The SF Championship game - hit and knocked down 35 times out of 55 or so drop backs. Zero int's. Tremendous TD throw on 3rd and 15.

To me one of the best QB performances I have ever seen

On the road!
Was this Eli's best game ever in the NFL  
Unclesal : 9/28/2014 9:32 am : link
I have followed the Giants since 1957, and while Eli has had more meaningful games, I would say this was his most dominant game in terms of performance. I felt he was in complete command. This game was similar in many ways to the games YA Tittle played in the 1960's. The Giants have never gotten the respect from the press that other teams have gotten. I felt at eases the whole game, no anxiety about the outcome.
Was this Eli's best game ever in the NFL  
Unclesal : 9/28/2014 11:55 am : link
Now go to the Blackboard and write 100 times " pre season games mean nothing"
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