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Old 02-14-2008, 05:12 PM
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Overrated or Underrated?

I have to ask (mostly because I saw an article on Yahoo! this morning about it):

Eli Manning overrated? Or underrated?

A couple of things to think about: the Ravens Super Bowl Championship team a couple of years ago with a Defense that was impenetrable. Remember the QB's name? And, after a season with 20 interceptions, can anyone argue with results?

Thought it was a good debate. I'm not a big fan of the guy, but you got to hand it to him down the stretch.

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Old 02-14-2008, 05:26 PM
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Trent Dilfer, looking for a job the next year. Don't think that will be the case with Eli.

I hope not, we have NY Giants football helmet with his name on it, and I'm a Redskins fan. I almost have to cringe every time I see it, and think about what it may be worth some day simply because he is a Giant. Here's hoping he makes the hall of fame, but not at the Redskins expense.

To be honest, I am not sure I would consider him either overrated or underrated at this point.
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Old 02-14-2008, 05:31 PM
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PA, I was going to post basically the same thing that you said at the end there, but I thought it didn't make sense.

I haven't heard anyone bragging about his excellence to the point that "overrated" could be applicable. He played very well at the end of the season and obviously in the playoffs.

As for underrated... I think he's obviously not that at this point. So I'll go with neither. He's a good quarterback.
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Eli is going to be great. He's just started later then Peyton.
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Neither. He's been rated based on his play. Trust me, us Giants fans were more surprised than anyone at his playoff and especially Superbowl performance. He's got great potential (and a Superbowl ring now) but lets face it, he had a big 'ol horseshoe up his a$$ through the playoff run.

The good thing is he seems to be the type of guy who steps up his game under pressure, for sure and that's what you want from a "better than average but far from the best" quarterback.
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Eli is going to be great. He's just started later then Peyton.
Yea, it took Peyton 6 yrs to get a Superbowl ring, It only took Eli 4
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Eli is a very good quarterback who is just starting to come into his own. I believe he will be one of the better quarterbacks in the league for the next several years.
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Eli may be just a touch underrated because of his high interceptions.but he led the league in come from behind victories this season.

i think his main improvement was not trying to force some of his passes.i think before he was trying to live up to the hype and his brother.
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got me thinking

some of the posts above (despite the NY origin) got me thinking. It did take Peyton six seasons and he seems to be earning the stigma of "playoff blunder qb" rather quickly. Unfortunate, because the guy is amazing. And maybe, just maybe, Eli could be even better?!?!? What a great thing for the NFL!

Anyway, my heart goes out to Giants fans. You guys deserved it. I'm a Charger fan myself, so I know what it's like to wait for the big one.
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I think he has great potential - he reads defneses well and has a very strong arm. He can be erratic tho which is his major issue
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