QUOTE (R. Rich @ Jul 29 2008, 03:53 PM)

Agreed, which is why I advised Jokeman to err on the side of caution. It's a great start, though, and he should be happy, especially since his team just missed the playoffs last season, I think. I think they lost a tiebreaker w/ Pittsburgh for the final spot in our conference last year. That being the case, I'm sure this is a welcome start for Indy.
Actually we made the playoffs with a win in the season finale to edge out Pittsburgh for the final playoff start. Yet last year my offense was very weak in large part because of Eli's good/bad games and in fact had one of the league's worst offenses as last year my defense carried me. So, I know the season's not over but my offense has been playing rather well despite not having Eli and yes I will admit my offense and QB struggled last week but it's hard to argue that my team would be better with Eli in there instead of Garrard.
Though seriously look back at that game and Eli's inability to do little in the first half played a part as to why Colorado lost. I realize it sounds like I'm belly aching from the outside but I am only pointing out somethings as I see it and not hating on Manning just being honest. In fact look at my team closely my QB coach/Assistant is Archie Manning and the name of my team is and that I really hoped to have Eli be the face of my franchise but we felt that it was time to move Manning elsewhere.
Also the league should be happy with the trade I made as I almost dealt Eli to the Assassins who made me a better offer but before I could accept it got pulled back as they acquired Kitna before we could finalize a deal. So again I ask the jury if you were in my shoes, would you rather have Eli Manning leading your team earning $4 million a season or David Garrard leading your team at $300k?