I kind of remember watching Phil Simms, I don’t know about the Peyton Manning/Tom Brady hybrid…but my husband (who was born and raised in Jersey) tells me that he most definitely had grit.

I am a Manning fan 1st, since I grew up watching Archie. So, my obvious alliances are Indy and NY. Hey, I was raised in California and the Rams sucked, the Raiders are…well..the Raiders and I didn’t want to jump on the 49ers bandwagon. But I digress…I knew Eli would eventually come into his own. He was awesome at Ole Miss. And every time he would come on the field and you guys would boo him, I would say “poor Eli”.

And so, at the beginning of this season, I was telling my husband that Eli will perform like he did in the play-offs, that he’s come into his own now, that the confidence he’s gained have all pushed him over that hump. My husband thinks I’m full of it, but I think after the first two games he might be coming around. I guess after so many years of being a Giant fan…he isn’t ready to put his faith in any QB…just yet.

And I swear, if I have to hear the story of Phil Simms’ broken finger one more time….

The first football game I remember watching was Super Bowl XXV, so obviously I missed Simms in his prime, but from what I remember he was no Brady/Manning. What he was was a winner, and a tough as hell player. He was never the best QB in the league, but he was my favorite when I was a kid, and I think Eli’s got a bit of Phil Simms in him.

I lived all my life in Mexico (except college, tucson az) and unlike others down here who follow raiders, niners, steelers or the cowgirls, I stayed with the Giants back in the 80’s right before they won the first superbowl with Parcells. simms was a huge part I became a Giand fan.The last playoff that I remember with Simms was I think in 93 or 94, when we took a beating from the niners in a divisional playoffs, Simms was sacked like ten times and that’s the last I remember or him, then a parade or useless QB’s until Kerry Collins arrived, he was not very good, but not terrible (he took us to the SB), then Eli arrived and you know what, I always trusted Eli, I don’t know why, even with the ups and downs I figure we will come along.

a recovering Dave Brown hater…

oh shit, i’m in the wrong room.

I moved out to San Francisco in 2002 and during that football season (this is the season that culminated in the loss to the 9ers – eff you Trey Junkin) I was watching the game at a bar. There weren’t any other Giants fans there and the 5-6 GMen fans there were crowded around this tiny TV watching the TV. So Kerry was having one of typical games, you know – threading one throw into triple coverage and then laying out a gorgeous bomb on the next throw.

So anyway, he made one particularly boneheaded play and I got up and yelled at the TV (I am “that guy” – I do this during games) and I said something about what a “F*ing retard” I thought Collins was. So the others agreed with me, except for this guy there with his girlfriend. And this couple seemed quite nice by all accounts. So I go off on a tirade abvout what a terrible QB Collins is and that he won’t ever be the guy to lead the Giants to the promised land, etc. etc. and then a commercial break comes up.

So this other girl who was watching the game with us started chatting with the couple. The guy and I start talking about the game and we start talking football. This guy was a Steelers fan – and the Steelers game was on a different TV. I said, "Why aren’t you watching the Steelers game??" He said, "Oh-because my brother plays for the Giants."

That’s right-this was Kerry Collins’ brother…who patiently sat through my tirade. Upon learning his identity I apologized profusely – but the damage was done. He was actually quite nice about it and said that Giants fan were much nicer than Panther fans, etc.

that’s a great story, and who knows, maybe Kerry’s brother agreed with you. After SB 35, be hard to disagree

has one of the prettiest spirals ever thrown. He effortlessly tosses the ball with dead accuracy time after time. If you just saw him pass you’d think he was the best that ever was. But alas, there is more to it than that. Over the years he tripped, made bad handoffs, fumbled incessently, and we don’t even want to consider his mobility and bad decisions when he is under pressure.

But I’ll say this…..the game he played against the Vikings might just be the best example of precision throwing ever in a game, maybe even better than Simms in the 86 Super Bowl. Maybe he can have his last hurrah this year with the Titans.