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re: Archie Manning gives details on why Eli refused to play for the Chargers
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:26 am to SOCAL TIGER
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:26 am to SOCAL TIGER
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frick the Manning’s!
Chill
The newest Manning is a beast and LSU wants.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:34 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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Imagine if Joe Montana
49ers weren't exactly world beaters before he went to them.
72 8-5-1
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This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 7:58 am
Posted on 12/17/20 at 9:04 am to Mud_Till_May
I wonder what happens to that great 2006 Chargers team with Eli instead of Rivers.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 9:30 am to SportsGuyNOLA
I think you play your rookie contract with whoever drafts you... then when free agency comes, you bolt.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 9:32 am to Mud_Till_May
I never got the sense Archie was the one orchestrating this. I think he was just portrayed by Eli's agent as the "puppet master" to take the public heat off of Eli AND make the threat to SD believable. In reality, I suspect the agent (Condon) was the one pulling all the strings. Remember, he had to sell the Chargers front office on the idea that Eil absolutely would sit out if SD drafting. Agents are notoriously untrustworthy. So they probably wouldn't buy Condon's bullshite if it were perceived as HE was the one trying to orchestrate the deal. But the threat had a lot more credibility if it were portrayed to SD as Archie insisting Eil not play for SD. That made it "real". I'm sure the thought for the SD front office was "this kid is close to his father and his father's advice holds a lot of weight. There is a chance he might actually be telling the truth here that he would sit out."
Condon saw another Manning. Condon saw Peyton as the reining MVP in small-market Indianapolis. He saw the market of New York over San Diego. And he, through representing some Charger players/coaches, saw the crappy ownership/management as opposed to the stability of the NYG ownership.
Condon wanted Eli in NY, convinced Eli that was the best place for him, and Eli (easygoing as he is) was fine with it. Had he not been a "Manning" and had NYG not been one of the teams in position to draft him, this deal never goes down and Eli is a Charger.
This was 99% agent driven signed off on by an introvert client who was willing to go along with it.
Condon saw another Manning. Condon saw Peyton as the reining MVP in small-market Indianapolis. He saw the market of New York over San Diego. And he, through representing some Charger players/coaches, saw the crappy ownership/management as opposed to the stability of the NYG ownership.
Condon wanted Eli in NY, convinced Eli that was the best place for him, and Eli (easygoing as he is) was fine with it. Had he not been a "Manning" and had NYG not been one of the teams in position to draft him, this deal never goes down and Eli is a Charger.
This was 99% agent driven signed off on by an introvert client who was willing to go along with it.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:06 am to Mud_Till_May
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The truth is that we may not ever know why Eli refused to play for the Chargers and that's mainly because it doesn't sound like he's ever going to tell us.
A 4 year old article that doesn’t tell us anything. Great stuff
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:06 am to Mud_Till_May
What Boat said
This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 10:07 am
Posted on 12/17/20 at 1:43 pm to Mud_Till_May
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Archie Manning gives details on why Eli refused to play for the Chargers
and yet not a single detail was given or even hinted at
archie just trying to rewrite history because we all know he was full aware of the shite show of team management and ownership from top to bottom with the chargers
just own it and stop lying archie, everyone agrees you did the right thing telling him to refuse to ruin his career in sand diego. no one wanted to be drafted by them
This post was edited on 4/2/21 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:34 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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I wonder what happens to that great 2006 Chargers team with Eli instead of Rivers.
Rivers is better than Eli
Posted on 12/18/20 at 7:37 am to H-Town Tiger
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Rivers is better than Eli
Not in the postseason.
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