Eli Manning has a better TD percentage, a better INT percentage (and therefore a better TD/INT ratio), more yards per attempt, a better passer rating and a higher winning percentage than Tom Brady.
You would have to include Peyton Manning as well as having inferior stats to Eli if you go down that road.
Having said that, this little Eli trivia adds more to the arsenal that Brady wasn't better than Montana, which seems to grow more traction each year because of accumulated stats.
In comment 13013342 BlueLou said: Quote: is a huge minus!
Taking RB Tucker Fredrickson 1st overall while bypassing both Gayle Sayers (7th) AND Dick Butkus (3rd) in the 1965 draft.
Oy veh.
The reality is that Fredrickson was actually a good pick at #1 talent-wise and the reason he didn't have the career he showed himself capable of was he blew out his knee very early in his career. Sound familiar?
I was only 9 at the time of that draft, so I can't judge fairly pre NFL career wether Fredrickson merited #1 overall. But I was sharp enough by Sayers' 2nd year to know he was about 2 giant tiers a superior talent to Tucker.
If you are claiming that retrospectively after their careers, LOL, and injury has nothing to do with that judgement.
In comment 13013342 BlueLou said: Quote: is a huge minus!
Taking RB Tucker Fredrickson 1st overall while bypassing both Gayle Sayers (7th) AND Dick Butkus (3rd) in the 1965 draft.
Oy veh.
The reality is that Fredrickson was actually a good pick at #1 talent-wise and the reason he didn't have the career he showed himself capable of was he blew out his knee very early in his career. Sound familiar?
I was only 9 at the time of that draft, so I can't judge fairly pre NFL career wether Fredrickson merited #1 overall. But I was sharp enough by Sayers' 2nd year to know he was about 2 giant tiers a superior talent to Tucker.
If you are claiming that retrospectively after their careers, LOL, and injury has nothing to do with that judgement.
Many people say the Giants should've drafted Sayers with that first pick, but I disagree. They lost so many quality players just before and just after the '64 season, running back was the last thing they needed. Butkus would've been a great addition, but they had an even bigger hole in their roster, QB.
Y A Tittle was old, banged up and coming off his worst year. He retired before training camp and the Giants had absolutely no one to replace him. Over the next few years, they traded 2 starters, two # 1's, two # 2's and a #3 for Earl Morrall and Fran Tarkenton. With the first pick of the 1965 draft, whether it would've worked out or not, the Giants should've made an all out effort to get Joe Namath.
against the Ravens. You know, like the Dallas Cowboys.
But you're right, who cares about the 49ers.
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After years of taking our case to the people, of making their claim our cause, the 1984 Bears will finally get their just due on the grandest stage of all.
At the Super Bowl.
No, we're not talking about the '85 Bears. This is for the 1984 Central Division champs and their rightful place in history.
And what, exactly, is that?
Well, let's start with a quest that began more than a decade ago.
Tired of years and years of Gatorade celebrating the 1986 N.Y. Giants as the team that invented the bucket dump, we tried to get Gatorade to dunk their story and give credit where credit was due.
They wanted nothing to do with the facts getting in the way of their good story, which in their version had the Giants of Harry Carson and Bill Parcells as the first to do it, and of all places, in the Super Bowl.
But it wasn't true.
The Bears introduced the move to the NFL in 1984 when Dan Hampton dumped a bucket on Mike Ditka as the Bears clinched the NFC Central.
1950s-1960s QB Charley Conerly was the original Marlboro Man.
Yeah! Yeah! I know smoking is a killer, but I recently saw a documentary of the great Johnny Unitas having a cig' at half time of an NFL chamiponship. A different time.
You would have to include Peyton Manning as well as having inferior stats to Eli if you go down that road.
Having said that, this little Eli trivia adds more to the arsenal that Brady wasn't better than Montana, which seems to grow more traction each year because of accumulated stats.
must have been something godd@mned Fassel never tole anyone about
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Giants are the only team to win a Super Bowl once in each of the last four seasons.
I'm guessing you mean decades not seasons.
Yes, that's what I meant. That's what happens when you get home and sip a few cocktails.
Taking RB Tucker Fredrickson 1st overall while bypassing both Gayle Sayers (7th) AND Dick Butkus (3rd) in the 1965 draft.
Oy veh.
The reality is that Fredrickson was actually a good pick at #1 talent-wise and the reason he didn't have the career he showed himself capable of was he blew out his knee very early in his career. Sound familiar?
I was only 9 at the time of that draft, so I can't judge fairly pre NFL career wether Fredrickson merited #1 overall. But I was sharp enough by Sayers' 2nd year to know he was about 2 giant tiers a superior talent to Tucker.
If you are claiming that retrospectively after their careers, LOL, and injury has nothing to do with that judgement.
Who cares about the 49ers
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In comment 13013342 BlueLou said: Quote: is a huge minus!
Taking RB Tucker Fredrickson 1st overall while bypassing both Gayle Sayers (7th) AND Dick Butkus (3rd) in the 1965 draft.
Oy veh.
The reality is that Fredrickson was actually a good pick at #1 talent-wise and the reason he didn't have the career he showed himself capable of was he blew out his knee very early in his career. Sound familiar?
I was only 9 at the time of that draft, so I can't judge fairly pre NFL career wether Fredrickson merited #1 overall. But I was sharp enough by Sayers' 2nd year to know he was about 2 giant tiers a superior talent to Tucker.
If you are claiming that retrospectively after their careers, LOL, and injury has nothing to do with that judgement.
Y A Tittle was old, banged up and coming off his worst year. He retired before training camp and the Giants had absolutely no one to replace him. Over the next few years, they traded 2 starters, two # 1's, two # 2's and a #3 for Earl Morrall and Fran Tarkenton. With the first pick of the 1965 draft, whether it would've worked out or not, the Giants should've made an all out effort to get Joe Namath.
But you're right, who cares about the 49ers.
After years of taking our case to the people, of making their claim our cause, the 1984 Bears will finally get their just due on the grandest stage of all.
At the Super Bowl.
No, we're not talking about the '85 Bears. This is for the 1984 Central Division champs and their rightful place in history.
And what, exactly, is that?
Well, let's start with a quest that began more than a decade ago.
Tired of years and years of Gatorade celebrating the 1986 N.Y. Giants as the team that invented the bucket dump, we tried to get Gatorade to dunk their story and give credit where credit was due.
They wanted nothing to do with the facts getting in the way of their good story, which in their version had the Giants of Harry Carson and Bill Parcells as the first to do it, and of all places, in the Super Bowl.
But it wasn't true.
The Bears introduced the move to the NFL in 1984 when Dan Hampton dumped a bucket on Mike Ditka as the Bears clinched the NFC Central.
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Yeah! Yeah! I know smoking is a killer, but I recently saw a documentary of the great Johnny Unitas having a cig' at half time of an NFL chamiponship. A different time.
Wait, really?
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The Giants spelled backwards, Stnaig, is a bit character in the Star Wars cantina because of George Lucas' love of the franchise.
Wait, really?
No. And if were true, it'd probably be the San Francisco Giants.