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Originally Posted by waltbabyluv
Exactly, its not throwing for 400 yards and 5 tds that makes you a good QB. A good QB IMO and a Qb that I want being the qb of my team is the guy that when he has the ball in his hands at the end of the game and needs a TD to to win he goes right down the field and does it.
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I agree. This is something Eli hasn't been very strong with at times. Those clutch positions. He has turned into a clutch player and a leader like overnight. I was completely wrong unless this is a crazy fluke.
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Originally Posted by xceebeex
And the two fumbles that were luckily recovered by the Giants and that penalty for punching the ball forward. I wouldn't call that mistake free football. Brady's number were just as good, he just had 1 less TD pass, but he also had 0 INT.
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We were talking about Manning who played mistake free football not the Giants. Obviously, you are right on that.
Eli's INT is 100% not his fault but that's how the stats lie. Again, I've said it before, I don't use stats. I watch the game. Your stats don't show how Brady was a completely 1-sided QB who had NOTHING but screens and check down passes except the last drive. I will be honest with that.
Eli converted 3rd down passes, big pass to a rookie TE, amazing clutch throw to Tyree with the game on the line, and even did some scrambling.
I cannot imagine anyone thinking Eli didn't play better.
Please note that I didn't even bring up that our receiving corps is not as talented as NE and still Eli did better.