Archie Manning tells Chargers He doesn't want Eli to play in San Diego.

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ENTIRE MANNING FAMILY ARE A BUNCH OF SPOILED ROTTEN PUZZIES...ARCHIE, WHAT A FRIGGING JOKE YOU ARE. GO TALK TO PAT TILLMAN'S FAMILY. YOU WILL THEN LEARN WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR SONS TO BE REAL MEN.
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> In fact, a source close to Manning told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that Manning is prepared to sit out the 2004 season if he is selected by the Chargers with the first pick. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why even have a draft if players get to decide where they want to go?

If Eli's so good he will make the Chargers into a playoff contender in a few years. Problem is, he's not that good.
 
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Elway family set this precedent by stating John would not play for Colts, if drafted by them. Ploy worked, whatever works is copied in the NFL. Not sure why Chargers, Dan Fouts was one of best ever, just seems to destroy QB's now. Hard to say Leaf would ever have been anything anywhere, to say so is conjecture. But what happened to Drew? Is he also ruined? Agree that Spanos went down the wrong path after their super bowl destruction. I think Eli has an impressive last name. Does he rate top pick, top QB. Not with one good year. Pocket passers still getting to Super Bowls. Looks like big Ben is the best in that regard. If I was Archie, and saw what John Elway's dad got away with, and watched Elway win two Super Bowls, I would do the same exact thing. Say it in the press, so team would be stupid to draft him, better chance of being a bust on a bad team, either not committed to winning, or just poorly run than going to a successful program. Prime example, Steve Young. I thought he would die behind that early Buc line. What a difference being committed to winning and not is. Great job Archie keeping Eli from the Chargers QB wrecking ways. Hope I did not bore you again kiss1. Or maybe you have a SIDS and bore easily. Can't help that. Best Wishes...OF
 

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The talk is that the Yankees are going to sign Eli Manning to a minor league contract until Archie can decide which team he wants his son to play for.

I agree with el diablo,NFL should come up with some kind of rule where if a player holds out for any reason ,make them not eligible to come back for X amount of years, put a cap on rookies starting salaries so that they cant use money as an excuse not to sign a contract.Either take the millions of $$$$ from the team that drafted you ,or sit out.Lets face it,sign 1 contract and most people in the world would be set for life,except most of these pampered professional athletes can do and get away with whatever they want ? Ray Lewis,Jayson Williams ?

Rest in peace -- Pat Tillman
 

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Eli wouldn't be considered a top 2 QB in this draft if his Surname wasn't "Manning."

This could be a blessing in disguise for the former Bills .. err Chargers
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Archie must be having flashbacks to his career with the hapless Saints...

Alot worse places to spend your winters than San Diego...

Who knows maybe Fat Frank will put in a plug on how great San Diego is year round...
 

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You're A.J. Smith. You're playing poker with Eli Manning. You're holding a pair of threes. He has his chips stacked so as to simulate the Manhattan skyline.

Now, do you really want to call his bluff?

If you're the general manager of the Chargers, can you afford to make a stand on principle when it might mean your walking papers? Do you dare spend the National Football League's No. 1 draft choice on a player who wants no part of your program and who has the wherewithal to wait?

Do you really want to play chicken from the seat of a Schwinn?

Delicious as it would be for the Chargers to challenge Team Manning to make good on its veiled threats – to have Eli sit out a season rather than sign with the Bolts – high-stakes brinkmanship is not a game for amateurs. It is certainly not a game for a football franchise synonymous with dubious decisions and front-office fumbling.

Four days ago in this space, the Chargers were advised that selecting Manning was the smart move. Events have since rendered that opinion inoperative. If the Chargers draft Eli Manning this morning, despite his documented objections and his newly perceived peevishness, they would be selecting a player as likely to wreck the franchise as to rescue it.

If Manning were drafted and didn't sign, the Chargers would have blown a chance at a franchise player and reaffirmed their reputation for inventive ineptitude. If he did sign, Manning would begin his career as an unproven quarterback with a lifetime supply of baggage and few of the allowances fans customarily accord promising rookies.

Drafting him is now, at best, a no-win situation. And yet, it could get worse.

Say Commissioner Paul Tagliabue opens the draft today with a tribute to Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinals safety who abandoned the privileges of pro football, answered the call of duty and died in the service of his country.

Say the Chargers then select Manning, who refuses to walk onstage for the obligatory photo-op.

How do you suppose that would play in the media capital of the world?

When A.J. Smith did his flip-flop on the facts and confirmed that the Mannings were indeed opposed to Eli suiting up in San Diego, he exposed the kid to the same kind of suffocating pressure Jevon Kearse applies.

Wherever he winds up, Manning will be seen (at least in the short term) as a prima donna without portfolio. He is going to have to show (probably before he is prepared to perform at this level) that he is deserving of special treatment.

That the Mannings wanted their preferences to remain private is natural. That they are surprised it leaked is ludicrous. If the Chargers had agreed to trade the pick, or decided to select someone other than Manning, they would have been expected to explain why they passed up the highest-ranking passer on the board.

The Chargers would have had two choices: 1) They could have put themselves in the position of being second-guessed for another generation; or 2) They could lay the blame on the Mannings.

This way, Smith gains the political cover to do what he probably preferred to do in the first place: Trade down and stockpile picks. If this costs him some leverage in trade talks, that leverage was always limited.

The New York Giants appear to be the only team actively trying to trade up for Manning, and Giants General Manager Ernie Accorsi is smart enough to avoid a bidding war against himself.

That the Chargers were sending out signals that they could still choose Manning yesterday suggests the team has moved the draft to a moral plateau and is determined to prevent players from dictating their destination. And there's something to be said for strategic stubbornness. Yet in light of their numerous needs and frustrated fans, the Chargers are obliged to be practical. Planting the idea that they might pick Manning should probably be read as an attempt to create the appearance of a competitive market where none exists.

As a ploy, it conjures Cleavon Little in "Blazing Saddles," holding a gun to his head to forestall the citizens of Rock Ridge from hanging him.

In short, it's suicidal.

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Chargers might just pick the guy so they show they are not to be dictated to
 

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It's early, but Roethlisberger has left these two in the startings gates, as he should..he's superior.

And unlike Leaf, the two current SD QBs have character, but not top 3 draft pick talent..the Spanos family may have hearts, but not much football smarts.
 

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