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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Is he a top 10 qb for his generation?
    Probably around there?

    The Super Bowls and his last name will get him into the hall of fame.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    What is his generation though? 
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    edited October 2018
    Is he a top 10 qb for his generation?
    good question. I believe so. there are 4 stone cold locks ahead of him off the top of my head but those 4 are ahead of almost everyone.  Brady, His Brother, Brees and Rodgers.  I'd put Kurt Warner ahead of him as well.  I'm sure i'm missing someone but after those it kind of becomes a jumbled mess where you could put a lot of guys there.  Flacco, Ryan, Roethlisberger, Rivers, Wilson.



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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    pjhawks said:
    Is he a top 10 qb for his generation?
    good question. I believe so. there are 4 stone cold locks ahead of him off the top of my head but those 4 are ahead of almost everyone.  Brady, His Brother, Brees and Rodgers.  you can lump Eli in with the next group/

    Those are the 4 that I came up with there were definitely ahead of him 
  • pjhawks said:
    ^
    But has the career been "great" in relation to the era he's played? Or has it been mediocre-good with two obviously great/amazingly clutch performances in the post season? Overall stats do not suggest "great," especially when compared to his peers.

    OR do those two SB's just make the whole thing great irregardless of everything else? It's an interesting question. I've been fascinated with this guy's career for a long time. 



    Here's his comparable players.  Seems about right.  There have been a lot worse and have been better.  The Super Bowls kinda make everything great.  You just experienced one. They're fun.


    Eli's career compared to above in my opinion:

    better than: Brunell, McNair, Romo, Bledsoe, Palmer
    Equal to: McNabb (although I understand the 2 SBs may trump McNabb), Roethlisberger
    Worse than: Kelly and Aikman
    can't compare to Bradshaw
    No way he was better than Bledsoe.  The others I agree with.
    Eli is not (and never has been) equal to Roethlisberger.

    I'm not a Steelers fan, or a Ben fan, or an Eli hater either.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    pjhawks said:
    ^
    But has the career been "great" in relation to the era he's played? Or has it been mediocre-good with two obviously great/amazingly clutch performances in the post season? Overall stats do not suggest "great," especially when compared to his peers.

    OR do those two SB's just make the whole thing great irregardless of everything else? It's an interesting question. I've been fascinated with this guy's career for a long time. 



    Here's his comparable players.  Seems about right.  There have been a lot worse and have been better.  The Super Bowls kinda make everything great.  You just experienced one. They're fun.


    Eli's career compared to above in my opinion:

    better than: Brunell, McNair, Romo, Bledsoe, Palmer
    Equal to: McNabb (although I understand the 2 SBs may trump McNabb), Roethlisberger
    Worse than: Kelly and Aikman
    can't compare to Bradshaw
    No way he was better than Bledsoe.  The others I agree with.
    Eli is not (and never has been) equal to Roethlisberger.

    I'm not a Steelers fan, or a Ben fan, or an Eli hater either.
    I had a hard time with that one and can see the argument either way.  I don't think Ben has ever been an elite passer bur his intangibles are better than Eli's. 
  • pjhawks said:
    pjhawks said:
    ^
    But has the career been "great" in relation to the era he's played? Or has it been mediocre-good with two obviously great/amazingly clutch performances in the post season? Overall stats do not suggest "great," especially when compared to his peers.

    OR do those two SB's just make the whole thing great irregardless of everything else? It's an interesting question. I've been fascinated with this guy's career for a long time. 



    Here's his comparable players.  Seems about right.  There have been a lot worse and have been better.  The Super Bowls kinda make everything great.  You just experienced one. They're fun.


    Eli's career compared to above in my opinion:

    better than: Brunell, McNair, Romo, Bledsoe, Palmer
    Equal to: McNabb (although I understand the 2 SBs may trump McNabb), Roethlisberger
    Worse than: Kelly and Aikman
    can't compare to Bradshaw
    No way he was better than Bledsoe.  The others I agree with.
    Eli is not (and never has been) equal to Roethlisberger.

    I'm not a Steelers fan, or a Ben fan, or an Eli hater either.
    I had a hard time with that one and can see the argument either way.  I don't think Ben has ever been an elite passer bur his intangibles are better than Eli's. 
    Agreed. And given the fact that Eli has never been an elite passer either... the nod goes to Ben in my mind.

    All things being equal and if I had to win a game with my choice of QBs... I'm taking Ben every time.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    The Weehawken police are apparently Eli fans. Haha
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,868
    I'd definitely give the nod to Roethlisberger over Eli.
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Durability is a factor as well.
    I know 'Eli Face' gets a bad rap, but the guy is one of the most durable players the league has ever seen. And he gets hit a lot.
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited October 2018
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,238
    eddiec said:
    Durability is a factor as well.
    I know 'Eli Face' gets a bad rap, but the guy is one of the most durable players the league has ever seen. And he gets hit a lot.

    that, he does.
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  • The Juggler
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    njnancy said:
    Post wasn't important. Deleted.
    Poor form Nancy! What was in the post?!?!
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    njnancy said:
    Post wasn't important. Deleted.
    Poor form Nancy! What was in the post?!?!
    Sorry Juggler - didn't mean to have poor form - I was talking Eli and just decided to delete it but I had to include something cause you can't really delete once you post. 

    I'm not in a good place, not cause of anything on here, so I just decided I would post when I wasn't so down. 

    Don't worry - I'll be defending Eli soon enough.  ;)
  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,545
    I think I posted this article last year but it really epitomizes how I've always thought of ol' Eli.

    Super clutch in the biggest of moments, but other than that.....meh:

    Eli Manning Is Profoundly Mediocre

     https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/eli-manning-is-profoundly-mediocre/
    I agree.  With a decent line, he was a dominant 4th quarter QB... Many years ago. 

    Also, kinda off-topic.. I was always neutral on the firing of Ben McAdoo, because of the players he had on offense last year.  Am I crazy to think that this year's personnel would've been the perfect line-up for Ben McAdoo?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,545
    mcgruff10 said:

    Bahahahahaha
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,605
    damn defense. make up your mind if you're gonna be good or not
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,605
    Looking like 1-8. Defense not looking good
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Please don't throw this chance away.