So.....

[Hammer]

.....is it a good day to stir up the Eli-Rivers debate again?

[Roto Rooter]

What Eli and the Giants are doing this season is amazing considering the amount of devastating injuries they've been dealing with since camp freakin started.

[revo]

As an "Eli supporter" from the last debate, I will defend Rivers by saying he's a much better QB than what he's putting out there today, and I'm as shocked as anyone at his poor level of play.

OTOH, I will say that Eli supporters have been rewarded with a high quality of play in basically three of the last four seasons, and it's nice to see Eli being mentioned as a Top 5 QB.

Still, Eli makes mistakes that a truly elite QB should avoid, but that said, he's progressed every single year of his career to a new level, and that says more than a lot of QBs.

[Hammer]

As an "Eli supporter" from the last debate, I will defend Rivers by saying he's a much better QB than what he's putting out there today, and I'm as shocked as anyone at his poor level of play.

OTOH, I will say that Eli supporters have been rewarded with a high quality of play in basically three of the last four seasons, and it's nice to see Eli being mentioned as a Top 5 QB.

Still, Eli makes mistakes that a truly elite QB should avoid, but that said, he's progressed every single year of his career to a new level, and that says more than a lot of QBs.

Brady was making a lot of mistakes yesterday as well.

[Erik]

I think Rivers is hurt. I can't imagine why else he's turned into a turnover machine this year.

[revo]

I think Rivers is hurt. I can't imagine why else he's turned into a turnover machine this year.

but he continues to publicly insist that he's not. Shouldn't we take him at his word?

From his press conference yesterday:
"I appreciate everybody trying to come up with a theory and a reason but I’m not hurt," an exasperated Rivers said following San Diego's loss on Sunday. "I’ve thrown a handful of picks that I normally don’t throw and I’ll probably throw some more throughout my career and there won’t always be a reason why. I prepare, I give everything I’ve got, give our guys everything I’ve got, and they fooled me once today and the other one got tipped.
The one at the end, I wish I would’ve thrown it up high and deep and given Vincent a chance but I didn’t.

"Health is not an issue, it’s never been an issue on any interception I’ve ever thrown in eighteen years of football."

[Erik]

Athletes lie about their health all the time, especially if they don't want their teammates to perceive them as making excuses.