Eli Manning: QB Performance Analysis

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All categories with a * are normalized so that the league average is 0.0.

Positives

• Among the league’s best on passes in the 5-10 yard range (+6.5).
• Graded at +9.1 on 3rd-and-Medium.
• Threw best between the numbers (+3.8).
• Graded at +11.6 when throwing to outside wide receivers.
• Did his best work when throwing in <= 2.0 seconds (+2.6) and the 3.1-to-3.5-second range (+5.0).
• Best routes were slants (+6.9), ins (+5.4), and comebacks (+5.3).
• Graded at +2.7 on 4-to-6-yard drop-backs

Negatives

• Graded at -11.5 on first down.
• Struggled at the 11-to-20-yard range (-10.9).
• Graded at -3.6 when throwing outside the numbers to the right.
• Graded at -13.9 when under pressure and -7.3 when blitzed.
• At his worst on drop-backs of at least 9 yards (-9.1).
• Struggled on drop-backs lasting 2.1 to 2.5 seconds (-8.6) and those lasting at least 3.6 seconds (-5.0).
• At his worst when throwing the out route (-7.3).

Tendencies

• Used play action only 15.8% of the time, well below the league average.
• Threw 46.5% of his passes to outside wide receivers, above the league average.
• Threw 7.0% of his passes beyond 30 yards in the air, third-highest in the league.
• Threw the third-highest percentages of comebacks at 5.0% of his attempts.
• Faced pressure in non-blitz situations 37.6% of the time, well above the league average.

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I don't need this to know he's one of the luckiest muthafukkas ever and is a below avg QB. He and Josh Freeman got the same stats over 5 seasons

I think Romo is the definitively better QB. When I compare the two QBs' graphs, Manning's PFF grade pattern (farthest right column) is significant more red (bad) than green (good). Romo's graph looks significantly better:

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(Romo's)

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How this dude got two Super Bowls?

I don't know. Eli logged significantly better stats in 2012. Maybe it was the lack of running game, weak defense and/or poor weapons this season. In 2012 Eli could log an above average QBR while throwing 40 times a game at times. He's a vexing player. I think he could be comeback QB of the year next season though. Last year may have been a statistical blip. I might take him late in fantasy.
 
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I don't need this to know he's one of the luckiest muthafukkas ever and is a below avg QB. He and Josh Freeman got the same stats over 5 seasons

Eli Manning is not "below average". I'm not an Eli fan but give respect where respect is due, I don't care how good the defense/WR's are, "below average" QB's don't win 2 Super Bowls in a five year period :camby:
 
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