Loading ..."Poor Eli Manning” is a compilation of quotes by both the media and fans about New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLII & XLVI MVP Eli Manning.
Despite his success, negativity and doubt have followed Peyton’s younger brother since the moment he was traded from the San Diego Chargers to the New York Giants on draft day of 2004. Regardless of what he does or how well he performs – even in a league that lives and dies by the motto, “What have you done for me lately?” – he is questioned and criticized.
In Thursday's dominating 36-7 victory over the Carolina Panthers, Manning completed 27 of his 35 passes (77.1%) for 288 yards and a touchdown. Save for one particular duck and a few drops, he was nearly flawless. The game eventually got so out of hand that he was placed on the bench, allowing back-up quarterback David Carr to step in and play some regular season snaps for the first time since he was with the San Francisco 49ers in 2010.
No interceptions, no fumbles and no blunders make it very difficult for anyone to criticize Manning. However, there are a few that managed to crawl out of the woodwork and find a way. In one instance, it was a divisional rival comparing him to a wild animal; in another, it was a potshot as his musical preferences. And then, of course, just the typical line of random garbage about his looks and demeanor.
And away … we … go …
James Holland, Yahoo Sports! (via Football Animals)
"I still believe that Eli Manning is overrated and will never be as good as his older brother."
Anonymous, Talk-Sports.net
"Sheli Womanning has caught teams of guard twice. She likes to lay low for a few years and then go on a run to win superbowl. The phrase 'fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me' applies to Sheli. She wont be fooling anyone a 3rd time."
Trent Cole, Philadelphia Eagles
“Eli Manning vs. a deer? I can tell you the deer would be a better athlete.”
Gabe Zaldivar, Bleacher Report
"Manning has quite the eclectic taste [in music]…for a 50-year-old."
Matt Lange, Twitter
"I think Eli manning is mentally retarded. Like for real."
Carter Chase, Twitter
"If Eli manning didn't know how to throw he would be working at quick check."
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When is “Poor Osi” going to be posted?
Via Ralph V:
Wow. The Osi Umenyiora-LeSean McCoy feud heats up tonight on ESPN’s E:60. McCoy says it’s “real” and real nasty …
“Yeah this is for real, like I don’t like Osi!” McCoy says, according to the press release from ESPN. “I don’t know how he feels, he might think it’s a game but I don’t play them type of games so every time on the field I would say stuff to him like you is a bum… you are the 3rd best defensive lineman on the defense, which I didn’t lie. Wait, I did lie, he’s the 4th now so I actually did lie…” #NYG
So he’s worse than the best defensive player in football (JPP) and Justin Tuck? Wow. What an insult, LeSean.
When people start criticizing his taste in music, you know they’re basically out of ammo.
NFL put out a statement supporting the GB-Sea call. Stated the obvious though in that OPI should have been called by Tate. Said Jennings did not possess the ball in the air, has to complete all the elements of a catch to do so (2 feet in, bring to the ground, etc). Said the play WAS reviewable and thus the ultimate decision was made by a guy, the replay official, who is NOT a replacement referee, but a fulltime NFL official.
I actually agree about the issue of possession. It was Tate’s because tie goes to the receiver. Problem was blatant PI and then one official looking on without a clue as the other makes the call without any discussion.
But I’m glad it has stirred things up.
Most folks are saying Tate did NOT have possession. I am not one of them though. I can clearly see him getting his hands on that ball.
Not only did Tate NOT have possession, Tate wasn’t even close to maintaining simultaneous possession.
I can understand how people think Tate didn’t have possession. He certainly never had as good as possession as Jennings did, but when I watch that video I see the same things you do Simon.
Ugh, shot and missed. Supposed to be a reply to Simon down below.
Tie goes to the receiver, yes. Was that a tie? No. One guy caught the ball the other had a hand on it pretending to have caught. The Oscar goes to…Golden Tate.
Eli’s performance after the game on Thursday was a classic. He good-naturedly went along with some really stupid riffs that reflected glory on the show’s hosts and made no sly comment about how ridiculous it all was. He came off as a very, very, nice nerd. (I wish my daughters would meet someone like that…I’m a huge admirer of very nice nerds).
Anyway, I was sitting there thinking about his unearthly talent when it hit me. Eli reminded me of the days when I was teaching a bunch of MIT undergrads, nice kids who were very unassuming and treated me with respect (undeserved since I was only 4 years older than they) and each day looking at them and praying that they never realized each of them could run circles around me intellectually and make me look like the not-particularly-brilliant grad student I was at the time. They were great kids who wouldn’t think of making their “teacher” (whom they could show a thing or two, or a thing or a thousand things) look bad. Eli’s like that. Good thing for the clowns who interview him. Imagine if he wanted to be honest with guys like Jaworski or Dilfer or any of a bunch of others who never had his talent or anything close to it.
Anyway, not only is our Mr. Manning, IMO, the single best and most valuable player in the NFL today, he is also the kind of fellow you hope your daughter brings home to introduce to you. That may sound ridiculous, but I’ll bet Archie and Olivia are happier about that than they are about the two rings. They should be.
This.
Eli Manning is the best QB in the NFL. No doubt about it.
Haha Trent Cole, what does that even mean?
Trent Cole vs. a Hamburger?
A hamburger is a better American?
I’m pretty sure a dear is a better athlete than you, your dog killing QB and JPP… combined.
Now if were comparing football players to animals, Trent Cole vs Sonic the Hedgehog?
Sonic has more rings!
I still dont get it.
Now that was pretty funny.
Top speed of a deer: approximately 30 mph.
IQ of Trent Cole: approximately 30
The analogy he used makes perfect sense to me.
Ok, I get it people hate Eli. Let’s see why. Hmm he has two Super Bowl Rings, a beautiful wife, a famous brother who one day he will surpass, and a famous dad that said no way is my kid playing for San Diego on draft day. Yup I see those as all valid reasons to make fun of him and hate him.
I do wish people would stop calling him retarded. Why is one retarded because he is a nice country boy? One isn’t allowed to be a good person? Peyton may have a bit more personality, but Eli is coming out of his shell and to be honest Peyton can be pretty damn corny himself. Yet know one calls him retarded.
When Eli’s career is said and done he will be a first round hall of famer, he will surpass his brother in the stats column, and I believe he will bring the Lombardi home at leat once more before he hangs up his cleats. Let the haters hate and we Giants fans will such keep on saying thats our Easy E.
In defense of Trent, they have made Eli look pretty silly over the years. It drives me nuts. I suppose we will see if the reconfigured o-line is for real this week. Love em or hate em, the Eagles line always plays pretty well against us.
FF55 and TOGM–
Thank you guys so much. I argued against the world last night that I thought the call was actually correct, despite the quick-look making it look like a Packers pick. It makes me really happy to find two generally right-thinking people who agree with me.
Here’s how I tried to explain it to the world:
I’m not denying that Jennings (the GB defender) had possession of the ball first, and I’m not denying that throughout most of the play he had a tighter grasp than Tate ever did.
But nonetheless, Jennings was in the air for a long time. If you look at the scrum of about six guys jumping for that ball from the back view, Jennings second foot is the absolute last thing to hit the ground.
Tate hooks one hand up inside the ball, while Jennings is firmly in possession of the ball but still in the air. As Jennings starts to descend and MAYBE gets one foot on the ground, Tate, who by this point has both feet firmly planted on the ground, slaps his other hand in.
If you look from the side angle, Tate clearly slaps that second hand in there before jennings second foot ever hits. Jennings still might have “better” control, but Tate has two hands before Jennings second foot hits the ground.
That’s simultaneous possession. And that goes to Tate.
Nice explanation Simon and that makes sense.
You should have heard the Packer fan at Wawas this morning insiting he didn’t care what the record said they were 2-1 in his eyes. I love the fact that they’re b*tching about bad calls when they usually get the bad calls to go in their direction. Karma is a bit of B*tch.
Simon:
Very well-stated … except for that part about me and ff55y being”generally right-thinking.” :-)
It’s kind of like the Tuck rule. Most people look back on that and think Oakland got screwed, even though the call was 100% correct. It’s just a screwy rule that never comes up.
Similar thing here. “Simultaneous possession” is such a rare call, that nobody really knows what it is. It seems you can make a case that the officials last night may have gotten it right.
Or, at the very least, that there wasn’t clear indisputable evidence that Tate never had possession … since the play went to replay.