I remember a QB who went to a couple Super Bowls with a team and when the team around him deteriorated, his performance did too. Then he was picked up by two other clubs with historically bad OLines and the idiot majority called him washed up and turnover prone. Suddenly, the last team hired Russ Grimm and fortified the OLine and this turnover machine suddenly remembered how to play again.
I'm disappointed some of my fellow Ram fans have forgotten the lesson of Kurt Warner.
Bottom line, Manning is an excellent QB. Sam is an excellent QB. Hill looks pretty darned good right now. IF my beloved Rams will simply fix the OLine, any of the three are good enough to win a Super Bowl.
I don't disagree with your point but your example is erroneous. Grimm was a major disappointment for the Cardinals and it was a mystery why Whisenhunt never fired him. Warner was the most hit QB in the league during his last hurrah and it was the playcalling and Warner's decision-making/quick release that kept the sack numbers relatively low.I remember a QB who went to a couple Super Bowls with a team and when the team around him deteriorated, his performance did too. Then he was picked up by two other clubs with historically bad OLines and the idiot majority called him washed up and turnover prone. Suddenly, the last team hired Russ Grimm and fortified the OLine and this turnover machine suddenly remembered how to play again.
I'm disappointed some of my fellow Ram fans have forgotten the lesson of Kurt Warner.
Bottom line, Manning is an excellent QB. Sam is an excellent QB. Hill looks pretty darned good right now. IF my beloved Rams will simply fix the OLine, any of the three are good enough to win a Super Bowl.
Why does Eli need a change of scenery? He's having a bounceback year and is really responding to the new offense that is being installed. If the Giants had Victor Cruz healthy, hadn't lost Jennings for a chunk of time and their defense wasn't a mess, they'd be in real fine shape. They just have to keep reloading on fix their defense. Eli and the offense are coming along fine.By idiot majority you mean pretty much everyone? If I remember correctly, he had problems holding on to the football before the super bowl run in Arizona as well. So he wasn't just called turnover prone, he was turnover prone. He needed 2+ years to get straight again. That decision to release him looks worse than it really was because of our extreme FO dysfunction. Had we had a regular GM and someone like Demoff in the office that decision wouldn't look so bad. Both the team and Kurt needed the move. Same with Eli, though it's a stretch to call him excellent. Better by far than anything we will find in this next draft, certainly.
Why does Eli need a change of scenery? He's having a bounceback year and is really responding to the new offense that is being installed. If the Giants had Victor Cruz healthy, hadn't lost Jennings for a chunk of time and their defense wasn't a mess, they'd be in real fine shape. They just have to keep reloading on fix their defense. Eli and the offense are coming along fine.
Only in general terms. Eli wouldn't go to SD when he was drafted so it seems apparent that what's good for him is being in the spotlight/big market. I don't think he'd want to come to St. Louis and compete with Bradford. I don't think he'd want to leave NY at all and certainly not to a situation where he'd be fighting for a job. If he pulls up stakes, it'll be to go to a team that is handing him the starter's role. I can see him going to the Jets or 49ers before I can imagine him coming to the Rams to compete with Bradford.The Rams are a team that just needs 3 starters, QB, OG, and a center to contend for a SB. The Giants are much farther away. So maybe he doesn't NEED a change, but it would be beneficial to both parties I believe.
Actually, as much as I've defended Eli, something I forgot to mention that would be pertinent to the Rams acquiring him are his performances against the NFC West. He hasn't fared too well against our division and I think that would have to be considered.Even if let go by the Giants, has Eli performed so badly that no one would take him and guarantee him that he'll start?