It is not Eli's fault he has terrible completion stats of passes over 15 yards. Blame Jerry Reese for the players lining up in front of Eli. Each player should be off next year's team.......and Reese's magic has blown up in his face. Terrible roster decisions on everyone's part.
I would exclude Cruz from that list... and if Manning had an OL, he'd have fewer INTs... fewer, not none...
This is a tough one. He definitely is not performing to his abilities, nor anywhere close to his 2011 season. It's extremely interesting however; as it started off with "Eli can't carry this team on his back, his OL and DL need to step up," and now has progressed into "he has no chance because of his OL." Although his OL is definitely playing as horrible as the Falcons are, he completely blew it last week against the Eagles. To Hammer's point 12 INT's in give games are pretty bad, but to your point, 15 sacks is pretty ridiculous for the OL. The one point that tips me in favor of Hammer's statement is the fact that he is throwing over 200 yards. (Let's forget the Panthers game, because the OL honestly let him down) Throwing 450, 362, then 334 in games which he did not have 7 sacks and 3 int's (Panthers) nor 3 int's and 2 fumbles (Chiefs), Manning can't be blamed much longer. The Bills need him! They have a great DL, and a disappointing QB. I'd love to see Manning with the Bills.
If the Giants were to trade Eli (which I don't see happening), 1, who/what would they get in return, especially considering he is on pace for just over 38 INTs? and 2, who would the Giants play at QB? Nassib? Painter? or someone not even on the current team? Even with those two bad games you excluded, he is averaging over 296 yards/game... a 382 yard/game average excluding the 2 games you mentioned.... That being said, 10 of his 12 INTs came in those 3 games... 3 sacks allowed to Dallas, 1 to Denver, 7 to Car, 3 to KC, and 1 to Phi... so in the 3 games, a total of 5 sacks he faced (2 times as many INTs as sacks)
Was that 2nd int returned for a TD on management also? Let me guess, blame the WR? Eli is a joke right now. Not much else to say.
Eli has been awful this year, as has the entire offense, entire defense, and the special teams. In general, this team has a woeful lack of talent and some horrible coaches on both sides of the ball. That being said - Eli is not going anywhere and the talent around him and the offensive schemes are pathetic. If Mara really cared - he would fire Reese, Gilbride, Fewll, the WR coach and the OL coach after this game.
...............WHICH GAME? at Home vs Seattle. Before this game ever began, I believed that these two teams did not belong on the same playing field. I am right. Giants were diminished to "nothing" and they looked worse than that. And for you die-hards to not think that there needs to be drastic changes in management, you do not understand the business of Giant football.
