Why do you have Brady as #1?? Manning is the best QB in the NFL. He has the best field vision, he reads D's the best...More importantly he doesnt cuss and get pissed at his players when he makes a bad throw.

Only an Idiot would rank Eli as a top 5 qb in the NFL...Idiot or Giants fan

all it took was a little pressure to see that pretty boy tom to crumble.

I'm not sure, the only people I would take for *sure* are Brady, Peyton, and Favre over Eli. There are very few QBs who would get it done in the kind of fashion that Eli did, and with his age (27), he's definitely on track to get it done again.

And Romo ahead of Eli? Let's see him win a playoff game first (I know, same knock on Eli lol)

You list Roethlisberger as one of your examples of QBs that took a quick downturn after a championship but then list him as the #4 QB over Eli? Eli might not be a Top 5 QB, but being a 4th year QB who leads his team on two very good TD drives in the 4th quarter of the biggest game says a lot about a player. Also, many of the QBs you list as your top 10 were or are inconsistant players. Lets not forget that Derek Anderson was backup to Charlie Frye at the beginning of the season and that Tony Romo has still yet to win a playoff game.

The defense played an unbelieveable game, it is true, but if Eli did not do what he did their efforts would not have won the game. If you recall the two TD drives that Eli led were 80 and 82 yards, which means that when Eli got the touchdowns it wasn't because the defense gave them amazing field position. If the defense shutout the Pats or if the defense scored some points, then I could see saying that the only reason the Giants won was because of D, but seeing that they didn't you have to give credit to Eli and the offense as well.

I think it is crap to jump on the Eli bandwagon and start touting him as the next coming of Montana, but I also think it is crap to not give him the credit that is due to him after playing such a superb post-season (when it counts the most).

Also, your analysis as to how the Giants will do next year is a little off. You state that their key players are getting old? Much of their D'line key players are in their 6 year or less. Their linebackers are mostly young players, and their safeties and cornerbacks are young as well. Their reciever corp is a little older but Steve Smith is a talented rookie. They have Kevin Boss as a rookie TE whom outshone Shockey. Brandon Jacobs is in his second year and Bradshaw is a rookie. The only 2 veterens that look like they might retire or are going to get past their prime are Strahan and Toomer. They are 20 million below their cap and have most of the free agents already locked up. As for Shockey's ego with Eli's confidence, I could see them trading Shockey now that they have a talented rookie in Boss. Why deal with unnessesary complications when you have an easy solution. Most of the Giants team will be back next year and they get to do some good shopping this year. Who knows who they will pick up in the draft as well, they had 5 great picks this year in Ross, Bradshaw, Alford, Smith, and Boss whom all played amazing football in the postseason.

Goodell says... so you want Manning #1, the same QB who has lost 2 first round playoff games at home (while heavily favored) and "more importantly" quasi-threw his line under a bus after the Pittsburgh lost and cried about receivers being held in one of the New England losses...the same one who has the mopey Manning face when things don't go his way?

funny how yall bash tony romo, considering that hes only been a starter for ONE full season and led us to the playoffs the last two years. i could care less if they lost both playoff games.

He is now a fourth/fifth year Quarterback, and while you can go on rating him vs his rookie and previous year's performance, there is no reason not to believe, as we all just saw it, that he has improved. How consistent this will be, and to what extent his ranking will have risen will be determined by how consistent he is with the rest of his career.
O-Lines and receivers are important to QBs, duh, but then again QB rankings have always been a bit of a popularity contest, Eli is still too close to being "behind the curve" for anyone to recognize him yet. There is still time for him to improve his stock. This has definately been a step in the right direction, not much higher to go in the system he was working in, i mean a SB win...give it to the D if you want but someone led that team.
Great QBs can not really be statistically analyzed, not well anyway, systems, O-lines, receivers all play a part. But I know a well thrown ball when I see it, and I know a QB making plays under pressure, and I know when a team is playing over its head, usually a result of buying into their leader.
Manning's stock has risen.

The Giants D-fense did not drive down the field and score the game winning touchdown in the last two minutes of the Superbowl, and the Giants D did not score in 43 seconds, yes there was a penalty involved, against Dallas before the half in the divisional contest.
Ds win championships but if you have watched Eli since he was a rookie he has always had the big, late drive cpability that has always been equated with greatness, and now he has a taste of that greatness.
And yes, I agree that his future consistency will tell us whether he has truly elevated his game, but it is not totally fair to discount him based on his past given his recent past.

Must be a patriots fan workin for si

If I were looking for a qb to run my football team, this is how I'd rank the best guys, going by not only physical skill, but also performance under pressure, ability to manage the game, and how well they work with their teammates...1. Peyton Manning, 2. Matt Hasslebeck, 3. Tom Brady, 4. Ben Roethlisberger, 5. Jeff Garcia

Eli's finger prints are still on the Lombardi trophy and you want to say he's overrated...Wow! At least let the guy play a another game or two b4 you rip him.

That Giant's victory was a true team win. The defense did their job and the offense did their job. What game were you watching?

Signed - Dolphin fan since '72 !!!

Eli is way overrated, but Phillip Rivers is even worse. At the very least, the G-men made the right call in that draft day trade a few years back. Anyway, Romo is the future of the league.

The fact that there is so much hand-wringing over where to rank such a young quarterback is yet another manifestation of NYC media over-saturation. The question is not whether Eli is overrated; we will find that out in time. The question is whether the NYC sports media talks too much (they do).

Eli's houdini act in the 4th quarter of SB XLII will forever be a part of NFL lore. Will Eli's skill as a quarterback be equally legendary? Let's wait until he has eight or ten seasons under his belt before we even start talking about that. Right now, he's a promising young QB who found himself in the right place at the right time. Words like "overrated," "top ten," "legendary," "phoney," they don't even enter into the equation right now.

Haha,

Palmer, Romo, Garrard, Brees, Anderson and Hasselbeck!!!!!

LOL....How many playoff wins between these QB's...5-6?

Ho many SB rings? 0

Romo cant even win a home playoff game and he's better? Anderson?...Crown him?

You are a fool...

Let's see here.

Wli beats 4 pro-bowl QB's in the playoffs and he's not a pro-bowler?

LOL

The Giants have one pro bowl player...LOL

Oh well, nothing like a meaningless game to make losers feel good about themselves...Tony, Brett......have fun in Hawaii!

Whatever.... I don't think we've seen the end of Peyton, Tom and Brett's multi-interception days either. (ok Maybe Brett if he retires)

Even the best QBs have bad days. But the true mettle of a QB is if they can lead their team down the field to victory in the 4th quarter. Got news for you, the Superbowl wasn't the first (or last) time Eli has done that.

Do you writers just write stuff to see yourself in print? Really , no one is putting Eli on a pedestal and no one thinks he's another second coming of Montana. You guys just stir the **** up and you end up looking like idiots. The Giants out played the Pats and that was that...it was a team effort and everyone had a hand in it including a very good QB on that day named Eli. Was he better than Aikman or Roethlisberger? Who knows and who'll know that for another 2-4 years.
Give your keyboard a break and us as well and go find another subject to over-analyze.

Do you writers just write stuff to see yourself in print? Really , no one is putting Eli on a pedestal and no one thinks he's another second coming of Montana. You guys just stir the **** up and you end up looking like idiots. The Giants out played the Pats and that was that...it was a team effort and everyone had a hand in it including a very good QB on that day named Eli. Was he better than Aikman or Roethlisberger? Who knows and who'll know that for another 2-4 years.
Give your keyboard a break and us as well and go find another subject to over-analyze.

I definately think you need to give Eli more credit! to rank rothlesberger,garrard, brees, anderson, palmer and romo above eli is not even fair or correct. Eli won the super bowl, and although his defense did fantastic/flawless job, he is the one who led them into the red zone for the points they earned and an interception that was not his fault. I just want to know how many close to perfect games does Eli need to play to be given a little bit of credit? He FAR outplayed Tom Brady in that game and he still doesn't get credit? i am confused and Peyton Manning is the BEST quarterback in the NFL and one of the best all time he deserves the number one spot on your list because helped a team rise from the ashes and tom brady had a good team handed to him.