Comments on: Will Eli Manning lead the Giants to a Super Bowl?

By: Gerry

Gerry — Tue, 04 May 2004 17:53:52 +0000

“that may be what it takes to win in the NFL for the next few years”

I don’t know. I remember when the league was being dominated by Joe Montana and John Elway and Dan Marino, a very very good (but not great to that level) Phil Simms won a Super Bowl, and some real mediocrities like Doug Williams and Mark Rypien. And I do not mean to be mean to Jeff Hostetler, but he was not exactly a Hall of Famer.

I do think the teams with the top QBs are going to win a majority of the coming Super Bowls, just as the majority of the Super Bowls over the last 25 years were won by Joe Montana, Brett Farve, John Elway, Steve Young, Tom Brady, and Troy Aikman.

By: James Trotta

James Trotta — Tue, 04 May 2004 07:01:48 +0000

I agree 100% that Kerry Collins is a very good QB. But he’s not a star QB and that may be what it takes to win in the NFL for the next few years (as it was needed when the league was dominated by Aikman, Elway, & co.). Hopefully Eli will be our star QB.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 03 May 2004 15:08:17 +0000

“something that Collins wasn’t able to do well”

I disagree.

He was not able to do it always. That means he is not Joe Montana or John Elway.

He was not able to do it almost always. That means he is not Brett Favre, Steve Young, Dan Marino, or Jim Kelly.

But Collins was and is a star quarterback who was able to do that well an awfully large percentage of the time, as his two trips to the NFC Championship and beyond with flawed teams demonstrates.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Manning, am thrilled we got him, and with the salary numbers I understand the Collins move even if I think we will be worse off this year. But Collins was and is a very good quarterback who does not deserve the negativity he gets for the Ravens loss or last season’s debacle. He didn’t blow the lead against the Niners two years ago; our defense and inability to run or play passable special teams did.