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dinsdag 16 augustus 2011
Eli Manning Compares Himself to Tom Brady, Maybe He Meant Trent Dilfer
No. He. Didn't.
Eli Manning went on the Michael Kay Show, which airs on ESPN New York 1050, and put himself in the same class as Tom Brady.
Seriously. I can't make something like this up. If you want to listen to the whole thing, go here. But I have to warn you, this is not a work-appropriate link. You will laugh hard enough to draw unnecessary attention to yourself.
The fun started when the host said, "Are you in the Tom Brady class?"
Eli responded with this:
"I consider myself in that class, and Tom Brady is a great quarterback. He's a great player, and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year, and he started off winning championships, and I think he's a better quarterback now than what he was, in all honesty, when he was winning those championships.
It's funny, you say well he won championships, but the team, but I think now he's grown up and gotten better every year and that's what I'm trying to do. I kind of hope these next seven years of my quarterback days are my best."
I can't argue the fact that Tom Brady has improved each year. He's hovered between 12 and 14 picks per year and and has typically thrown about 25 touchdowns each season. Brady mixed in a 50-spot in 2007 to go along with eight picks. And last year he tossed 36 touchdowns against four interceptions.
Manning on the other hand?
Not so much.
He started off with 17 picks in his first year as a starter. The number ballooned to 18 and then peaked at 20, which was the worst in the league, before he finally got things under control in 2008 and 2009.
And then, bang.
2010 rolled around, and Manning threw the ball to the other team 25 times and once again led the NFL in interceptions. His 25 picks are 11 more picks than Brady ever threw in a season.
To give you some perspective, the most picks Brady ever threw over a two-year period is 26.
I'm starting to think Manning wanted to say he was in the same class as Trent Dilfer even though Dilfer never threw 20 or more picks in a season. OK, I'm being a bit unfair with that stat because Dilfer never threw the ball as often as Manning.
But here's what the two have in common. They each won a Super Bowl by finding themselves in the right place at the right time, and they never validated their success.
In 2007, Manning led the NFL in interceptions with 20, which was highlighted by a four-pick showing against the Vikings at home. He then backed that up with two more picks on the road, and yet his team still found a way to win.
When Dilfer won his Super Bowl in 2000 he managed to throw 11 picks in only eight games, yet his team managed to go 7-1 with him under center despite him throwing two interceptions in three of the team's last five games.
Both cut back on their picks in the playoffs, hid behind their defense, won on the road and eventually held the Vince Lombardi trophy.
And I am well aware that Manning went up against Brady in his Super Bowl win, but we all know Asante Samuel and David Tyree deserve a lot of the credit.
First, Samuel dropped a pick with 1:17 remaining in the game, and then Tyree did his thing.
I know, I know. Manning eluded the pressure and avoided a sack, which would have ended the game for all intents and purposes. Great, he was Fran Tarkenton and Randall Cunningham all wrapped in one for one stinkin' play.
And I know we can never take that win away from Manning.
But here's what else "never" can be associated with.
Dilfer never won a playoff game after his Super Bowl win. And guess what? Manning never won a playoff game outside of that fluke 2007.
Come on Eli, don't put yourself in Brady's class when the guy has 14 playoff wins and opened up his career with 10 straight postseason victories.
Don't lie to yourself and think you are like a quarterback who led the league in touchdowns three years, yards twice, completion percentage once and quarterback rating twice while you led the league in nothing other than picks thrown.
Manning can't possibly put himself in the same class as Brady. But if he wanted to classify himself with Dilfer, we could have a interesting conversation.
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26 Unheralded Players with Breakout Performances in the NFL's Preseason Week One
Every year in the NFL, there is a bevy of players that finally make a strong impression in the preseason.
It could be a rookie, either drafted or undrafted, or it could be a veteran that is finally getting their first real chance in the spotlight. Excelling in the preseason may also be the result of playing in garbage time and going up against the third team of reserves, so you shouldn't place much stock in the results.
Some of these preseason breakouts fizzle before they ever reach the regular season, while others used their breakout as a springboard to bigger and better things down the road. This is where their star was able to be officially launched.
So, we will take a review around the NFL from Week 1 action and toast the top 26 unheralded players that had a breakout game.
By the way, some of you might be wondering with all of the scrutiny of the NFL Network at the Scouting Combines, how is any player in the NFL still unheralded? Good question.
For the purpose of this article, first-round draft picks like Cam Newton and Julio Jones don't qualify, but day three picks like Denarius Moore and Dwayne Harris do.
Makes sense?
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Mancini impressed by City promise
Roberto Mancini hailed his side and warned that the best is yet to come from newcomer Sergio Aguero after Manchester City?s rout of Swansea.
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Glazers linked with United sale
Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family, could be set to sell their stake in the club amid reports of a $US1 billion floatation.
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Vitesse agree Annan deal
Schalke are willing let Anthony Annan go out on loan to Vitesse Arnhem but the player has yet to agree a deal.
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donderdag 14 juli 2011
South Carolina Gamecocks Football Countdown Day 52: Aldrick Fordham
Today, our focus is on junior defensive end Aldrick Fordham. As a high school player at Timberland High School, Fordham was clearly a beast! In his senior season alone he recorded 11 sacks and 83 tackles, 13 of them for loss. In his freshman season at Carolina he had four tackles in his debut game against SC State on October 3, 2009. After that game he played in six more throughout the season, almost exclusively as a member of special teams.
This past season Aldrick started all 14 of games, again, as a member of South Carolina's special teams unit, but was also occasionally used in defensive schemes. His most notable play at Carolina would have to be his recovered fumble in the November 20 game against Troy University, which led to a touchdown only two plays later.
As of this spring he was placed second to Devin Taylor on the depth chart. Fordham has the potential to be a great force behind what is said to be one of the best defensive lines Carolina has had in recent memory.
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