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....In the two years and 32 games before Beckham's arrival, Manning completed just 58.7 percent of his passes while tossing only two more touchdowns (44) than interceptions (42). He averaged a modest 7.1 yards every time the ball left his hand. In the two years since, Manning has drunk from the Beckham fountain of youth, turning in the best 32-game stretch of his career. Manning's completion percentage has spiked to 62.8 percent, with his 65 touchdowns more than doubling his 28 picks. It turns out all Manning needed to prove he wasn't done was the most explosive receiver in football. Manning is old (35), but the most durable signal caller since Brett Favre, and headed into his third season in Ben McAdoo's passer-friendly offense. If Manning can match his 2014-15, he'll be a top-10 quarterback in his 13th year in the league. |
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Is this sarcasm? Elite Mobster threatened to knock out my real teeth And I'm making sure I'm not just suffering from old balls. Eli is in better shape than Brady.
The scout that drafted him should be in the Hall Of Fame.
In addition to more shorter passes, the reduced amount of post snap adjustments (which receivers other than Randle seemed to have adapted to) were probably a major factor.
Having OBJ is great, but not having another threat at WR or TE had to hurt too.
This times 1000 gidie.
Top 5 (including playoffs)
1. Brett Favre 321
2. Peyton Manning 227
3. Eli Manning 194
4. Philip rivers 169
5. Joe Flacco 122
Qb consecutive starts - ( New Window )
This is even more true for human critters, where age is a very important variable.
(See Manning, Peyton)
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Brady is not, at 39..He's the exception, I guess
Is this sarcasm? Elite Mobster threatened to knock out my real teeth And I'm making sure I'm not just suffering from old balls. Eli is in better shape than Brady.
Yes it is sarcasm..They keep talking about Eli's fucking window closing and he's 4 years younger than Brady. Do you ever hear about Brady's window closing? NO..He's presumed to keep playing in his 40s, yet when I say Eli most likely will(if he cares to), I get choruses of "I'm dreaming."
Eli is the constant here.
Top 5 (including playoffs)
1. Brett Favre 321
2. Peyton Manning 227
3. Eli Manning 194
4. Philip rivers 169
5. Joe Flacco 122 Qb consecutive starts - ( New Window )
Probably pass Pruton in the next 2 seasons? Optimistic about the playoffs much?
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In comment 12974780 Big Blue '56 said:
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Brady is not, at 39..He's the exception, I guess
Is this sarcasm? Elite Mobster threatened to knock out my real teeth And I'm making sure I'm not just suffering from old balls. Eli is in better shape than Brady.
Yes it is sarcasm..They keep talking about Eli's fucking window closing and he's 4 years younger than Brady. Do you ever hear about Brady's window closing? NO..He's presumed to keep playing in his 40s, yet when I say Eli most likely will(if he cares to), I get choruses of "I'm dreaming."
You shouldn't use an exception to derive your expectation. Look at averages. Most QBs don't perform at a high level at 39. Lets hope Eli does.
Agreed. I contribute Eli's better numbers the last 2 years to the change in offensive philosophy than to OBJ.
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In consecutive starts behind peyton manning and Brett favre. He is not far behind peyton and will probably pass him in the next 2 seasons.
Top 5 (including playoffs)
1. Brett Favre 321
2. Peyton Manning 227
3. Eli Manning 194
4. Philip rivers 169
5. Joe Flacco 122 Qb consecutive starts - ( New Window )
Probably pass Pruton in the next 2 seasons? Optimistic about the playoffs much?
Eli trails Peyton by 33 games. He will only trail by 1 game if he stays healthy the next 2 seasons. To think eli will play in one (possibly 2) playoff games in the next 2 seasons isn't much of a stretch
Yeah... Toomer, Plax, Steve Smith, Manningham, Nicks, Cruz... secondary receivers all. Not like the great Manuel, Gray, Johnson, Robinson, Ingram, Baker, and Turner that Phil Simms had.
As soon as a guy dumps on the weapons Eli has had at receiver my agenda radar goes all apeshit.
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His perceived lack of success prior to last year has a lot less to do with him and more to do with running the most complex and unfriendly offense for a QB run. And at that, he did it with secondary WRs that couldn't master that offense for the life of them. I firmly believe there are only 2-3 QBs in the league who could have fared better than him in that offense.
Yeah... Toomer, Plax, Steve Smith, Manningham, Nicks, Cruz... secondary receivers all. Not like the great Manuel, Gray, Johnson, Robinson, Ingram, Baker, and Turner that Phil Simms had.
As soon as a guy dumps on the weapons Eli has had at receiver my agenda radar goes all apeshit.
Toomer was on the downside of his career.
Obviously OBJ is an absolute stud. Cruz had 1 monster year and 1 goof year. Smith had 1 good year. Burress had a good 3 year run.
But outside of OBJ and Cruz 2011.... none of the WR years were considered one of the best in thr NFL.
Teams do stuff to help their players succeed all the time. Especially their star players. That's what coaches get paid for. Why is this a negative for the player?