Posts Tagged ‘Eli Manning’

Jul3rd

You're the Man-ning

AUTHOR: nflmocks | IN: NFL Draft | COMMENTS: None Yet

At one time it looked like Peyton Manning may never win a playoff game. It also looked like Eli Manning’s time as a starter in the Big Apple was running short on time, because the Giants were running short on wins.
Now both have Super Bowl rings, and they won them in back to back seasons.

Feb5th

Does Trading Down Work?

AUTHOR: nflmocks | IN: NFL Draft | COMMENTS: None Yet

A few teams in the 2008 NFL Draft are considering the idea of trading down to accumulate more picks(Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs). Let’s take a look at how a couple teams have done with this process.
In the 2001 draft the San Diego Chargers held the first overall pick. The Chargers, needing to rebuild their team, decided to trade the top pick to the Atlanta Falcons(which selected Michael Vick). The Falcons sent San Diego the 5th(LaDainianTomlinson) and 67th(Tay Cody) picks in the 2001 draft, the 48th(Reche Caldwell) overall in 2002, and KR/WR Tim Dwight.
In 2004 Eli Manning sat atop everyone’s [...]