Eli Manning's 6-Year, $97.5 Million Extension One of NFL's Biggest Deals

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by mrreddman

Question?...Does anyone think that Eli is even a top 50 player in the league? Yet he is paid like the top dog! His jacked up contract is only gonna hurt us when JC out performs his ass this year and gets a big contract.

Uh... Eli is a pretty good quarterback. Look at the Giants record since he has been there.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I have an inkling the last thing that Daniel Snyder will do is give Campbell a hundred million dollar contract.

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Originally Posted by mrreddman

Question?...Does anyone think that Eli is even a top 50 player in the league? Yet he is paid like the top dog! His jacked up contract is only gonna hurt us when JC out performs his ass this year and gets a big contract.

Thought I'd re-visit this thread. Although he is not out-performing Eli, Snyder probably will give him a bigger contract because Snyder is really smart and needs to hold onto his assets.

[mooby]

I think calling Eli a clutch quarterback is kinda simplifying the entire picture, in the sense that while Eli has been clutch in the past, mostly in regular season games, as well as in points of the '07 postseason including the Super Bowl, he's also had his share of bad performances as well.

I wouldn't say that Eli is a bad quarterback either. His career stats aren't that great but we all know they don't tell the whole story. Eli has led them to wins in games where they were behind, so he is clutch to a certain degree. But I'm not gonna call him clutch in the postseason considering every year besides '07 he has contributed to the Giants being one and done in the postseason. It's just in '07 he was good enough and he was a decent contributor to their Super Bowl run. You can't count him out simply because he was the guy that led them down the field when they absolutely had to score, and you can't also say the guy has been clutch every time they've needed him to be either. So basically he's a middle of the ground quarterback who's had his high moments and his low moments.

The only reason he got paid like an elite quarterback is the fact that his highest moment came at the right time on the biggest stage of the NFL. I'm sure that any other quarterback who did that and has had several clutch moments (mostly regular season though) would be getting paid like he did as well.

[TheSmurfs22]

Eli deserves the extension and money. Congrats to him.

[Beemnseven]

That anyone who pays any attention to the game of football still has doubts about Eli Manning is beyond mystifying. And that includes Giants fans.

[budw38]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

That anyone who pays any attention to the game of football still has doubts about Eli Manning is beyond mystifying. And that includes Giants fans.

I hate to say it , but Eli at this point looks like a great qb . I have two friends who are .. < yuk > , cowturd fans , both football saavy , bad taste of course . Both think Eli is as good as Brady/Peyton/Brees ? I'm not ready to say he is that good , but I wish he were in the AFC ... like Oakland

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Originally Posted by budw38

I hate to say it , but Eli at this point looks like a great qb . I have two friends who are .. < yuk > , cowturd fans , both football saavy , bad taste of course . Both think Eli is as good as Brady/Peyton/Brees ? I'm not ready to say he is that good , but I wish he were in the AFC ... like Oakland

Nah, me neither. Not to take anything away from Eli, but he as a great OLine, backs who can pick up blitzes, a solid running game to keep defenders honest, and receivers who are better than most want to believe. Unproven and unknown in August does not mean they are without talent or incapable of stepping up. With 2 minutes left and the Giants down by 4 and needing to go 80 yards to win the game, I think I would take Eli over anyone else right now. Including King Peyton and Emperor Brady. Not sure what it is, just seems to be more comfortable doing everything on the fly like you do in a 2-minute drill.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

That anyone who pays any attention to the game of football still has doubts about Eli Manning is beyond mystifying. And that includes Giants fans.

I agree with you about manning,but there are still fans that think theres nothing wrong with JC,and thats mystifying to me

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I agree with you about manning,but there are still fans that think theres nothing wrong with JC,and thats mystifying to me

I think what a lot of us are saying that JC is not the only problem.

[JLee9718]

Has anybody looked at Joe Namath's stats lately? Joe and Eli would be run outa town if they played with the 'Skins' offensive line and Portis!