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Eli on The Shelf
G-Fafif Nov 28 2017 09:16 PM |
Giants bench Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith. Last Giant not named Eli Manning to start at QB was Kurt Warner in 2004. So it's been a while.
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Ceetar Nov 28 2017 09:17 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
Browns 0-11
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Nymr83 Nov 28 2017 09:17 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
I guess the Giants are trying to ensure a top draft pick by making sure Eli can't accidentally win games. Geno gives them a better shot at losing!
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d'Kong76 Nov 28 2017 09:27 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
I liked Geno, I think under different circumstances he coulda been someone.
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cooby Nov 29 2017 12:33 AM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
lol I thought my thread was getting some traction
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Nymr83 Nov 29 2017 01:27 AM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
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If those circumstances were "a league filled with spread offenses and college defenses", sure.
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metirish Nov 29 2017 02:24 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
Francesa went on an epic rant over this , it's out there are easy to fine on twitter , worth a listen, if for nothing else than the absurdity of the whole thing ....all of a sudden Eli is loved?
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Mets Willets Point Nov 29 2017 02:26 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
Great thread title.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 29 2017 02:29 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
I've heard about 5 minutes of talk radio on this today and it reminds me of the Wee Willie "Cowards in the Night" coverage.
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Frayed Knot Nov 29 2017 03:51 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
Yeah, I don't really get this "the way the Giants are treating him" angle on things although maybe there's something here I'm missing.
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Ceetar Nov 29 2017 03:54 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
with the 'next QB' not a garbage retread that's just 'different'.
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41Forever Nov 29 2017 03:57 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
Seems to me that when you are handing the ball to a guy the quarterback-less Jets passed on, that's not a good sign.
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Frayed Knot Nov 29 2017 04:14 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
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But there's a difference between disagreeing with the team's decision and saying, as some seem to be doing, that they went about it the wrong way. As JCL recalls, there was the firing of Willie and then there was the carping at Omar for doing it at 3 in the morning as if the latter was the bigger part of the story.
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Ceetar Nov 29 2017 04:21 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
With the Willie thing, hard not to feel like it was biased by reporters upset they were up so late.
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metsmarathon Nov 29 2017 04:37 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
i guess hte outrage is of a sense of, "if you're gonna bench him, do you hafta bench him for THAT guy?"
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Vic Sage Nov 29 2017 05:34 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
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NYGiants are even better and smarter about sucking than the Jets.
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HahnSolo Nov 29 2017 08:50 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
John Mara likes to take bows about how "classy" his organization is, and IIRC was fairly vocal in the whole National Anthem issue, so he has to take a hit here. If the organization is going to make this kind of move, He has to be in the room with Reese and Doo when they tell Eli; he can't hide and be "unavailable". And I am a big "owner should let the football people make football decisions" but Eli has earned a face to face from all three.
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MFS62 Nov 30 2017 02:04 PM Re: Eli on The Shelf |
And this guy was my next door neighbor when he came to the Jets (actually, they were the Titans of New York back then) from that other team. That cemented my fandom for the new team in town.
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