Gil Brandt talks Henry and Romo - 6/7/08

[sago1]

Love all this ragging on our starter QB after only 1 1/2 years as our starter. Hmm. How many ears did it take #1 pick P.Manning to finally get it done? and little brother Eli, also a #1 QB pick, so how many years did it take him. Also most QBs don't win SBs in their first 2-3 years except for Brady but he wouldn't have won it w/o the best defense in football (same goes for little Eli) and we sure don't have that kind of defense to help out Romo.

 

[JonJon]

Maybe I'm just being a hater, but I really never saw the improvement in Eli that a lot of the media claims. What I saw was the Giants game planning to limit long pass attempts and focusing on quick slants, quick outs, and dump offs to reduce the chance of interceptions. That worked well for him against the Cowboys and Packers. However, against the Patriots in the Super Bowl, several Eli passes should have been intercepted including a few on the final drive that would have sealed the game for the Pats.

 

[dcfanatic]

Maybe I'm just being a hater, but I really never saw the improvement in Eli that a lot of the media claims. What I saw was the Giants game planning to limit long pass attempts and focusing on quick slants, quick outs, and dump offs to reduce the chance of interceptions. That worked well for him against the Cowboys and Packers. However, against the Patriots in the Super Bowl, several Eli passes should have been intercepted including a few on the final drive that would have sealed the game for the Pats.

Word. Favre threw that Packers game down the toilet and Asante Samuel butter fingers saved Eli from being Neil O'Donnell.