Xenophon
Gone and forgotten
It looks like you are fishing, you just went from 'over rated' to middle of the pack.Manning dink-and-dunked his way through the playoffs in 2007. He passed for under 200 yds in the Giants first two playoff games. In the third playoff game in 2007, he had a 52.5 completion percentage, with no TD passes. In the Super Bowl, Manning had two touch downs, one interception, and some big plays by his receivers. The next season with out Plax, during a home game in the playoffs, Manning was 15-29 169 yds, 0 TD, 2 int's....3.) Eli Manning: Needed great surroundings in order to win. Plax and the defense won him a super bowl. Lacks accuracy.
Wrong on that one.
If you watched all the playoff games that year, you wouldn't mention accuracy or that it was Burriss.
Add to it that Manning has never missed a game as a starter, has never failed to throw for at least 3,000 yards in a full season and has had at least 21 TDs every year he started.
Manning won a SB in his 4th year, he's already accomplished the ultimate accievment in the NFL, therefore cannot be 'over rated.'
He also has one of the best wining percentages in football.
That isn't 'over-rated.'
Over rated are guys that don't win the big games.
Manning has a 56.3 career completion percentage, with 113 TD's and 82 int's in 71 career starts.
Manning is a middle of the pack QB, who was surrounded by great talent, and a strong defense.
And don't give me that Super Bowl crap. Rex Grossman, Tony Eason, Stan Humphries, Neil O'Donell, Chris Chandler, Kerry Collins, Jake Delhomme, all made a Super Bowl. While Trent Dilfer, Doug Willaims, Jeff Hostetler, Jim McMahon, Eli Manning, and Brad Johnson, all won Super Bowls as a starting QB.
Nobody rates him a top 5 QB, ergo he isn't 'over rated.'
As for Superbowls, did you happen to see what Ben rothlesburger's stats were in his first SB? He did much better his second time around.
Manning's big failing is he isn't his brother.