Jacob\'s had around three or so drops, that I remember. Madden even made a comment about it. Not to mention the fumble that he had.
Eli will never be great, but I don\'t think he has the team to really support him. I mean, look at the Giants. They\'ve been self destructive the last two years and it starts in the locker room. Coughlin lost that team for being to hard on them and now he lost them because he isn\'t hard enough on them.
Then again, you\'re talking to someone who doesn\'t think Tiki Barber was all that great. He spent way too many years fumbling the ball away. Sure, he was a great player for the Giants , but his first few years was a complete waste.
Back to Eli, I remember reading a S.I article last year about the Manning family and it mentioned how Eli had no interest in football growing up and didn\'t decide until highschool that he was interested in the game and I think it shows. He\'ll never reach Peyton\'s level.