hyruleguardian;2460131 said:
You are underestimating his performance a little bit.
Just because Eli does not usually throw for 300+ yards does not mean he is not capable of it. The Giants are not a team that wants to throw that often given the running game they have.
Yet Eli's quarterback rating last postseason was nearly 100. He only threw 1 interception in the entire postseason, an unlucky INT as the pass was deflected off of his own receiver. Now granted, he threw one up there that Asante Samuel easily could have had, but that's how football works. Sometimes when you don't deserve to be intercepted, you are anyway, and vise-versa. It balanced out.
I see where you're coming from.....But other than the last drive of the Super Bowl Manning never really had to carry the team anywhere.
They carried him.
Believe us, we know what leadership from a QB can do. We know how a great QB doesn't have to throw for HUGE numbers to be effective.
Look no further than Troy Aikman.
Most will say the same things about Aikman that you're saying about Eli. Most will say that he benefitted from Emmitt and the running game. But in the playoffs, it was Aikman's passing that opened up the running game in the second half.
Look no further than the Niner game and Super Bowl to see this in action. Emmitt was bottled up early....he wasn't getting many carries. But Aikman surgically began carving up the Niners and Bills. His strikes to Harper showed he was big-time.
Eli had very few moments like this. He was merely asked to not put the defense in a bad position...rather than win the game. Of course, he did a great job of this.
