N/S Giants GM calls Eli "skittish"

Scott B said

if you are talking about fantasy football, I agree with you 100%. If you are talking about real football, I don't think I've ever disagreed with a statement on this board more than that one. And I find it hard to believe that you think personal stats are more important that W's and L's.

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Well, if you had read the post, it says nothing about personal stats being better than Ws and Ls. But the W-L record of a QB is no indication of how good the QB is. You can be a decent QB on a great defensive team (Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson) and have a very good W-L record. It still doesn't mean you're a good QB. While Eli and Peyton may have identical records through their first 50 games, the year before Peyton was drafted the Colts were 3-13. In Peyton's rookie year, in which he started every game, they were 3-13. Since then they've won 10 or more games in every season but 1. Ws and Ls are a TEAM stat. Remember the Saints in 2002? You know, the 3rd-best scoring offense in the NFL that went 9-7 because the defense was 26th in points allowed? Brooks had a very good year, but we lost 7 because our defense couldn't stop anyone. That same year, the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl with an offense that was 18th in points and a defense 1st in points AND yards. Would you really say Brad Johnson was the reason for the 12-4 regular season record and their playoff run? The facts still remain, Eli has been an average QB even with several offensive playmakers, including a RB who had 1800 rushing yards. Again, Ws and Ls are most important, but still a TEAM stat that doesn't and never has accurately judged the talent of a QB. Too many good QB have had bad teams around them and too many adequate (at best) QBs have been on stellar teams that carried them to victories.