He can still play, IMO, but he can no longer help this team win football games.
So go ahead, replace him. But be prepared that replacing Eli is not going to fix this mess. Just like simply firing Coughlin didn't solve anything. Those six and seven win seasons that ended his tenure don't even look so bad anymore in comparison.
Aside from Barkley, this is not a very likable team for me. Very unlikable. Looked like a bunch of quitters to me.
Hell, maybe the NFL is becoming an unlikable game/league. I'm unsure. The game has evolved and Eli and those like him are like him are dinosaurs. You've got to run in this league now. It is a spread offense league. You gotta be able to run around and throw 3 plus TD's every week. The chess matches are over. Score, score, score.
So bash away. Call me a fanboy, an apologist, whatever.
You got your wish. Eli is done here, no more need to get your pitchforks and run the guy out of town. I'm just going to take the rest of the season and mourn the passing of a golden era of Giants football in Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning. Welcome to the Odell Beckham leadership era.
It's a big "meh" from me.
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is bringing in Eli after this year. He’s turning 38 in January and is not starter material for even a marginal team. Brady and Brees are not fair markers to compare and assume for Eli to be the same.
This is a very ugly end of his career.
I actually think he could play well in Dallas behind a healthy version of their OL.
This post made me throw up in my mouth.
Well, I will say this, if Odell were on another team (pick anyone doesn't matter) and he pulled the antics that we have seen the last few years, we as a collective BBI would be roasting him here ala Moss, Owens etc.. Why do we ignore behaviors because he plays for us?
What antics? Are we really comparing him to Terrell Owens? For more than 70% of Odell's career, the defense has been an abomination. The o-line has been an embarrassment. Now the QB is washed up, but the problem is "behaviors"?
I guess it's just easier to focus on scapegoats and things that aren't really important than it is on those other things because those are much more difficult issues and take longer to solve.
While nobody wants to leave on a downward trend, it would be the best for all.
And he could leave with class just as he has always acted as a player and teammate...
a team budget can't afford a player to need everything right to succeed who commands 20m
Peak eli could do it a bit, before he got david carr syndrome. BTW getting that syndrome was not his fault.
This.
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is bringing in Eli after this year. He’s turning 38 in January and is not starter material for even a marginal team. Brady and Brees are not fair markers to compare and assume for Eli to be the same.
This is a very ugly end of his career.
I actually think he could play well in Dallas behind a healthy version of their OL.
This post made me throw up in my mouth.
Actually makes some sense. Prescott sucks. Eli would give them a bridge to the next guy without being forced to back up the truck for Prescott. Great OL when healthy, good running game.
Eli getting the blame would suck, but as a fan I'll take it.
Last night, it was as if a proclamation had been read at mid-field. This is it. That was great, but it's time to move forward. With appreciation. Sadly.
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To be the most sore are the ones that dismiss how really awful the OL is, while thinking replacing the qb with a young scrambling qb will immediately make this offense consistent.
And for some reason you know it won't? Take immediate out of it as fans want to see better at some point...
Jimmy this OL is really bad. I don't know for fact of course not. But what do your eyes tell you about the OL? Consistency with this OL more than likely won't happen. A mobile qb will make more things happen, but blindside pressure is blindside pressure. Manning isn't getting it done, but a lot has to Chang with this line in terms of simple man on man execution for this offense to ha've consistency.
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To be the most sore are the ones that dismiss how really awful the OL is, while thinking replacing the qb with a young scrambling qb will immediately make this offense consistent.
And for some reason you know it won't? Take immediate out of it as fans want to see better at some point...
Jimmy this OL is really bad. I don't know for fact of course not. But what do your eyes tell you about the OL? Consistency with this OL more than likely won't happen. A mobile qb will make more things happen, but blindside pressure is blindside pressure. Manning isn't getting it done, but a lot has to Chang with this line in terms of simple man on man execution for this offense to ha've consistency.
Yes, OL is bad and we have to change the guy under center. And until we do the latter we are wasting time...
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he was done a few years ago.
a team budget can't afford a player to need everything right to succeed who commands 20m
Peak eli could do it a bit, before he got david carr syndrome. BTW getting that syndrome was not his fault.
This.
Another +1.
Nobody wanted to end up here, but let's face it - for all but a very small population of players, the end usually isn't pretty.
He changed that tune pretty quickly and, like TC, basically gave the Giants an FU last year and said he’d keep playing elsewhere.
While nobody wants to leave on a downward trend, it would be the best for all.
And he could leave with class just as he has always acted as a player and teammate...
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
the rest of us have been here a while, so there's not much beer left.
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to the realization that he can't get it done anymore and its better off for the franchise if he just retire at end of the year. Versus clinging on and everybody wasting more time/seasons.
While nobody wants to leave on a downward trend, it would be the best for all.
And he could leave with class just as he has always acted as a player and teammate...
I think he should retire right now. I do not not want to watch have to answer these questions every week. I can't stomach to see him go out like this. Every pregame, every broadcast is going everyone pile on Eli. Him and his brother should get some investors and buy a franchise. Between the 2 of them they earned 1/2 billion in salary, never mind endorsement deals and investments. He don't need this shit, imagine if he gets his back broken now? For what? Go take care your family Eli, you have given us everything.
Don’t be such a drama queen. If it bothers u so much skip the pregame
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
Right? Just three weeks ago he was making threads about how Eli could still sling the ball and calling out the haters about how he was right.
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“Fine! You were right! It still doesn’t matter! I hope you’re happy now! I don’t care anyway!” (or, “meh!”)
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
Right? Just three weeks ago he was making threads about how Eli could still sling the ball and calling out the haters about how he was right.
And he will again...
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“Fine! You were right! It still doesn’t matter! I hope you’re happy now! I don’t care anyway!” (or, “meh!”)
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
Right? Just three weeks ago he was making threads about how Eli could still sling the ball and calling out the haters about how he was right.
And he will again...
Yes. And he was also saying he couldn't wait for THEM (those Eli haters) to EAT SHIT.
Even Britt's "Eli is Done" thread is really just another defense of Eli and how it's really the fault of all the other players.
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In comment 14124654 Cam in MO said:
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“Fine! You were right! It still doesn’t matter! I hope you’re happy now! I don’t care anyway!” (or, “meh!”)
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
Right? Just three weeks ago he was making threads about how Eli could still sling the ball and calling out the haters about how he was right.
And he will again...
Yes. And he was also saying he couldn't wait for THEM (those Eli haters) to EAT SHIT.
Even Britt's "Eli is Done" thread is really just another defense of Eli and how it's really the fault of all the other players.
Well at least for the penultimate part, he's not really wrong.
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“Fine! You were right! It still doesn’t matter! I hope you’re happy now! I don’t care anyway!” (or, “meh!”)
The great thing about sports is there’s always the next game or the next season. The worst part is seeing your heroes slowly but inevitably turn from gods back to normal mortals.
Right? Just three weeks ago he was making threads about how Eli could still sling the ball and calling out the haters about how he was right.
And he will again...
Yes. And he was also saying he couldn't wait for THEM (those Eli haters) to EAT SHIT.
Even Britt's "Eli is Done" thread is really just another defense of Eli and how it's really the fault of all the other players.
If that's the case, once again, wrong.
No team is taking Eli Manning.
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It looks as much of a bad fit as it does someone in his declining years. He could go someplace with a good fit and be very successful. Why would you not want him to do that?
No team is taking Eli Manning.
Remember when people thought TC would coach after the Giants?
I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I'm not sure that line would be able to pass block for Eli. I've seen a few Jaguars games, and Bortles has to avoid pressure more often than you'd think.
because it was logical...
But I am all for extending him another 4 years or so if it makes everyone happy. He can tutor the next QB . Maybe he will take a cut to 10 million a year. Thats a fair price for a HOF QB teacher. He can teach him his specialty the chuck and duck and back foot throw
I watched a few extra shots of "pressures" on Eli and he's clearly seeing/pressure that isn't there on many occasions. In many examples, all he needs to do is step up and avoid the ends rushing upfield. He used to be excellent at this and his footwork in the pocket more than made up for his lack of mobility outside the pocket. And now that is exacerbated by an OL that routinely gives up pressure from Guard to Guard. On more than one play, Eli had open receivers down the field running corner routes, post-corners, sevens, etc, and for some reason he didn't throw the ball. He's clearly playing shook - perhaps scared as he winds down his career - and I'm not completely opposed to giving the rookie a look at some point this season.
So we've got a QB/WR battery where one is possibly still feeling the effects of an injury and the other is playing as if he's afraid of being injured. This coupled with a team that is lacking any semblance of leadership and was easily exposed as indifferent shortly after halftime leads me to not completely dismiss the possibility that they will go 1-15.
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All wrong from time to time. I remember towards the end of last year everyone knew the Giants would draft a qb.
because it was logical...
More than one thing can be logical. The point was it was being presented as fact before hand, and anyone who disagreed was "delusional". That kind of thinking is one of the big plagues on this forum
That would be an unfortunate setback. We see what happens to teams who flip coaches.
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All wrong from time to time. I remember towards the end of last year everyone knew the Giants would draft a qb.
because it was logical...
More than one thing can be logical. The point was it was being presented as fact before hand, and anyone who disagreed was "delusional". That kind of thinking is one of the big plagues on this forum
No, that isn't correct or fair. There were plenty of posters who didn't take that approach and call the non-QB crowd delusional. And it went both ways, and you know it.
Having an asset like Barkley is fantastic...no argument from me whatsoever. However, my concerns were far more around how long it takes to get a new QB to be able to take the reigns, and I have been very clear that the Giants were no longer going to be a winning team as long as Eli kept starting. We needed a change from the guy under center, and until we did it, we were wasting time.
Yes, you can build a team in many ways. But I was already past the idea the Eli was going to be helpful going forward so it was easier from my perspective to say "go QB" with the #2 pick. I like hand-of-god RBs, but I didn't find it reasonable that the attributes from all those Qbs who came out last year were not sufficient for DG not to find "the guy". To me, DG took the easy route because it was simply easy to not miss with Barkley.
Good news is SB is absolutely the goods....no question. The bad news is we are wasting time because running backs do not bring teams to the promised land...QBs do. Maybe one in the 2019 will be our guy.
That's the logic...
If he’s trying to pysche himself up, that’s the fuel he needs to operate the way he does.
If he’s upset at the low number of targets, it’s because he feels lime he can contribute more and with the low level of scoring that’s taking place one would tend to agree.
The Giants have one of the most prolific tandems in Odelll and Barkley in the NFL. Enjoy.