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I did not understand this move at the time, and now the numbers just may back it up.
Granted hindsight is 20/20, but why was he benched? The Giants were 5-2 and then lost 2 straight games and dropped to 5-4.
They were at home and poised to bounce back into the win column, but Warner was benched and they lost a close game 14-10 to the Falcons.
According to my Excel Program, ALL of the Top 12 teams--as early as after Week Four games were played--made the playoffs. Except One--the Giants.
My Excel Program pegged 11 out of 11 playoff teams after 4 weeks of play. Or, atleast among those who did not bench their starting QB's.
Statistically the Giants were playoff bound until Coughlin panicked and benched the #6 QB in yards per pass attempt to put in a rookie in a must win game at the time.
The Giants went on to lose 6 straight under Manning in route to a dismal 5.29 yards per pass attempt--good enough for 27th in the League--in contast to Warners 7.41 (sixth in the league).
I didn't understand the move at the time, but I didn't realize how much it potentially hurt them.
Why not leave Warner in to see if he could bounce right back at home? Meanwhile, in addition to potentially costing them a playoff birth, he made a common mistake (in my opinion) by putting in a Rookie TOO SOON.
I can understand teams doing this with franchise players if they do not have much else at QB. But this could've been a golden opportunity to let Manning learn under Warner for the entire Season as long as Kurt was getting the job done.
Eli will be better this season no doubt. But if Coughlin wanted to make an imediate impact, a potential playoff birth would've seemed the better choice.
PRO EDGE is an Excell Program I wrote over the last few months. It is fairly complex, taking into account 20 key statistical categories.
In addition, the program weights the categories according to most recent performance...and...factors in strength of schedule.
Besides revealing 11 out of 12 playoff teams (the Giants being the only miss) after only Four Weeks, it went 52-30 ATS when playing underdogs or small faves which the program picked as the superior team.
On Best Bets the Program nailed a 27-6 Record Against the Pointspread.
If you are interested in the PRO EDGE Tipsheet this season, check out the site:
http://pro-edge.tripod.com
thanx,
dave
Granted hindsight is 20/20, but why was he benched? The Giants were 5-2 and then lost 2 straight games and dropped to 5-4.
They were at home and poised to bounce back into the win column, but Warner was benched and they lost a close game 14-10 to the Falcons.
According to my Excel Program, ALL of the Top 12 teams--as early as after Week Four games were played--made the playoffs. Except One--the Giants.
My Excel Program pegged 11 out of 11 playoff teams after 4 weeks of play. Or, atleast among those who did not bench their starting QB's.
Statistically the Giants were playoff bound until Coughlin panicked and benched the #6 QB in yards per pass attempt to put in a rookie in a must win game at the time.
The Giants went on to lose 6 straight under Manning in route to a dismal 5.29 yards per pass attempt--good enough for 27th in the League--in contast to Warners 7.41 (sixth in the league).
I didn't understand the move at the time, but I didn't realize how much it potentially hurt them.
Why not leave Warner in to see if he could bounce right back at home? Meanwhile, in addition to potentially costing them a playoff birth, he made a common mistake (in my opinion) by putting in a Rookie TOO SOON.
I can understand teams doing this with franchise players if they do not have much else at QB. But this could've been a golden opportunity to let Manning learn under Warner for the entire Season as long as Kurt was getting the job done.
Eli will be better this season no doubt. But if Coughlin wanted to make an imediate impact, a potential playoff birth would've seemed the better choice.
PRO EDGE is an Excell Program I wrote over the last few months. It is fairly complex, taking into account 20 key statistical categories.
In addition, the program weights the categories according to most recent performance...and...factors in strength of schedule.
Besides revealing 11 out of 12 playoff teams (the Giants being the only miss) after only Four Weeks, it went 52-30 ATS when playing underdogs or small faves which the program picked as the superior team.
On Best Bets the Program nailed a 27-6 Record Against the Pointspread.
If you are interested in the PRO EDGE Tipsheet this season, check out the site:
http://pro-edge.tripod.com
thanx,
dave
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