The Mannings are the Devil’s Children!
OK, actually, that’s not true.
In fact I completely support (not that it matters) what the Mannings are doing. The Media (and thus, as a result, the general fan) are raking the Mannings over he coals because of this “I won’t play for San Diego” thing.
Has no one listened to what was said?
This has nothng to do with San Diego being a sub par team. This is the NFL where a team can go from 1-15 to playoff caliber in a matter of a couple of seasons. Manning knows this. Just look at Peyton. This goes deeper than that. Anyone that thinks the Mannings are doing this just because San Diego has holes to fill isn’t paying attention.
Archie and Eli are much more concerned with San Diego’s COMMITTMENT to winning more than they are how bad they are at the present time.
This is why the sports media sucks. I mean flat out sucks. They don’t listen very well as a group. It’s why when I’m forced to watch the Sports Reporters that I end up throwing objects at the TV screen, usually when I listen to Mike Lupica or Dan Lebetard.
Archie Manning was interviewed on ESPN where he flat out said that San Diego called HIM. They got Archie involved in all of this. It’s not like Eli’s dad called the nearest sports columnist and said that Eli wasn’t going to play for San Diego. So the Chargers get Archie into this mess, Archie tells them behind closed doors that they’d like it if San Diego passed on Eli and the next thing you know it’s front page headlines because the CHARGERS LEAKED IT.
So can someone explain to me how the Mannings are the bad guys in this? Because Eli doesn’t want to play for a teanm that he feels has no chance of competing with or without him because they won’t go aftrer free agents or sign their own marquee players? How does this make him a spoiled brat? I just don’t get it.
This kinda thing happens ALL THE TIME and not just with first round picks. Teams will always talk to a player and his agent before they draft him (90% of the time) and most players just want to get picked so there’s no problems. But this is not the first time nor will it be the last that a player, his agent,. or a family member said to a team, “Please don’t draft him.” The difference is that usually this kinda thing happens behind the scenes and it’s not reported.
You want a bad guy in all this? The Chargers GM wears the black hat. Not Eli or Archie Manning.
Anyway, deep dpwn I don’t care where Manning goes as long as the Browns in the first rouind draft either Gallery, Taylor, Rivers or Big Ben. If we get one of those four, Bill’s a happy Browns Camper.