Giants Fans Enforce Mediocrity on Manning November 16, 2007
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Do not put salt on wounds. It is simple science- When this happens, an intense burning will be felt and nothing will go right.
Eli Manning is a great quarterback. He always has been, and he always will be. What the Giants fans put on his back is too much for him. Eli has been marvelous this season, but the critics and fans have been uncontrollably harsh on him and every time something negative occurs and he is involved in it, it is published in the paper. I find this sad, and, to tell you the truth, sickening. The Giants fans, who pray to god that Eli will succeed, in the end, really end up rubbing the salt on the wound.
Eli, 26, came up with the highest hopes ever of a rookie. When he was traded from the San Diego Chargers to the Giants, the fans of the New York Giants jumped with joy, exclaiming, “Holy s**t! We are going to win the Super Bowl! This year!” To tell you the truth, I said this also. When you really think about it, Eli was around 22 years old and people were expecting him to right away be the greatest quarterback that ever lived. Is that really going to happen? No. It has never, and will never happen. A young quarterback will never dominate the league. There have been plenty who have had a successful season, but dominant, that is out of the question. It is true that Eli is now 26 and in his 4th season at the professional level, equivalent to his senior year in college, but he gets better every single game.
One may ask why it is such a big deal that everybody is so harsh on Eli and that he is being a baby and should suck it up. Guess what, it isn’t as easy as it looks. You can’t just automatically block out the boo-birds from your team’s fans. At some point, before a play, it must go through the person’s mind, “Crap, if I don’t do something good here, they are gonna hate me.” The player gets all tight and tries harder than he should, pressing too much, not allowing himself to do what he is capable of. And that is what happens to Eli Manning when he struggles. The New York Times said it perfectly:
“A loss was all it took — all it ever takes, really — for criticism to be heaped on Eli Manning, and for comparisons to other quarterbacks to be made again.”
The Giants fans really need an effort to stop being so harsh on Eli Manning or soon they will surely regret it. Hopefully, this Sunday, Manning can have an outstanding game- after all, each week brings a new beginning. Or at least that is what Eli hopes.
Posted by Tommy Marcus of inthagame.net
Tommy, the only reason Eli is still in the league is cause he shares his last name with Mr. Peyton “Most Touchdowns in a Season” Manning, and Archie “#2 pick and 2 time Probowler” Manning. The Giants fans have a right to be mad at Eli. However, he has done nothing good to the Giants, who gave away (in a way) Rivers, Merriman and Kaeding to the Chargers just to have the Manning play for NY. Wouldn’t the Giants front office be clever and let Manning (who himself is a very cocky man IMO) just to stay at San Diego, not willing to play for them, and letting another QB, Phillip Rivers, start for the Giants. The Giants would be really different right now, and so would the Chargers. Giants would have used draft picks to build Rivers’ team, while the Chargers would basically be a 6-10 team. Tommy, wouldn’t you prefer the New York Giants led by pro-bowler Phillip Rivers and 3 additional draft picks than a New York Giants led by Eli Manning, minus those 3 additional draft picks.
Brenner, Eli by no means does not deserve to be in the league. He is in the top 10 of QBs in the NFL. He is much better than your boy Marc Bulger. That is a ridiculous comment. Eli deserves to be in the NFL with brother and father or not.