Just watched the Brett Favre jersey retirement and it was completely awesome. I kind of feel bad for Packers fans that they had to see him in a Vikings & Jets jersey.
I really hope Eli retires as a Giant. I don't ever want to see him in another jersey. I'm only 26 so he's by far the best Giants player I've ever witnessed. Everything seems to point to him retiring as a Giant, but people said the same about Peyton.
Eli doesn't get the appreciation he deserves from a lot of people. Don't think he will until he retires, but damn what an awesome 12 years it's been. Cried myself to sleep when we lost SB XXXV, because I never thought I was going to see us go to a Super Bowl again. Sure enough Eli got us there twice and won them both. Once against the best football team ever.
I know it hasn't been great the last few years, but going from a kid to an adult I got to see the best offensive player in Giants history break basically every record we had. Break a bunch of NFL records, win 2 Super Bowls & become one of only 5 players to win multiple Super Bowl MVPs. He's taken a beating & got right back up each time. We take it for granted, but look at QBs like Romo, Cutler, Roethlisberger who are always injured.
Thank you Eli!!! Look forward to you bringing us another Super Bowl trophy!!
It is not going to be easy.
Just look at teams like Detroit, Philly, Washington, Chicago etc who have never got to see a true franchise QB. Whose put his team on his back to win Super Bowls.
I think he will get the props he deserves. Especially if he continues playing like he has under McAdoo. Give him another 4-5 years like these past 2 and I really don't think anybody can say anything bad about him. He's most likely going to retire in the top 7 in every major passing statistic plus at least 2 Super Bowls & 2 MVPs. I think he is going to win 3 of each before he retired.
and replace Eli's name with Tom Coughlin. He is another guy who is going to be hard to replace.
Maybe it is because the years they won the SBs - they did it with mediocre regular season records (2007 10-6 and 2011 9-7) that people thought they got lucky?
Lucky my ass ... those 2 guys are going to be hard to replace .... and I hope(think) they will bring home another title to shut everybody up for good.
I know shit happens & you can't use it as an excuse, but we've had some unfortunate luck. How often does a teams top offensive threat shoot himself in the fucking leg & go to jail for it? Not to mention the insane amount of injuries we've had the last few years. Either way they are both HOFers IMO & it will be a travesty if they don't make it.
I know shit happens & you can't use it as an excuse, but we've had some unfortunate luck. How often does a teams top offensive threat shoot himself in the fucking leg & go to jail for it? Not to mention the insane amount of injuries we've had the last few years. Either way they are both HOFers IMO & it will be a travesty if they don't make it.
lol ... don't get me started with Plaxico. In 2008 I think we were 10-1 when he shot himself in the leg and then lost our last 4-5 games after that and then were "1 and done" in the play-offs to the Eagles. We could very easily be sitting on Eli's 3 titles and his shoe-in to the HOF. If he gets another one - he has to go. I mean right? That is why I want the 3rd one as much as anything else - Eli will be in the HOF ... right there with his brother.
2 HOF QBs from the same family ... please God! : )
And fitting to say it on a night when Ironman #1 had his ceremony, and Tony Romo got hurt again. Great QB but plain and simple you cannot quantify the value this man has to the Giants organization and how the owners must feel about this guy who has never missed a snap, and never has taken a game off by playing with half-assed effort, and oh yeah tack on the 2 trophies.
I laughed this week at how everyones expectations of room's return meant the Cowboys were best team in the NFC EAST. Romo has never beaten Eli and the Giants when it mattered. If he did he never did anything with it. Now he's out again.
I can say this with zero trepidation. After that second Superbowl win, Eli became my all time favorite Giant as well as athlete. The biggest stage against the biggest opponents, where he was an underdog each week and wek twenty grueling weeks to bring a Lombardi to NY. In 2011 he did it nearly single handedly. What a feat.
What an honor to watch him play. I'm currently stationed in South Africa, seven hours ahead of EST. I make it my business to watch him under center every week because if he wont miss a game neither should I.
Enjoy this era. It may happen only once in our short lives.
It would not be earth shattering for me if he didn't retire a Giant but I think he will. The 2 examples you gave, Favre and Peyton, both were replaced by great QBs. OK The jury is still out on Luck. It's rare but it happens and it's likely the only way Eli doesn't retire as a Giant.
Even if Eli does finish his career with another team, he will always be remembered as a Giant. Just like Favre is a Packer, Montana is a 49er, Peyton will be a Colt, etc. Eli has been with and accomplished too much with the NY Giants to be remembered otherwise.
Funny you should mention that, I definitely think Eli has the type of personality where he will know when to step away. One of the reasons I love Eli is because even though he loves playing football and football has been his life, he doesn't seem to be completely obsessed with it almost in a negative way. If they lose, they lose. He wakes up the next day and tries to get better, doesn't dwell on it because he knows he's lucky to be where he's at and there's life after football. Just seems like a really cool guy and someone to "gets it" rather than someone who thinks he's above the game. This is one of the reasons why I think he really does want to retire a Giant and wouldn't risk playing for another team just for the sake of playing.