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01-20-2008, 10:35 PM | Topic Starter |
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Eli Mannng vs. Rivers/Peyton
Manning and Rivers will forever be linked due to the draft day trade and the Chargers caving in to the pressure from the Mannings. Eli will also forever be compared to Peyton.
Well, it's pretty easy to see who got the better end of the draft day deal so let's move on to the brotherly comparisons. Eli has accomplished more in his first four seasons than Peyton. I have made the statements before and I'll say it again........with all the adversity that Eli had been through I believe he makes better reads and check downs than Peyton and thus is a better all around QB. I've always felt Peyton had it easy in Indy. He was blessed to have the WR's he's had since coming into the league. It's easy to hit a deer in an open field. Ask Eli how much skill it takes to put the ball in traffic and make reads. Any comments? |
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01-20-2008, 10:38 PM | #2 |
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Eli's become a pretty solid QB. He's a sight better than Rivers, and I'd be pretty damn happy if he was the Chiefs QB. That being said, he's about 1/2 of the QB Peyton is right now. He's still got time to improve, but he'll never escape his brother's shadow.
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Who got the better end of that trade? I don't know if I'd say "hey that's an easy call"
That trade netted the Chargers Rivers, Merriman and Kaeding, it wasn't just straight 1-1. |
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Eli has accomplished more because he has a much better defense than Peyton did during his first four years.
Eli played at a pretty average level in these playoffs. Of course, so did Manning in last year's playoffs. Overall neither has lived up to the hype in the playoffs consistently. Peyton's still a better quarterback. His accuracy is incredible at times. Eli...not so much.
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The media does not differentiate in the level of contribution a defense makes to a teams success when comparing QB's such as when they compare Peytons succes vs. Eli's. I've seen them compare just the QB's stats and making comments like "Peyton took 6 seasons before winning his first playoff game." As we know, not all things are equal such as the OL protection, talent level of WR's, OC systems, coaching philosphies, etc. With so many contributing factors, how can you say one QB is better than another without taking into consideration just one factor.....team success? |
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24 21 23 At some point a quarterback is going to have to put up 30. I don't think Eli can do that. We'll see how he does against the Patriots.
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I think it's great that everyone hates Rivers and thinks he's awful despite him winning 2 playoff games...he's up and down...much like Manning has been.
He played today on 2 bad knees, I don't think Rivers is nearly as bad as he's made out to be here. |
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Eli made his girlfriend set in the cold stands
because he thought she would jinx him from the suite then didn't know where she was setting |
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Dude he's nothing like Leaf..his teammates actually like him. He is immature but in a totally different kind of way.
Before I remotely say Eli is a top 5 QB he is gonna have to show it consistently. He's been good in the playoffs. |
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