Originally posted by alliswell
I but remember Warner took Giants from 4-12 last season to 5-3 this year with a playoff birth a real possibility, and yet he gets no respect but all the blame from everyone. It looks like Warner is the scapegoat for everyone\'s problems.
"I\'m a little surprised," receiver Amani Toomer said. "The offense is sputtering, but it\'s not all Kurt. He is kind of the scapegoat."I\'m not going to say anything negative about Eli. Why should I when it is not his fault?
He\'s playing with a very poor 1-2 reciever Hilliard and Toomer, who cant seem to get open at all. Did they catch any balls vs the eagles?
Who expected Eli to make a difference? You throw a rookie in there to play behind a poor O-line, then you give him recievers who can\'t get open, where your best recieving threat is yoru TE or 3rd speed wide receiver.
Then you have an offensive cordinator who cant manage to run plays in the redzone that get a touchdown.
The people of New York were kidding themselves when they thought a rookie could be an improvement over a two time MVP.
The Giants were at 5-3 and all of New York was "Counting down to the Eli era" actually rooting against the QB who got their crappy team to 5-3.
Mike Ditka among others think, I dare say this, Eli is a better QB then Warner, and he gives them the best shot to win and make it to the playoffs. I remember one "NFL expert" saying he thought Eli was a better QB than Warner after the Falcons game. Oh my. If Warner played that game they would have won. And lets not bring up the Eagles game.
I fooled myself into thining the Giants would give Warner a fair chance this season. i was wrong. They did what I should have known they would have done, bench Warner at the slightest sign of trouble for the 40 million dollar prospect. Warner got half the snaps in training camp and while the Giants were sitting there at 5-2 Eli was still getting 30%+ of the snaps in practice. I wonder if warner thought he had a chance to finish the season. Hes been treated so poorly the past couple of seasons.
Vs the Cardinals Warner was 19-30 1TD, No INTS no fumbles, and he gets pulled. Warner said it best, that there were bigger things then just his performance that got him benched
The Giants may not win another game for the rest of the season