eli manning

haha

Seriously. You can disagree all you want.They wanted to run him out of town on a rail after he threw 4 picks in the Minnesota game mid-season. He was persona non grata around these parts until he got hot at the right time at the end of the year. The second half of the Buffalo game was really his turning point.

^um find a completion in the 2nd half of hte bills game:

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay?game_id=29421&displayPage=tab_play_by_play&season=2007&week=REG16&override=true

unless you mean turning point in learning how to handoff and get out the way

Bill, I am from "around these parts" and I remember how the media treated him; the general attitude was "wait till the end of the season" more so than "run him out of town".

Anyways, I'm far more excited to see if B. Jacobs can get thru the season uninjured. BEAST

"unless you mean turning point in learning how to handoff and get out the way"

that's exactly what I meant.

I like how everybody has long narrative shit about this dude and his "turning points" as if his "turning point" isn't just every time the team is down and there's two minutes left in the half and they're on the road.

If Asante Samuel didnt drop the easy interception before the Tyree play in the Super Bowl, we're looking at Brett Favre as a Giant.

that wasn't an easy interception, iirc asante would've had to pull off a crazy marvin harrison type one-handed toe-tap kinda catch to get that ball

It was a catch a guy of his caliber should make 99/100 times. I bet ck, the local Pats fan, would agree.

bill magill u are pretty corny

i did not see the 2nd half of the game, i can not say. too busy getting some chocolate chip cookies, which, at the time, was much higher on the priorities list than watching football.

in hindsight i should've watched the fucking game.

OUCH

SNAP

DAMN

dude you have no fucking idea.

make sure to hit mute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36wgL4VLHM

that is not a routine play

That's a catchable ball. Seriously. Maybe not easy, but that's a play that should be made.

"bill magill u are pretty corny"

thanks

it looks like he jumped high and it skipped off his fingertips, it didn't look that catchable.

it bounced off his fingertips while he was at the highest point of his perfectly-timed leap, body fully extended. that would've been an amazing catch for any WR, let alone a CB.

really, you'd be better off harping on belichick for not taking the field goal on 4th and 14, or for not calling a proper 2-minute offense on the final drive (when, needing only a field goal and having a timeout or two left, brady just heaved it to moss a few times; game over.)

having just seen the clip, yeah, that was definitely catchable. he didn't catch it because he took a poor angle.

but that's why he's a db instead of a wr.

http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-1452-1219238362.jpeg

dear bill magill,

shut the fuck up!!! god what the hell is wrong with you. half of us are "from these parts" and got a different rememberance than you, this is possibly because only retards and degenerates actually think the post's every-changing back page reflects opinions "around these parts"?

also the idea that you actually think the giants would've ever wasted money on favre actually seriously makes me think that you've been hit on the head a lot of times. a LOT of times. like joe montana levels of times. there are only two goddamned teams in the league would've done something THAT stupid as picking up someone like drunky mccajun and those two teams are minnesota and the jets. since everyone in minnesota would've burned down the metrodome had hated wisconsinite brett favre come to play there forever and ever, the jets had to man up and take control of the idiocy.

EVERYONE KNOWS THIS SHIT, IT'S LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

sincerely,
your neighborhood schef

i mean could you even imagine.

since everyone in minnesota would've burned down the metrodome had hated wisconsinite brett favre come to play there forever and ever

no way, they would have been blowing each other in the streets if they got him.

don't gis "vikings blowing each other in the streets"

I'm guessing a GIS for "XXXX blowing etc etc." will always yield savory results.

srsly who the fuck is this guy

he used to play for the packers for years and years, with the jets now. i'm surprised you haven't heard of him.

heh. nice one, cumdad.

cumdad? listen, keep whatever patriarchal issues you have to yourself and off ilnfl ok?

bill magill has been consistently on of the most suspect poster on ilx

look out for his valuable opinions on metal vs. pop music

Shefter,

After the Minnesota game, even Jerry Reese called Eli out. I'm not going with what the Post said, I don't even read it. But a lot of people were looking to run Eli out of town on a rail after that game.

I'm actually happy for the guy. Notwithstanding what I said above about the Samuel play, the Giants four-game playoff run was phenomenal. Had they lost to the Pats, it still would have been amazing.

And Jordan- how "suspect" am I? I don't claim to be an expert on any of this stuff, including the "metal v. pop" issue. I'm just posting about topics I like. My opinion is no more important than anybody else's.

v suspect.

Fuck yourself.

haw!!
Bill don't sweat it man we got Dolphins fans up in this piece.

And now that jhoshea's back we can FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY eh guys

what is this and all this running with the people and with the rails?

http://www.nypost.com/img/sports/eli_manning.jpg

I am tempted to play the "MANNING ELI" part of "Roman's Revenge" on repeat at a friend coming over to watch the Superbowl tonight

since everyone in minnesota would've burned down the metrodome had hated wisconsinite brett favre come to play there forever and ever

no way, they would have been blowing each other in the streets if they got him.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:03 PM Bookmark

chicago kev otm way back when

"If Eli orders steak and they bring him flounder, he'll just eat it," Archie told SI. "What would Peyton do? You ought not bring Peyton the flounder."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7561503/nfl-manning-choose

This quote cracked me up.

http://30fps.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-May-6-0-30-40.jpg

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ELI-MANNING.gif

<3 eli but peyty would never break character like that

not sure eli has character to break tho

i just mean when he starts cracking up, jimmy fallon-style

i didnt watch, was he good

me either

did he tebow

no, no

probably not but probably will

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpHqfjh9Ic

hear that every time I see his face

it would purely be for the 2 super bowl wins, he really has nothing else on his resume and if pass stats continue to trend upwards that's be even more the case by the time his eligibility rolls around. phil simms prob has a more reasonable claim to the HOF and he probably isn't getting in either.

he could always win a 3rd champ of course. with how good the patriots look this year it would be a good season for the giants to win again.

he's going in, no question. there's a reason a guy like joe namath, more or less the eli of his day, is in but guys like, idk, mcnabb or boomer esiason will never have a chance. dude's got two super bowls and will probably end up between 6th-8th in all-time passing TDs by the time he's done. probably won't deserve it though, unless he has an unexpected final act

it's funny looking at old football stats, such a different game. like namath threw 173 TDs and turned the ball over 243 times in his career and he's a legend

he'll get in due to manning halo effect and the super bowls, everyone will forget he was never a top 5 quarterback in any season of his career.

I love Eli because he helps illustrate that the modern version of this game is total bullshit

And yes 100% HOF first ballot duh

lol

TRENDING

Peyton Manning: Documentary Clip Shows Quarterback Chiding Brother Eli for Eating Chips Loudly

nice

:D

And yes 100% HOF first ballot duh
― El Tomboto, Monday, November 2, 2015 11:28 PM (nine months ago) Bookmark Flag Post

whoa whoa whoa

two rings as a QB def gets you there, but I'd like to see him sweat it for a year or two

i would guess eli is the worst qb to have 2 rings? he'll certainly be a test case whether or not that is automatic entry. barnwell gave him 40% chance to get in in a recent article.

either him or roethlisberger

Eli has had a better career than Plunkett, who also won two Superbowls.

eli's last couple seasons have been good, and the two seasons before his hilarious 2013 were almost as good. i think his cameron frye persona masks some of his skills and intangibles tbh.

Eli is in the Hall of Fame. The dude is Payton Manning's brother, won 2 Superbowls in New York and beat the Patriots in a couple of the most ridiculous ways possible.

NFL Hall is way more about the Fame than greatness, that's why they put in like a QB and WR and maybe put in a whole O-line every 20 years.

I've said it before, greatness in the NFL is a whole lot of luck. Tom Brady gets drafted by the Chiefs, he might have been great, but he wouldn't be Tom Brady you know now.

...that's why they put in a QB and WR nearly every year....