His two Super Bowl runs were mainly the result of sublime defensive play in the postseason, remarkable plays by the likes of nicks Cruz and tyree, some luck with two fumbled punts in SF and a lame Gronkoswki and end of game heroics by Webster mcquarters Tuck Strahan and Osi. He almost blew the 2011 bowl by not reminding Bradshaw to fall down at the one yard line. Just like Johnson Dilfer and Hostettler road on the coat tails of superior supporting casts, so did #10
QBs don't win alone but they are not an equal among 52 players. They touch the ball every offensive play, read defenses, and serve as the on field general. It's the reason they get drafted first overall and paid the big bucks
By that measure Eli's career win loss percentage puts him in Matt hasselbeck and mark Brunell territory . Slightly above average.
How many games over the course of his career has he been dominant start to finish? most of his games are either nail biters or blowout losses. He's maybe been on the winning end of ten easy games over the course of his 13 year career, less than one per season
And that's because his in game play is choppy: he's a top ten all time fumbler and will attempt risky throws rather than try to pick up a few yards with his legs
The Giants made a huge mistake paying him like a franchise QB when the cold hard truth is he is an above average QB who had the good fortune of playing on teams with superior surrounding talent. Even last year Odell and the defense bailed the team out on multiple occasions and it was the letdown of Odell and the D in the playoffs that caused the first round exit.
Life after Eli won't necessarily be doom and gloom. We may in fact win again with a true franchise QB. it actually can't get much worse.
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Suffering through it Larry...... I'd slap you if I met you.
Bah hah hah....What's up 18e
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Past Les in a verbal battle with current-day Les...each taking the opposite side of the Eli argument.
I assume Future Les will have the last word ;>)
Especially 2011 Eli that won a Superbowl with 2-14 level talent.
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Did the fucking guy kill Alan Thicke or something?
He will be my Favorite Giant for all time.
Fuck you and this post.
This post is living proof of why I used to be on this site at least 3 hours per day and now I’m here 3 hours per week.
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Was outplayed by the immortal CJ Beathard and barely managed to get more than 20 points against the 0-9 49ers via a garbage time score, the comments by the fanboys on this thread are hilarious. Eli should be kissing Accorsi and Reese's butts for surrounding him with championship caliber talent twice and paying him multiples above his value.
This post is living proof of why I used to be on this site at least 3 hours per day and now I’m here 3 hours per week.
You can't teach stupid, but you can send them to Canada.
You're taking about a 32 y/o QB vs. a soon to be 37 y/o QB. That's a lifetime in sports.
Les in TO : 11/12/2017 7:36 pm : link : reply
Was outplayed by the immortal CJ Beathard and barely managed to get more than 20 points against the 0-9 49ers via a garbage time score, the comments by the fanboys on this thread are hilarious. Eli should be kissing Accorsi and Reese's butts for surrounding him with championship caliber talent twice and paying him multiples above his value.
Not only did the fuckstick start this ridiculous thread before the game, he comes back to gloat. And after watching that debacle, he came to the conclusion Eli was outplayed and overpaid?
Maybe if the Niner defense quit, Eli would've outplayed the "immortal" Beathard. Fucking tool.
Eli has thrown for over 50k yards. He's helped lead his team on two glorious postseason runs where he was the catalyst. Why does everyone always point to the low scoring output in the super bowls as some sort of indictment? First off, he won both games against the best defensive mind in the NFL and he led his team to victory in the last minutes of both games. That counts for a lot. Second, he was GREAT in the ENTIRE postseason!
Eli doesn't have to be the best QB ever and he doesn't have to be Trent Fucking Dilfer. There's middle ground...fuck's sake....
Christ...some of you fucking blow at analyzing players. Sorry but the truth is the truth.
PS--Brad Johnson was a good QB. Again, stupidity.
Eli could play better at times. He could also be a lot worse. The Giants are a mess yet there's Eli, doing everything he can to help the team win.
If Eli was trent Dilfer he wouldn't be on pace to finish with pretty good stats in ANY FUCKING SEASON let alone this one.
I hate stupid.