Originally posted on 01/25/2012:

Wtf is up with people and Eli Manning. Yes this is Eli Mannings best season. Lets consider this with Eli Manning. He has never lead the league in any statistic but interceptions (twice). His team has missed the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years. I'll grant you that that might not be on the quarterback, but when a team misses the playoffs in a year the quarterback leads the NFL in interceptions, you have to at least bring it up. Where was he in the clutch those years? That's the 'playoff game' fallacy. Wins to get you into the playoffs don't count. It's like there are no big games until January. That's just not reality. Since 2005 (Eli's first full year as a starter), he ranks 4th in TD passes, 1st in INTs, 17th in passer rating, 13th in YPA, and 23rd in completion %. Bottom line Eli Manning is a very good occasionally great qb but not one of the all time greats.