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Quote: Originally Posted by kcarr

Without plax eli had an extremely weak receiving corp. Amani isn't exactly worthy of being a number 1 receiver. He is pretty well washed up. Smith is a decent possesion type receiver but doesn't really provide a downfield threat. Dominique Hixon was starting in place of plax there and he is really not much more than a special teams player. He is definitely far from being a starting receiver. Still, in game 5 without plax eli did complete 76 percent of his passes, throw for 267, 2 tds and no picks. Week 12 plax was listed as getting the start but didn't have any stats. He was hurt early in the game and had no real impact. Manning went 26/33 with 3 tds and 240 yards. Week 13 without plax he was 21/34 for 305, 1 td and 1 pick Week 14 he struggled going 13/27 fpr 123. He did have 1 td and no picks though. Week 15 he went 18/35 for 191 0 and 2. Another pretty week game. Week 16 he went 17/27 for 181, 1 td and no picks. Not spectacular but they were in a position where they could win running the ball and they did so. Week 17 he went 11/19 for 119 without a TD or a pick in a game where they were resting getting ready for the playoffs. In 7 games with a very weak receiving corp, a receiving corp weak enough that they spent a few picks on it in this draft including their 1st round pick and they were involved in talks looking to bring in a star receiver, he completed 62.5% of his passes, averaged nearly 204 yards a game despite only playing like half of one of them, and threw 8 tds to only 3 picks. Those aren't exactly great numbers but considering his receiving corp at the time they weren't exactly terrible.

Orton-like numbers. And our best reciever was Hester, who is a project player. Plus the G-men had a better line and run game.