Found November 07, 2009 on Bleacher Report:
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Eli Manning and Philip Rivers face each other in this afternoon's tilt between the New York Giants and San Diego Chargers; it's fun to reflect about the Class of 2004 quarterbacks featuring those two quarterbacks and Ben Roethlisberger. Everyone loves to compare and contrast those three guys since it's fun to do. The Giants, Chargers, and the Steelers drafted those three quarterbacks respectively, and they talk about how they made the right decision. It's easy for them to brag when their choices live up to their billing by leading their team to victories. With that said, this scribe wonders if the Giants made the right move in drafting Manning. He won a Super Bowl by performing a great postseason run in 2008, and he did well last year, but after watching him struggle this past postseason and in recent weeks, it's easy to second-guess then-Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi's thought process. The Giants' quarterback continues to show his incons...
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