nerdmann
12 years ago
theatlantic 

But Eli has been terrible this season. The NFL ranks him just 22nd among the league's 32 starting QBs. He has thrown almost as many interceptions, 11, as TD passes, 12, and his 7.3 yards/pass average is his lowest in four seasons. If he loses on Sunday, it's very likely the Giants won't make the playoffs at all and Eli may find himself following in the footsteps of Jim Plunkett.



Interesting take. I thought Aaron was still around 27 or 28. Guess he is starting to get up there in football years. He's got at least 5 years of top level football in him tho, imo. Barring injury of course. (Not to jinx him.)

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”
RajiRoar
12 years ago
07 1-1 (NFCCG L to NYG)
08 0-0 (Did not make playoffs)
09 0-1 (WC L to AZ)
10 4-0 (SB)
11 0-1 (Div L to NYG)

If we don't get a playoff win, maybe the seat get a little warmer (room tempreture?). This game is not a "must" by any means. nobody is going anywhere as long as we are winning 10+ games per year.

MintBaconDrivel
Dec, 11, 2012 - FOREVER!
zombieslayer
12 years ago
Absurd. Brett Favre had his statistically best year at 40. Peyton Manning is having arguably his best year at 36. Tom Brady is 35 and so far threw 24 TDs vs 3 INTs, which is pretty freaking incredible.

For Aaron or Eli to be on their way out, um, no. 🤐
My man Donald Driver
UserPostedImage
(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
2010 will be seen as the beginning of the new Packers dynasty. 🇹🇹 🇲🇲 🇦🇷
+2
dyeah_gb
12 years ago
The article confirms my thoughts that one should not go to the Atlantic for sports insight. Nothing of substance is pointed out in the article besides a bunch of stats that can be found elsewhere and the final line is just plain wrong in my opinion:

" I'm not implying that this is the last hurrah for either Manning or Rodgers, but it is likely that the loser of Sunday night's game isn't going to win much of anything this season, and football won't be getting easier for either man as he gets older."

I question whether the author actually watches NFL football.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool - R. Feynman
Zero2Cool
12 years ago
Aaron will hit 29 December 3rd this year. He didn't start a game until 2008, so basically he's on his 5th full year of wear and tear. I can see him (and from his words he agrees) playing to his early to mid 30's. Although, Aaron did say he doesn't see himself playing at age 37. I suspect he has 3-5 more 'top level elite' years in him. If not because of his chip on shoulder attitude that will grow when people say he's too old an lost it ... if not because of that, because the NFL will probably be flag football by the time he's 33.
UserPostedImage
nerdmann
12 years ago
I thought it was interesting how poorly Eli has been playing.

Giants could be vulnerable. IF we can protect Aaron.
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”
mi_keys
12 years ago

Common wisdom holds that to be regarded as one of the all-time greats, a quarterback must win at least two Super Bowls.



Dan Marino (as the author mentions)
Brett Favre
Steve Young (as a starter)
Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
Fran Tarkenton
Dan Fouts
Warren Moon
Jim Kelly
YA Tittle

All in the hall of fame. All have at most 1 title. All are in or will be in the Hall of Fame and some of these are arguably the greatest to play their position.

Both will be looking for a win Sunday to shore up their unexpectedly shaky shots at the playoffs this year.



Umm, both the Giants and Packers entered today leading their division. Whichever losses will still hold a playoff spot

It's kind of a farcical, sensationalist article.
Born and bred a cheesehead
musccy
12 years ago

Absurd. Brett Favre had his statistically best year at 40. Peyton Manning is having arguably his best year at 36. Tom Brady is 35 and so far threw 24 TDs vs 3 INTs, which is pretty freaking incredible.

For Aaron or Eli to be on their way out, um, no. 🤐

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



What Zombie said. This article is complete garbage and its sole intent is to stir the pot in the hopes that someone mentions their article on PTI on Monday.
Similar Topics
Users browsing this topic
    Fan Shout
    dfosterf (7m) : Packers schedule release video is "interesting" I guess.
    Zero2Cool (1h) : SOOO glad that tool still works. Saves from manually entering each game
    Zero2Cool (1h) : NFL Pick'em import was done last night.
    Mucky Tundra (5h) : Atlanta with 5 primetime games lol
    Zero2Cool (12h) : Week Five BYE?? NFL is hell.
    wpr (15h) : Vikings schedule leaked. Week 12 in GB. Week 18 in MN.
    wpr (17h) : CBS has GB @ NYG Week 11 Nov 16 and they will face MN in week 18 but don't say where. I think away
    Zero2Cool (18h) : W15: Packers at Broncos
    Zero2Cool (18h) : Ben Sirmans on MarShawn Lloyd: “Everything’s full go for him.”
    Zero2Cool (18h) : Luke Butkus says training camp will allow plenty of time to implement new center Elgton Jenkins
    Zero2Cool (21h) : wk 2 commanders at packers
    Zero2Cool (21h) : Ugh. Packers thanksgiving detroit ...boring
    Zero2Cool (22h) : Panthers at Green Bay in week 9, Nov 2nd
    buckeyepackfan (22h) : Week 1
    buckeyepackfan (22h) : Packers Host Detroit Week 1! ML finally gets a week home opener.
    beast (13-May) : I was kind of hoping Douglas might come back to the Pack
    beast (13-May) : My question is how much do we trust Jenkins? In bad weather, he seemed to struggle a bit with ball control snapping, though he started at OG
    beast (13-May) : Well Jenkins probably knows he's not getting that 2026 salary number without a new contact... so just trying to get the new contact early
    Zero2Cool (13-May) : CB Rasul Douglas is visiting the #Seahawks today, per source.
    dfosterf (13-May) : He's a switch and baiter. Its the same as a bait and switcher except he agreed to the switch first lol
    dfosterf (13-May) : 6.8 mil raise next year. Those are existing contract numbers
    dfosterf (13-May) : 12.8 plus 4.8 pro rata signing bonus is 17.6 mil. Top center in the league at 18
    Zero2Cool (13-May) : Elgton Jenkins wants to rework contract ahead of position change to center
    Zero2Cool (13-May) : 🏈Monday, Nov. 10: Eagles at Packers
    buckeyepackfan (12-May) : Packers @ Bears week 16(Saturday Game)
    Zero2Cool (12-May) : Clifford hasn't been the same since losing 8
    dfosterf (12-May) : Sean Clifford would probably disagree
    dfosterf (12-May) : Canuck Cannon. Got a very good feeling about this
    Zero2Cool (12-May) : Tom Pelissero also reports what bboy stated
    bboystyle (12-May) : The Green Bay Packers on Monday signed Taylor Elgersma, the Canadian-born quarterback who tried out at the team’s rookie camp last weekend
    beast (12-May) : There were reports four days ago that the Packers were signing QB Taylor Elgersma, but no official action since
    Zero2Cool (12-May) : And for Ian Rapoport to announce Saints send 1st and 2nd rounder to Packers for Malik Willis.
    dfosterf (12-May) : *Elgersma*
    dfosterf (12-May) : Today would be a good day to discover the Pack signed Taylor Engersma, the Canadian QB
    Zero2Cool (11-May) : It wasn't. He simply wanted his money back. They refused. Cops came. They gave him his money in end.
    dfosterf (11-May) : Fortunately it doesn't sound like a big deal
    Zero2Cool (10-May) : Elgton Jenkins Involved In Strip Club Dispute ... Cops Called To Mitigate
    Zero2Cool (10-May) : Derek Carr retires. Shoulder must be bad.
    Zero2Cool (10-May) : Packers Pro Shop is not currently printing Golden #22 jerseys “until his number is confirmed after Training Camp.”
    greengold (9-May) : My impression is he's a Peruvian soccer fan not a bares fan.
    Martha Careful (9-May) : Favored Illinois Bishop?
    beast (9-May) : Technically, the I in FIB stands for Italian now, Si?
    dfosterf (8-May) : I never thought I'd live long enough to call a pope a FIB, but here we are
    Martha Careful (8-May) : Chicago produces a pope before it produces a 4000 yard passing quarterback
    wpr (8-May) : HAHAHA Mucky Comment of the day.
    Mucky Tundra (8-May) : According to reports, Mel Kiper is furious that Sanders wasn't selected as the new Pope
    Zero2Cool (8-May) : Time taken to get picked:
    Zero2Cool (8-May) : New Pope: 2 days | Shedeur Sanders: 3 days
    Zero2Cool (8-May) : Collin Whitchurch @cowhitchurch · 1h Chicago got a pope before it got a QB to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.
    Mucky Tundra (8-May) : New Pope from Chicago; in other words, the city produced a Pope before a 4000 yard passer
    Please sign in to use Fan Shout
    2025 Packers Schedule
    Sunday, Sep 7 @ 3:25 PM
    LIONS
    Thursday, Sep 11 @ 7:15 PM
    COMMANDERS
    Sunday, Sep 21 @ 12:00 PM
    Browns
    Sunday, Sep 28 @ 7:20 PM
    Cowboys
    Sunday, Oct 12 @ 3:25 PM
    BENGALS
    Sunday, Oct 19 @ 3:25 PM
    Cardinals
    Sunday, Oct 26 @ 7:20 PM
    Steelers
    Sunday, Nov 2 @ 12:00 PM
    PANTHERS
    Monday, Nov 10 @ 7:15 PM
    EAGLES
    Sunday, Nov 16 @ 12:00 PM
    Giants
    Sunday, Nov 23 @ 12:00 PM
    VIKINGS
    Thursday, Nov 27 @ 12:00 PM
    Lions
    Sunday, Dec 7 @ 12:00 PM
    BEARS
    Sunday, Dec 14 @ 3:25 PM
    Broncos
    Friday, Dec 19 @ 11:00 PM
    Bears
    Friday, Dec 26 @ 11:00 PM
    RAVENS
    Saturday, Jan 3 @ 11:00 PM
    Vikings
    Recent Topics
    6m / Green Bay Packers Talk / beast

    1h / Random Babble / Zero2Cool

    16h / Green Bay Packers Talk / dfosterf

    22h / Green Bay Packers Talk / dfosterf

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / nyrpack

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / Zero2Cool

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / wpr

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / beast

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / beast

    13-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / wpr

    12-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / beast

    12-May / Around The NFL / beast

    12-May / Random Babble / Zero2Cool

    9-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / Martha Careful

    9-May / Green Bay Packers Talk / Zero2Cool

    Headlines
    Copyright © 2006 - 2025 PackersHome.com™. All Rights Reserved.