Eli continues to insist he is in same QB class as Tom Brady - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

tobias funke · 11-03-2011, 08:36 AM

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"I consider myself in that class," Manning told host Michael Kay in a radio interview with WEPN-AM 1050 in New York. "Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he's a great player and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year. He started off winning championships and I think he's a better quarterback now than what he was, in all honesty, when he was winning those championships.

"I think now he's grown up and gotten better every year and that's what I'm trying to do," Manning said. "I kind of hope these next seven years of my quarterback days are my best."

Wow!

Can you believe the gall of a franchise QB to consider himself as good a player as anyone else in the league?

If there's anything I want in my starting QB, it's a complete lack of confidence in his own skills, right?

Kid~Brady · 11-03-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tobias funke

Wow!

Can you believe the gall of a franchise QB to consider himself as good a player as anyone else in the league?

If there's anything I want in my starting QB, it's a complete lack of confidence in his own skills, right?

I understand your point here but really? After the year Brady had: NFL MVP, 36 TDs and 4 INTs, 14-2 reg season. Manning: Just a terrible season all around not including his INTs.

I think it was just the timing that he said it. Everyone was still in awe on Brady's best season and he opened his mouth after his worse season with nonsense.

tobias funke · 11-03-2011, 08:45 AM

What should he have said?

"Brady is really good and I'm not"?

Again, Eli didn't call a press conference to announce that he's as good as Brady. He answered a question in an interview as honestly as he could.

Getting worked up over it is exactly what the writers who took it and ran with it wanted. Getting worked up over it 2 months later just because the Pats and the Giants are playing their scheduled game against each other is a bonus, because they don't even have to come up with new material to get page views and angsty comments from Patriots' fans.

PatsFan24 · 11-03-2011, 09:00 AM

Eli Manning is a douche.

Triumph · 11-03-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tobias funke

What should he have said?

"Brady is really good and I'm not"?

No

A sign hangs in the NE locker room that says "Dont feed the hype." Brady has been compared to Montana numerous times and he always deflects the comparison away when quizzed about it.

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Originally Posted by tobias funke

Again, Eli didn't call a press conference to announce that he's as good as Brady. He answered a question in an interview as honestly as he could.

The NY media threw the bait out there and Manning swallowed it hook, line and sinker. After 8 years in NYC you would think that Manning would be smart enough to handle the media.

If he doesnt play lights out this Sunday and the Giants lose, Manning will be ripped up one side and down the other for his Brady comments.

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Originally Posted by tobias funke

Getting worked up over it is exactly what the writers who took it and ran with it wanted. Getting worked up over it 2 months later just because the Pats and the Giants are playing their scheduled game against each other is a bonus, because they don't even have to come up with new material to get page views and angsty comments from Patriots' fans.

Who is all worked up?

The fact that Manning is still fielding questions whether or not hes nothing more than a mediocre NFL QB 8 years after being drafted says it all. It would not surprise me in the least if Eli Manning never wins another Super Bowl.

***MoLewisrocks*** · 11-03-2011, 09:19 AM

I recall when Elisha was coming out in in the draft he was touted as possibly the most talented Manning... I have a feeling his whole life has been about comparisons and he likely has the all too common third child insecurities as a result. So he can't bring himself to say, I wish, or that's what I'm striving for...

If not for the greatest helmet catch in NFL history and one hell of a defensive game plan coupled with that pedigree, he might not even be a Giant these days. He's never been a leader, Strahan of all people had to rally the troops around him and Generalisimo Coughlin in 2007 or they wouldn't have even made the playoffs. Mara was questioning whether Eli could ever lead a team to a championship...

As franchise QB's go he's about as close to the antithesis of Tom Brady as you can get. They've all got talent or they'd never get a shot in the NFL. At least guys like Romo have the charisma if not the focus and discipline to lead...albeit in fits and starts. Eli has nothing going for him beyond his maddeningly inconsistent performances on the field and dumb luck.

Amassed all sorts of college accolades. Not so many at the next level. Thirty years old, his career half over, one Pro Bowl nod. A SB MVP courtesy of David Tyree and Mike Carey swallowing his whistle... Never an all pro, not even second team... Closest he's ever come to a league MVP trophy is when he visits Peyton's house...

But other than that...nearly a mirror image of Brady's eliteness...

Raymond · 11-03-2011, 09:20 AM

I'm sorry if this is old stuff, but this thread needs it.

Manning Face

***ForThoseAboutToRock*** · 11-03-2011, 09:32 AM

The guy can say whatever he wants. I have no real idea how wrong or right he may be, but it's irrelevant - I just want the Patriots to win and don't care if they do so with Eli playing better than Tom.

***MoLewisrocks*** · 11-03-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Raymond

I'm sorry if this is old stuff, but this thread needs it. Manning Face

No...never apologize for that stuff, it never gets old... Eli and Peyton are a lot closer in class than Eli and Tom ever will, albeit not statistically.... They are nearly in a class by themselves expression wise, although Rivers occasionally gives them a run for their money...

PatsFanSince74 · 11-03-2011, 09:37 AM

Hopefully our D won't fuel the fires of his delusion on Sunday...