Eli one tough SOB.

Still one of the biggest, if not the biggest hit I have ever seen. Couldn't believe it when he got back up.

But his rookie season eagles hit..

I knew after that hit he was a player.
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We're very lucky to have such a durable qb. But he is getting older. The Giants need to do more to protect their most valuable asset.

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& just kept coming.

Eli did everything but walk on water that season.

Tough guy but just brush himself off

Unnecessary hit in a preseason game. Never a big fan prior. The Jets rank right with Eagles in the most hated department for me ever since.

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Still one of the biggest, if not the biggest hit I have ever seen. Couldn't believe it when he got back up.

Umm, started watching football 15 years ago, at the most?

The play was a fade to a young up and comer named Ramses Barden. As you know, Ramses had very few chances to prove himself early in his career, and as time went on he tended to blow them.

If Jacobs had picked up the block and given Eli time to throw, I think Ramses likely would have had a preseason TD. Could have given a few more red zone opportunities and changed his entire career.

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but I was in Dallas on business a couple weeks ago and some of my Dallas colleagues and I turned the conversation to football.

they all hate how fragile Tony Romo is, and I'm convinced it's because he never really learned to take a hit.

I've seen Eli hit much harder than Romo or at least similarly hard and Eli just lands differently - not with all his weight and the defenders weight always on his body in a harmful way.

Tiki also talked about it, learning later in his career at least, about how to manage contact and using angles to avoid injury.

Eli might be the best QB I've seen at it, after some of the vicious games he's been in (like the Championship game in SF) or some of the Eagles games the past few seasons it highlights the differences between Eli and someone like Romo in how they take a hit.

I wasn't worried about Eli being injured after that hit against the Eagles.. I was worried about Eli being alive.

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You linked a 20+ minute video.

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Those two plays from the 9ers game both end in completions to Ahmad Bradshaw - another one of the toughest Giants ever...

Those are the guys and plays that win championships...

is simply how to fall without hurting yourself. Some of it is body angle and some is learning to relax your body when hit - like you are shitfaced drunk or just like you are an inanimate soft object, like a pillow.

Eli is great at it, truly great. He simply relaxes when whacked hard. He's a much better athlete, in subtle less reckonizable ways, than folks give him credit for.

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In comment 12880628 Shadow said: Quote: Better view of that hit Link - ( New Window ) You linked a 20+ minute video.

Isn't it great?

A throwing shoulder injury in 2007, a chest injury in 2008, a foot injury in 2009.

Given how atrocious the 2013 line was, it was amazing that he made it all the way to the last game of that season before getting knocked out.

qb start list. Peytons streak was 208, Eli is currently at 183. A long way from Favre's streak of 297 though.

did that hit not damage his chest/labrum/throwing shoulder???

Maybe it did. we'll never know. Because he's tough. McAdoo also hinted recently that Eli has played thru "some things".

Eli also injured his shoulder in the 1st half of the 2012 49ers game @ Candlestick. Nobody knew. Played the rest of the season. (Although not well.)

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A throwing shoulder injury in 2007, a chest injury in 2008, a foot injury in 2009. Given how atrocious the 2013 line was, it was amazing that he made it all the way to the last game of that season before getting knocked out.

Remember in 2007 it was the first week, I believe that he hurt his shoulder. The entire week it was being reported he would miss anywhere from 1 week to the entire season. Of course, he started the following week and played well.

1) I remember holding my breath on that hit by the Eagles his rookie year. That hit looked so vicious, it was more hoping he would be able to play again, not just not hurt.

2) It's amazing to think as durable as Eli has been, he has more than 7 seasons to match Favre. He says he wants to play at least 5 more years. Who knows?!

that Eli never makes a spectacle of his injuries. Contrast that with Big Ben, who winces and flexes his shoulder after every bad pass.

in the NFL is nothing to sneeze at.

Of what's been documented, we know that Eli dealt with a significant shoulder injury week 1 in 07 @ Dallas that should have kept him out 6-8 weeks. he could barely throw throw during the next week's prep for GB but his toughness went a long way to changing the dynamic of what turned out to be a championship season. The funny thing about this injury was all the flak Mortenson caught for reporting that timetable, but given the injury, he wasnt wrong about the expected recovery time. In hindsight, Eli's toughness made Mort look bad.

The other issue we knew about was the plantar fascia that he dealt with in 09 and just so happens to hurt like a bitch, but again he missed no time.

As others have mentioned, in some cases with specifics, you can bet there has been a variety of other that have popped up over the course of 12 seasons and yet every week #10 is under center starting for the New York Football Giants.

San Francisco really roughed him up in the title game. The Eagles on a few occasions, not only his first appearance but also the 30-24 comeback game with Plax in OT. The Eagles really beat the shit out him that afternoon, which made the comeback all the more impressive.

It helps to have alittle luck on your side as well, like when his ankle injury in the rain against the Skins (that happened to need surgery) occurred on the last week of what was a lost season anyway.

I suspect the consecutive game streak record will be the most enduring.

about his chuck and duck throws......but Eli has perfected that play.....and because of that, he has not taken a lot of upright hits, where he could be seriously hurt....

But as others have mentioned, that 2011 season was something special....he carried that team, especially in the fourth quarter......and he did that with, lack of a running game, and an OL, that at times, was porous......

The stats that season, were not as high as others......but there is no denying, his leadership, led that team to a championship......three guys were considered the top candidates for the MVP....Brees, Brady, and Rodgers.....he faced two of them and beat them both.....

He has had better stats the last two seasons, but 2011 was just magical, and in my opinion, his greatest season....

and we are fortunate to have him for 3 or 4 more years before he walks away from the game. This Offense is a perfect scheme for him, shorter drops, less hits if he is protected and has his weapons.

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in the NFL is nothing to sneeze at. Of what's been documented, we know that Eli dealt with a significant shoulder injury week 1 in 07 @ Dallas that should have kept him out 6-8 weeks. he could barely throw throw during the next week's prep for GB but his toughness went a long way to changing the dynamic of what turned out to be a championship season. The funny thing about this injury was all the flak Mortenson caught for reporting that timetable, but given the injury, he wasnt wrong about the expected recovery time. In hindsight, Eli's toughness made Mort look bad. The other issue we knew about was the plantar fascia that he dealt with in 09 and just so happens to hurt like a bitch, but again he missed no time. As others have mentioned, in some cases with specifics, you can bet there has been a variety of other that have popped up over the course of 12 seasons and yet every week #10 is under center starting for the New York Football Giants. San Francisco really roughed him up in the title game. The Eagles on a few occasions, not only his first appearance but also the 30-24 comeback game with Plax in OT. The Eagles really beat the shit out him that afternoon, which made the comeback all the more impressive. It helps to have alittle luck on your side as well, like when his ankle injury in the rain against the Skins (that happened to need surgery) occurred on the last week of what was a lost season anyway.

What made Mort look bad is he was "reporting" about Eli's injury without having spoken to Eli, the Giants doctors, Giants staff, or front office. So, the timetable he got was no different than you or I hearing about a possible injury and making our own based on a Google search and/or speaking to a doctor who has no knowledge of the specific patient.

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Eli also injured his shoulder in the 1st half of the 2012 49ers game @ Candlestick. Nobody knew. Played the rest of the season. (Although not well.)

Forgot about that one. I believe there were also rumors that the elbow injury he took in the 2005 preseason was worse than reported.

by talking of it further.

He's incredibly close to both the old man and Peyton and has pretty much been the Manning Family media mouthpiece over the years. Hardly the same thing as you or I googling something and talking out of our asses.

When someone's own father ends up wrong, what are you going to do? You shouldn't be mocked forever for it.

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No you didnt.

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Eli also injured his shoulder in the 1st half of the 2012 49ers game @ Candlestick. Nobody knew. Played the rest of the season. (Although not well.)

This was reported by a few BBI'ers here. You should give them proper credit instead of pretending you had any proprietary information.

and deserves more accolades and praise from the national press.

2 Time SB MVP
197 Consecutive Games Played Streak (including playoffs)
11th All Time in Yards
8th All Time in TDs

More to come...

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This was reported by a few BBI'ers here. You should give them proper credit instead of pretending you had any proprietary information.

Thomas heard it independently from Virginia Halas McCaskey when she was lunching with Sir Topham Hatt.