That's one thing I am not sure of. Let's be honest, they've had a pretty weak schedule so far. You could pencil in 3 good teams (New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago) maybe out of the 9 they have played but besides that, their schedule has been crap. I'm not trying to take anything away from what they've done because they have beaten who they are matched up against but I believe they'll end up slipping at the wrong time.
Benefiting from Rules Changes The year Manning broke the touchdown record which was broken by Brady, the previous year cry baby manning complained about a playoff game in foxborough when his receviers were absolutely destroyed. the rules were changed the very next year and peyton broke the record. DON'T TELL ME JACK ABOUT RULES CHANGES the confirming article
I think the Giants may be able to knock off the Packers.. Just because Eli has done crazier and I hate Eli. Only if the Eagles lived up to their hype.
Agree with you. The Giants pass rush and a hot Eli Manning can beat the Packers in the playoffs. But the Giants have to get there first.
The packers aren't actually "that" great of a team. Their defense isn't even average right now statistically, and they have a mediocre run game. This is all b/c of Rodgers. Therefore, if he has an off-night, the team is very susceptible to a loss.
Yeah his off night would be like 2tds 1ints. He's just that good. Its luck also, the league isn't too good this year. No Peyton, Eagles are playing way under their talent, so are the Chargers (like always). Patriots are somewhat inconsistent, so is Bmore and Atlanta. Pittsburgh's winning ugly. The 9ers are playing great football but I refuse to believe that Alex Smith can out shoot Rodgers. The better teams have a lot of exposed flaws (Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Cincy). The Jets are finally showing their true colors. Texans are getting demolished by injuries. That leaves New Orleans, NYG and Dallas. If Eli, Romo or Brees protect the ball and get hot, I believe they can beat beat the Pack. Especially the Giants since they're the only one from that group with a proven pass rush.
No ****stains, Sherlock Hemlock. I was just wondering who he thought was going to beat them. In regard to the rule changes... the NFL will always change rules to benefit more scoring. Check QB Passer Ratings Pre 1977 to understand what it was like for receivers going up against coverage that was allowed to initiate contact at any time. There was no bigger rule change in NFL history than the implementation of the illegal contact 5 yard window. Before then, you just had to have receivers like Lynn Swann, Lance Allworth, Paul Warfield, etc who could make plays deep down the field. Check Passer Ratings over the past 10 years to understand what lengths the NFL has gone to to protect QBs and open up the passing game. Want more proof that the NFL is tailor-made for QB success? Lets Check the trends... NFL ALL-TIME CAREER PASSER RATING LEADERS Tony Romo gets a lot of flak for making boneheaded plays and yet he is the 3rd highest rated QB of all time. Jason Campbell is the very definition of pedestrian QB and his career QB rating puts him 29th all time. Troy Aikman won 3 Super Bowls and he is 41st. John Elway? 57th. Terry Bradshaw? 124th. Out of the Top 30 QBs... Only 5 of them did not play the majority of their careers in the 2000s. Young, Montana, Marino, Kelly, Staubach. All Hall of Famers.
You can also point to yardage totals. 10 of 15 top yardage seasons have occurred within the past decade. Keep in mind that the NFL switched to a 16 game season in 1978.
I disagree with this. The mobility of Aaron Rodgers is a weapon the Patriots never had and it changes everything. Rodgers is Steve Young with a cannon arm. Also, the 2007 Patriots lost in the Superbowl largely because an injury to Brady made it to where he couldn't move at all in the pocket.
Also - To compensate for the difference in 14 game and 16 game schedules... I checked Career Passing Yards Per Game stats. NFL Single-Season Passing Yards per Game Leaders Rank Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active Y/G Year Teams 1. Tom Brady (34) 336.9 2011 NWE 2. Drew Brees (32) 332.6 2011 NOR 3. Dan Fouts+ (31) 320.3 1982 SDG 4. Aaron Rodgers (28) 318.8 2011 GNB 5. Dan Marino+ (23) 317.8 1984 MIA 6. Drew Brees (29) 316.8 2008 NOR 7. Warren Moon+ (34) 312.6 1990 HOU 8. Kurt Warner (29) 311.7 2000 STL 9. Philip Rivers (30) 304.8 2011 SDG 10. Kurt Warner (30) 301.9 2001 STL 11. Tom Brady (30) 300.4 2007 NWE 12. Dan Fouts+ (30) 300.1 1981 SDG 13. Eli Manning (30) 298.7 2011 NYG 14. Matt Schaub (28) 298.1 2009 HOU 15. Dan Fouts+ (32) 297.5 1983 SDG 16. Dan Marino+ (25) 296.6 1986 MIA 17. Daunte Culpepper (27) 294.8 2004 MIN 18. Dan Fouts+ (29) 294.7 1980 SDG 19. Philip Rivers (29) 294.4 2010 SDG 20. Peyton Manning (34) 293.8 2010 IND 21. Warren Moon+ (35) 293.1 1991 HOU Rich Gannon (37) 293.1 2002 OAK 23. Drew Brees (30) 292.5 2009 NOR 24. Steve Young+ (34) 290.9 1995 SFO 25. Joe Montana+ (26) 290.3 1982 SFO 26. Cam Newton (22) 289.4 2011 CAR 27. Drew Brees (31) 288.8 2010 NOR 28. Ben Roethlisberger (27) 288.5 2009 PIT 29. Neil Lomax (25) 288.4 1984 STL 30. Ben Roethlisberger (29) 287.7 2011 PIT Dan Fouts+ (33) 287.7 1984 SDG 32. Marc Bulger (28) 287.1 2005 STL 33. Trent Green (34) 286.9 2004 KAN 34. Kurt Warner (37) 286.4 2008 ARI 35. Joe Namath+ (24) 286.2 1967 NYJ 36. Peyton Manning (28) 284.8 2004 IND 37. Drew Bledsoe (22) 284.7 1994 NWE 38. Warren Moon+ (38) 284.3 1994 MIN 39. Marc Bulger (27) 283.1 2004 STL 40. Jay Cutler (25) 282.9 2008 DEN 41. Neil Lomax (28) 282.3 1987 STL 42. Peyton Manning (33) 281.3 2009 IND 43. Kyle Orton (28) 281.0 2010 DEN 44. Tony Romo (29) 280.2 2009 DAL 45. Joe Montana+ (30) 279.5 1986 SFO 46. Tommy Kramer (26) 279.4 1981 MIN 47. Tony Romo (31) 278.7 2011 DAL Matthew Stafford (23) 278.7 2011 DET 49. Lynn Dickey (34) 278.6 1983 GNB Donovan McNabb (29) Namath in 67 is the only QB on the list Pre-1978.
