Eli Manning: Future Hall of Famer or The Next Ryan Leaf?

[MayDay1]

With a majority of the NFL opening games happening this Sunday, why not ask the big question now? So Eli Manning gets signed to the New York Giants to major hoopla. Yet before he's taken a single snap, some fans have him pegged as a candy ass. Here's why....

* His only real accomplishment is being the younger brother of an overrated, underachieving mongoloid

* Threw a hissy fit when he got drafted by San Diego

* Hid behind his dad's skirt when he got static for demanding a trade to New York

* Hid behind his coach's skirt when Hasslet decided that ol' burnout Warner will start the tougher opening games so Eli won't break a nail.

Personally, I think he's a fawking Mary and he'll be in Rick Mirer land within three years. I'm still wonder why he threw that tantrum when he got drafted by the Chargers. San Diego/New York. They both suck! The only difference is that the Giants are higher profile losers.

Any Manning defenders out there? Let's hear it!

 

[german]

LEAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His name got him the 1st pick status

 

[Penny Lane]

As with Mirer and Leaf, it's been shown time and again that being a great college quarterback doesn't mean that a guy will be great in the pros. Will Eli be great? Who knows? As a Giants fan, I hope so.

The only good decision the Giants made was to let Eli sit behind Warner for a while. With that cheesecloth offensive line, why throw Manning to the wolves so soon? He's got a long-term contract and he will get plenty of snaps while Warner lies in traction in a New York hospital. :speechles

 

[Cbarton]

He will become neither...he'll end up a capable back-up QB, but that's it....

 

[MayDay1]

As with Mirer and Leaf, it's been shown time and again that being a great college quarterback doesn't mean that a guy will be great in the pros. Will Eli be great? Who knows? As a Giants fan, I hope so.

The only good decision the Giants made was to let Eli sit behind Warner for a while. With that cheesecloth offensive line, why throw Manning to the wolves so soon? He's got a long-term contract and he will get plenty of snaps while Warner lies in traction in a New York hospital. :speechles

That's my point! For all the hype this schmoe gets don't you think he'd be able to go right out there take care of bid-ness? Hiding behind Warner's burned out tuckus makes him look like a bigger sissy than he allready is.

Think of it this way. Steve McNair is Tennessee's main guy, right? His offensive line ain't so swinging either, right? McNair gets busted up every season yet sucks it up and throws it down the other teams throat, right? So why would the Giants protect this wet behind the ears cream puff that's supposedly the future of the team when the Titans put their top banana in the trenches every game?

 

[jpower]

Peyton is hardly overrated. he has the best passing numbers in the game and is on pace to shatter records.

Eli is much more mature than Leaf and has the discipline that we'd expect from a Manning. Plus, he's not being thrown in there so quickly - he gets to watch Warner for some of, if not all of, the year.

In time, Eli will be a Pro Bowl QB.