Quote from: MightyGiants on May 04, 2024, 07:13:10 AM2011 was a bit of an anomaly. The Giants were just 9-7 during the regular season. Frankly, they didn't even look as good as their record most of the time. However, health and the playoffs inspired much better play from the offensive line, which helped propel the Giants to their 4th Super Bowl trophy.
I'll grant you that point; however, that's not the point being discussed here. The point was made that high-performing Oline(s) were the most critical component to Eli's and Brady's success, during thier primes. Clearly, that statement is factually false.
BTW, Eli was fairly consistent between 2008 and 15, regardless of his oline rankings:
2008* 27 NYG QB 16 289 479 60.3 3238 21 10 86.4 66.9 PB
2009 28 NYG QB 16 317 509 62.3 4021 27 14 93.1 71.7
2010 29 NYG QB 16 339 539 62.9 4002 31 25 85.3 57.7
2011* 30 NYG QB 16 359 589 61 4933 29 16 92.9 64.2 AP CPoY-6, PB
2012* 31 NYG QB 16 321 536 59.9 3948 26 15 87.2 67 PB
2013 32 NYG QB 16 317 551 57.5 3818 18 27 69.4 38.6
2014 33 NYG QB 16 379 601 63.1 4410 30 14 92.1 61
2015* 34 NYG QB 16 387 618 62.6 4432 35 14 93.6 57.9 PB
Age clearly caught up with him during the 2016+ seasons...