In the game against the Ravens last night, the play-by-play will tell you that, early in the first, Eli fumbled. It will later tell you that the Giants got the ball back and Eli led the team on a touchdown drive, hitting up-and-coming receivers like Michael Jennings and Steve Smith in the process. Maybe this morning you read about how both those receivers were hurt on the drive. Maybe you also read that two other injuries occurred within roughly the same 2 minute timespan (Sam Madison pulled his right hammy and Will Demps dislocated his elbow).
What you probably haven't read is how all this is Eli's fault. Jennings had to ssssssttttttrrrreeeeeetttttttccccchhhhhhh to get the last ball he caught and that's what caused his ACL to detach and zip up his leg like a window shade (NOT like a 'lamp shade', which is what Madden said). Smith caught an Ed Reed forearm shiver to the head catching the TD that Eli zipped to him in between Ed and another Baltimore defender.
And I don't have proof, but I bet Eli said to Demps at one point something like "launching yourself in the air and hitting another guy with your helmet always seemed like a good idea to me; I mean it's not like you're gonna dislocate your elbow or anything".
Sam Madison, meanwhile, pulled his hammy while thinking "Oh crap, I can't let Baltimore score because we don't have a good enough QB to lead us back. Gotta run, gotta run, gotta..... OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!".
I think when the book closes on Eli's career, that book will be entitled "Who Wanted It Less?" and it will have been co-written by Drew Bledsoe.
(note: this ultimately means I've dropped Plax a few notches, due to the fact that Eli will probably get him killed at some point).
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