Why did the New York Giants draft Eli right out of grade school?

Question

They could have waited for him to mature after all. Most teams draft kids out of college.

Answer 1

To answer La Di, it's Phillip Rivers. ELI SUCKS!!!

Answer 2

Chargers drafted Eli overall #1 in 2004 and the Giants drafted River #4 overall. The two franchises were then able to work out a deal that would send Eli to the Giants for Rivers along with their 1st and 5th round picks in 2005 and a 3rd round pick in 2004 — from which the main acquisitions from this trade have been the three future Pro Bowlers (along with Quarterback Phillip Rivers) Outside Linebacker Shawne Merriman and Kicker Nate Kaeding. Along with the three Pro Bowlers the Chargers received for Manning in the trade, the Chargers also traded for Roman Oben, a Super Bowl winning Left Tackle from Tampa Bay with the 2005 fifth round draft pick. The Chargers will also consider the third round compensation pick from the NFL in the 2007 draft for releasing Drew Brees as being inextricably linked with the Manning trade.

Answer 3

First off, Eli did go to College, Ole Miss. Second, the Giants didnt Draft Eli, the Chargers did.

Answer 4

basketball fan eh? get your facts and sports straight before you waste your time. Eli went to Ole Miss, drafted by the chargers and traded to the giants. He has regressed after a decent '05 campaign. But, don't give up on him yet, for most quarterbacks the light doesn't go on until their 3rd to 5th years. Even Philip Rivers, isn't all that great yet. Though, with an extra year of playing time, you would expect Eli to be farther along.

Answer 5

Eli Manning spent 4 years at Ole Miss. You can't draft to the NFL straight out out of HighSchool

Answer 6

The 2007-2008 could be Eli's last season as a NY Giant. Without Tiki in the backfield, Eli is going to go through plenty of growing pain and wished he never left grade school.

Answer 7

The Chargers did the right difficulty; they dealt that whiner Eli Manning to lengthy island (he's the 2d maximum hated football participant the following in San Diego next to Ryan Leaf). Eli Manning isn't as strong as Phil Rivers for the excuses that the different persons revealed above. Rivers is amazingly cellular, merely throws the occasional INT, is an staggering chief, and he's (to date) exceeding all expectancies. previous to the season starting up, i became extremely fearful about him yet now I genuinely haven't any qualms about Phil taking charge. figuring out on up Merriman turned right into a thieve. This guy is a tank; he can damage through very almost any offensive line and drop the QB for multiple yardage loss. optimistically, he discovered a powerful lesson in preserving himself sparkling of steroids. and that i also wish that this in no way takes position back. P.S. I accept as true with in spite of Six String Samurai suggested earlier me. provide him the ten factors.

Answer 8

All of you guys whom answered this question almost qualify for the same asking by default. The question is essentially inquiring into why Eli Manning is sort of....(how should I say it)....."dumb".

Don't bust out the test scores, and the fact he went to Ole Miss. He performs (if you have noticed) better under a no huddle system and hurry up, where he doesn't have to make so many reads and he is just able to toss the ball around.

Reads are not that significant if you have a no-huddle script, and are not forced to "think" (ie-audible, change to "hot" routes, etc) so much from the LOS.

He has tremendous ability, but (coming into his 4th year) has issues with regard to making proper reads.

Now, lets compare him to QB's he was esteemed higher than on most draft boards:

1-Ben Roethlisberger (started in year 1, won SB in year 2)

2-Phillip Rivers (sat behind Drew Brees for 2 seasons, and in his 1st year as a starter, led team to a 14-2 record, and was a Pro-Bowl QB)

One could even compare JP Losman's improved numbers this year and Manning (as the 1st overall pick) has not accounted for much better than what even JP did this year.

Manning - 301-522, 3244 24td, 18int (77.0 overall QB rtg)
Losman - 268-429, 3051 19td, 14int (84.9 ovr QB rtg)

So by pick/performance standards, Eli is not up to par with those with whom he was rated better than coming out of college coming into 4 years in the league.

And some of you are wrong about draft rules, you have to be 3 years removed from High School to be draft eligible (not the same as being in college for three years). That goes for being drafted or even playing in the NFL.

Larry Fitgerald went to PITT for 2 years then declared. Why? Because he went to prep school for a year after high school. So he was eligible. based on years your graduating class has been out of HS......not being in college (prep school does not count as college eligibility).

Answer 9

WHAT??? Eli did go to college. He played at Ole Miss where his father Archie played. You can't get drafted in the NFL until 3 years after you graduate high school.

Answer 10

I sure the just went up to a high school kid and said "hey I'm drafting you". That's beside the point though the NFL doesn't even allow someone to get drafted unless they've gone to college for 3 years

Answer 11

Ah. He did get drafted out of college and he was not drafted by the Giants. He was drafted by the Chargers and then traded to the Giants. Smart one.