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[hardcorecubfan]

site that compares Eli so far to all other HOF QB's through their age 30 seasons.

 

http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/eli-manning-vs-hall-of-fame-quarterbacks-at-30-1.3493231#1

 

Of the 23, the only ones that had higher passer ratings are Aikman, Montana, Jim Kelly, Marino, Steve Young, and an old timer named Otto Graham

 

fwiw, I'm a giant Eli homer, but I think he has to win another SB and/or put up similar numbers as he had this year for another five or six years.

 

Comparing the passer ratings across eras isn't the best way to do it because of how much the game has changed. Terry Bradshaw's 84.7 QB rating in 1978 doesn't look that good until you realize it was the second best in the league that year. Eli Manning's career high of 93.1 in 2009 looks great compared to that until you realize that it was only good enough for 11th in the league.Troy Aikman's 89.5 QB rating was the second-best in the league in 1992 but would have only been 11th this year.

 

You have to compare Eli to the other QB's who are playing now. He's been top-10 in passer rating once (7th in 2011) and in completion percentage once (9th in 2010) while being top-7 in interceptions thrown five times in his seven seasons. He's been top-10 in TD's six times and passing yards four times in seven years but he's also throwing a ton of passes (top-10 five times). Unless you're completely terrible (which no one would argue Eli is) throwing a lot of passes is going to turn into a lot of completions and touchdowns.

 

Rodgers, Brees, Brady, Romo and Stafford were all clearly better than Eli this year. Roethlisberger and Rivers were slightly worse this year but have been far better over the past five years. Schaub was on his way to having a better year before getting hurt and he's also been better in the past (four straight 92+ QB rating years). And if we're looking at the past few years, we have to include Peyton in there also as being better. So now we're looking at having eight guys (excluding Stafford since he's only had one full, good year) who have clearly been better than Eli over the past 3-5 years. Guys who were, at best, the ninth best at their position while they played aren't HOF worthy.

 

good analysis, but Brady trumps him in instantly with the HOT wife category.

[biittner77]

Oh, goony doesn't care about the hall of fame?

 

Never has before, don't see why he'd start now.

[Banedon]

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[minnesotacubsfan]

Where's tebow?

[SouthSideRyan]

Where's tebow?

Gone Circumcisin'

[mul21]

Where's tebow?

Gone Circumcisin'

 

Actually, I'm pretty sure he's on a date with Jenny McCarthy.

[SouthSideRyan]

Quit shoving your Jenny McCarthy in our face.

[mul21]

Quit shoving your Jenny McCarthy in our face.

 

Quit shoving your Jenny McCarthy in Tree's sister's face.