Fact checking in Eli Manning Face off. (1 Viewer)

[baconisgood]

In the Eli Manning Face off that was posted recently Jeff wrote this

Now the touchdown scenario. Will Manning continue to log 22-27 passing touchdowns? Quite probably, but digging into his scoring tosses last year I found that 10 of them came inside the 10-yard line. With the ground game struggling for Big Blue in 2009, Eli had to throw more often in the Red Zone and that led to a few more scoring passes than most seasons. If the Giants get back to the way that they like to play - defense and rushing first, passing second - then more rushing scores will happen but at the expense of the passing totals. Manning should still be good enough for about 25 TD passes, but as I said earlier, the NFL is a pass-happy league. Those numbers are run of the mill QB11-QB15 fantasy numbers.

Which is completely wrong.2009- 13/30 - 10 TDs inside of the 10 yard line. 2008- 16/31 - 122007- 19/33 - 14The same trend exists for attempts inside the 20 with 13, 17 and 18 TDs the past 3 years with 2009 having the fewest attempts and fewest TDs.

 

[nysportsfan]

Why not post this in the spotlight thread?

 

[Jason Wood]

Why not post this in the spotlight thread?

Because he's talking about a Face Off. It's a different series of articles. Jeff will give this a look and adjust his article accordingly, thanks for catching this

 

[nysportsfan]

Why not post this in the spotlight thread?

Because he's talking about a Face Off. It's a different series of articles. Jeff will give this a look and adjust his article accordingly, thanks for catching this

Ahhh, you're right, I read too quickly.