Eli vs Big Ben

rpr52121 · Feb 13, 2012

As opposed to the now silly Schaub vs Eli question. Who do you think is better between Eli and Big Ben?

Would you base it on who you would rather have on your team? Who you think has a better Hall of Fame case? Who is a better clutch player?

Make your wager.

SI's comparison said:

Ben Roethlisberger versus Eli Manning has gone from a slaughter to a contest in the last four years, since Manning won his first Super Bowl. Now that Manning has won two, let's see how he and the player the Giants would have chosen in the 2004 draft were Manning not available (Ben Roethlisberger) have fared in the first half of their NFL careers (first stat line is regular-season number, second is each player's playoff numbers):

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<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>Total Yrs.</th><th>Pick</th><th>Playoff Years</th><th>SB Wins</th><th>SB Losses</th><th>4th Quarter Comebacks</th><th>GW Drives</th><th>W-L</th><th>Comp%</th><th>Yards</th><th>TD-Int</th><th>Rating</th></tr> <tr><td>Roethlisberger</td><td>No. 11</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>20</td><td>26</td><td>80-33</td><td>0.632</td><td>26,028</td><td>165-100</td><td>92.1</td></tr> <tr><td>Playoffs</td><td> </td><td>--</td><td>--</td><td> </td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>10-4</td><td>0.613</td><td>2,861</td><td>19-16</td><td>84.5</td></tr> <tr><td>Manning</td><td>No. 1</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>21</td><td>25</td><td>69-50</td><td>0.584</td><td>27,579</td><td>185-129</td><td>82.1</td></tr> <tr><td>Playoffs</td><td> </td><td>--</td><td>--</td><td> </td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>8-3</td><td>0.615</td><td>2,516</td><td>17-7</td><td>89</td></tr></table>

Roethlisberger has a clear edge in the regular season, and they're close in the playoffs -- though Roethlisberger has gotten his team to one more Super Bowl than Manning (the Steelers lost to Green Bay in Super Bowl 45). But if you break it down further, they're awfully close. Roethlisberger has played a 16-game regular season only once; Manning hasn't missed a game due to injury in his career. In the last three regular seasons, Manning has 23 more touchdown passes.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/02/12/eli/index.html#ixzz1mJyniUk9
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Keyser Soze · Feb 13, 2012

I'd take Big Ben.

kyle_R · Feb 13, 2012

Ben all day long

713 · Feb 13, 2012

A Healthy big ben > Eli

roflmcwaffles · Feb 14, 2012

713 said: ↑

A Healthy big ben > Eli
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That's only reason I'd take Eli.

Ben has been having injury problems as of late (not to mention raping people problems). At some point either the injuries or the law will catch up to him.

I think Eli will have a longer career.

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