Eli Manning is not a top 3 quarterback. He’s not a top 5 quarterback. He’s not a top 10 quarterback. Based on last season’s performance, he’s arguably not even a top 15 or a top 20 quarterback.
But, really, don’t you want your franchise quarterback to think he is?
Maybe the best way to answer the question was with some vanilla Belichick-ian response about how rankings, like stats, are for losers. But the idea that Manning should have admitted to the world that he isn’t a very good quarterback is stupid.
What was he supposed to say?
“No, I’m not in the same class as Tom Brady! What are you, crazy? Sure, I beat him head to head in the Super Bowl, but let’s be real. I’m not even in Kyle Orton’s class; I throw too many interceptions. Maybe Jay Cutler? Or Chad Henne? What do you think?”Eli Manning may be delusional, but it’s the good kind of delusional.
If a quarterback doesn’t think he’s great, he won’t play great. I want my quarterback to be Tom Brady, and if he can’t be Tom Brady, I want him to have Eli Manning’s confidence.
And maybe Peyton Manning’s everything else…
Seriously, I have no problem with anything Eli Manning said. And neither should anyone else…
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