Eli Manning vs Jason Campbell

[sportscurmudgeon]

I am one of the folks who thinks that Jason Campbell can be a really good NFL QB and that he has gotten better each season he has played here.

Having said that, if you want to compare him to Eli Manning at this point, you have to look through the stats and not just at the stats.

Eli Manning has - on more than a few occasions - taken the Giants down the field for the winning score at the end of games. He has done it in the regular season; he has done it in the playoffs; he did it in the Super Bowl. The biggest "hole" in Jason Campbell's resume at the moment is that with the game on the line, he doesn't always deliver. Too many red zone INTs.

Up until the start of the 2009 season, Eli Manning is the better QB of the two. That may not be the way fans view these two QBs at the ends of their careers but that has to be the case right now.

Happy 4th of July...