Another example of this is Eli Manning. Eli manning was on the New York Giants team that won the Super bowl in 2008. He did not lead them to it. His passer rating that season was an outstanding 73.9!! That’s just under Joey Harrington. : l….. Eli Manning sucks. Just because he was the starting quarterback on a super bowl winning team doesn’t mean he automatically becomes a great player. Since winning the super bowl Eli has appeared in numerous commercials and televisions shows. People say “Eli manning led the Giants to the super bowl”, well no. If it was up to Eli, he and his 73 quarterback rating would lead a team to a 6-10 record and the #10 pick in the draft. If Eli was in Seattle, he would be barely mentioned and would be quickly forgotten to the rest of the nation. I would rather have Matt Hasselbeck any day but he is rarely mentioned on Sportscenter. But you can’t help the East Coast Bias and there will always be one. Oh well.
There is something about being the team that no one knows that makes you feel good. You’re always the underdog and no one knows that you’re a great team. It makes me feel as though whenever we make sports illustrated we have risen above the expectations to get national attention. Seattle is the city of underdogs and we are proud to say it. A winning season is a good season in our books and it will stay that way. Seattle is like a colt you don’t know what it is like until you’re in it. It’s a colt, but a good one.
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