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The Curious Case of Eli Manning

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  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    It seems like you’re trying real goddamn hard to validate your shitty opinion.

    No one cares. Josh Allen isn’t good. Just move on.

    isn't about Allen at all. It's about completion percentages of all these qb's in the draft, and what it means.

    I'm just rhetorically asking the question.

    If you can't comprehend what you read, then have a nice day. If you can't back up your opinion, then STFU.

    @calfoxwc said:

    isn't about Allen at all. It's about completion percentages of all these qb's in the draft, and what it means.

    I'm just rhetorically asking the question.

    If you can't comprehend what you read, then have a nice day. If you can't back up your opinion, then STFU.

    Just stop.

    It's bad enough you trying to sell us that the reason you hate Rosen isn't because he ragged on your Orange Messiah... Now you are trying to tell us this isn't you trying to validate your Josh Allen man-crush with this "random" post about completion percentage? Shenanigans. 

  • it is NOT about Allen. It's about asking the question, presenting it accurately, then watching  as a few people divert and complain because they can't defend their position on completion percentages of the qbs in the draft, like tc.

    On principle, what explanation defending completion percentages being so high on the criteria bandwagon is there?

    The completion percentage is being applied to every qb in this draft. Try to answer the question, and stop bitching, and frantically changing the subject.

  • Cal,  you are using one of the most polarizing QBs as an example haha. Eli has not been the picture of consistency throughout his career. 

    Accurate in college doesn’t guarantee success. But inaccuracy tends to never go away when the windows get tighter. There are a few exceptions but they do not represent the vast majority who wash out because inaccuracy plagues them. Browns fans have seen this movie. It sucks.

  • That's legit. I can go with that. It's an anomaly that Eli got Beckham, which opened his windows quite a bit, often.

    I wish Allen didn't have the accuracy problem, we'll see how it goes. I'm glad he did better that first half,

    or we'd have a senior bowl thread on fire. Wentz was incredibly accurate - too bad he wasn't picked.

  • The stats seem to be skewed by his early career numbers. Odell may have helped raise his percentage by half a point at the most, but it’s hard to say for sure that’s why.  

  • case solved..Poe has Eli's Big Blue boner of a running game trapped in Poe's Po(i)t of Misery in basement...to be continued... (oh wait hoorta snipped his rage to one topic 😮)          

  • So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

  • it is NOT about Allen. It's about asking the question, presenting it accurately, then watching  as a few people divert and complain because they can't defend their position on completion percentages of the qbs in the draft, like tc.

    On principle, what explanation defending completion percentages being so high on the criteria bandwagon is there?

    The completion percentage is being applied to every qb in this draft. Try to answer the question, and stop bitching, and frantically changing the subject.

    @calfoxwc said:

    it is NOT about Allen. It's about asking the question, presenting it accurately, then watching  as a few people divert and complain because they can't defend their position on completion percentages of the qbs in the draft, like tc.

    On principle, what explanation defending completion percentages being so high on the criteria bandwagon is there?

    The completion percentage is being applied to every qb in this draft. Try to answer the question, and stop bitching, and frantically changing the subject.

    Mannings completion % was higher this 3 - 13 season than both seasons when the Giants won the Super Bowl.

    The great Johnny Football had a 70% completions rate in college. These guys think that the QB is like your ace pitcher that you can throw out there for 16 games and he alone can bring home the W.

    BTW, the Giants were 9 - 7 and 10 - 6 and won the Lombardi. The Browns are not the Giants but with a few good moves and picks 8 - 8 is not out of the question.

  • So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    @nero said:

    So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    Brady got better in the NFL and so did Brees.

    Favre was a ... 54.5 passer in college https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brett-favre-1.html Allen is better.

    Let the chimps feces throwing begin.

  • Cal,  you are using one of the most polarizing QBs as an example haha. Eli has not been the picture of consistency throughout his career. 

    Accurate in college doesn’t guarantee success. But inaccuracy tends to never go away when the windows get tighter. There are a few exceptions but they do not represent the vast majority who wash out because inaccuracy plagues them. Browns fans have seen this movie. It sucks.

    @logicisforsquares said:

    Accurate in college doesn’t guarantee success. But inaccuracy tends to never go away when the windows get tighter. There are a few exceptions but they do not represent the vast majority who wash out because inaccuracy plagues them. Browns fans have seen this movie. It sucks.

    Exactly what I've been saying all along.

  • So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    @nero said:

    So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    you conveniently ignore the years. 4 yrs vs 13 ? yrs. Thank you for cherry picking.

  • @nero said:

    So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    Brady got better in the NFL and so did Brees.

    Favre was a ... 54.5 passer in college https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brett-favre-1.html Allen is better.

    Let the chimps feces throwing begin.

    @boo-fagley said:

    Brady got better in the NFL and so did Brees.

    Favre was a ... 54.5 passer in college https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/brett-favre-1.html Allen is better.

    Let the chimps feces throwing begin.

    You are right. Favre's, Brady, and Brees' cases do indeed help Allen's.

    But let's comment some things on those cases: It took 3 years to Brees to become the player we know he is, Brady played thanks to Bledsoe getting injured and Favre's resume in Atlanta is, per Wikipedia, 'He only attempted four passes in his career at Atlanta, was intercepted twice, and completed none of them. Favre took one other snap, which resulted in a sack for an eleven-yard loss.'  

    Moreover, all those three players weren't picked in first round (Brees #32, Favre #33, Brady #199). Neither of them were the first QB picked. 

    Favre  was chosen the 3rd QB in a defensive draft and also had an incredible arm and holds the record for the longest playing streak. He was tough as nails. 

    You can make a case that a players accuracy can improve in the pros, but either it is in the fewest of cases, or it takes HOFers to achieve that feat. That's why I don't want to draft Allen with either #1 or #4 (and those are the picks where I would accept getting a QB this draft), because there are many more things that can go wrong in that case that if you draft someone more ready. If we were talking about drafting him on second round, I wouldn't mind. 

  • @nero said:

    So he went from an average 60.8 in college to lower pct in the NFL. Thank you for posting a case that doesn't help the case of a guy going 56% in college.

    you conveniently ignore the years. 4 yrs vs 13 ? yrs. Thank you for cherry picking.

    @calfoxwc said:

    you conveniently ignore the years. 4 yrs vs 13 ? yrs. Thank you for cherry picking.

    If you have a larger sample it only proves that having a better pct in the pros is incredibly difficult. 

  • This is completely different than the Curious Case of The Dog in the Night.

    The Dog did nothing in the night....and that was significant.

    Here...there is nothing  done here either, but is no significance.

    (Also...Trivia question:  Cal takes the name of this thread from a literary source...and adapts it....name that source)

  • This is completely different than the Curious Case of The Dog in the Night.

    The Dog did nothing in the night....and that was significant.

    Here...there is nothing  done here either, but is no significance.

    (Also...Trivia question:  Cal takes the name of this thread from a literary source...and adapts it....name that source)

    @the-gipper said:

    This is completely different than the Curious Case of The Dog in the Night.

    The Dog did nothing in the night....and that was significant.

    Here...there is nothing  done here either, but is no significance.

    (Also...Trivia question:  Cal takes the name of this thread from a literary source...and adapts it....name that source)

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't know the writer. Wikipedia says Scott Fitzgerald. 

  • @calfoxwc said:

    you conveniently ignore the years. 4 yrs vs 13 ? yrs. Thank you for cherry picking.

    If you have a larger sample it only proves that having a better pct in the pros is incredibly difficult. 

    @nero said:

    If you have a larger sample it only proves that having a better pct in the pros is incredibly difficult. 

    can't argue with that.... makes it far tougher to do that coming from a spread offense - so pro style college offenses should

    have a huge advantage when they get there, I think.

  • @nero said:

    If you have a larger sample it only proves that having a better pct in the pros is incredibly difficult. 

    can't argue with that.... makes it far tougher to do that coming from a spread offense - so pro style college offenses should

    have a huge advantage when they get there, I think.

    @calfoxwc said:

    can't argue with that.... makes it far tougher to do that coming from a spread offense - so pro style college offenses should

    have a huge advantage when they get there, I think.

    They have an advantage and QBs benefit from it, because I'd say that no draftee is a '%100 safe bet', either injuries or anything can turn a promise into a bust. So if teams see a QB that already plays in a pro style offense, at least you know what can he do, unlike other spread offense QBs (Brees was picked in second round not only for his height, but for coming from a spread offense). Sometimes players are able to learn and adapt, sometimes not. 

  • The ability to adapt - seems to be a rare quality. I'm starting to think that Mike White, who has thrived in both?, might very well have it.

    and he has excellent accuracy and a big arm. And, it may very well be, that the Patriots hope he falls to them in the first round.

    He may be more ready to play in the pros than any other qb in this draft. I'm really interested.

  • @the-gipper said:

    This is completely different than the Curious Case of The Dog in the Night.

    The Dog did nothing in the night....and that was significant.

    Here...there is nothing  done here either, but is no significance.

    (Also...Trivia question:  Cal takes the name of this thread from a literary source...and adapts it....name that source)

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't know the writer. Wikipedia says Scott Fitzgerald. 

    @nero said:

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't know the writer. Wikipedia says Scott Fitzgerald. 

    Well, no..."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"  was simply a take off on "The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night"....the nomenclature of which precedes  Fitzgerald. 

  • @nero said:

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't know the writer. Wikipedia says Scott Fitzgerald. 

    Well, no..."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"  was simply a take off on "The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night"....the nomenclature of which precedes  Fitzgerald. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Well, no..."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"  was simply a take off on "The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night"....the nomenclature of which precedes  Fitzgerald. 

    Well, yes... You asked for the source. Scott Fitzgerald is the answer. I want my cookie.