N.Y. Giants set goal for Eli Manning: complete 70% of passes

[Auggie]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants are setting lofty goals for their new offense in 2014 as new quarterbacks coach Danny Langsdorf has challenged Eli Manning to complete 70 percent of his passes.

"It hasn't been done very often, so that's the ultimate goal," Langsdorf said before Giants practice Monday. "I think it's been done eight or nine times, maybe? That's an impressive statistic in the history of the league. So that's what we're gunning for, that 70 percent."

Manning's career completion percentage is 58.5. His highest mark for a single season is 62.9 percent in 2010, and it has dropped each year since -- all the way to 57.5 last year, when he led the NFL with 27 interceptions against only 18 touchdowns.

Langsdorf rattled off the names to complete 70 percent of their passes in a single season -- Sammy Baugh (in an eight-game season in 1945), Ken Anderson (1982), Alex Smith (before losing his job to Colin Kaepernick in 2012), Drew Brees (2009 and 2011), Steve Young (1994) and Joe Montana (1989).

More: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/11276621/new-york-giants-challenge-eli-manning-complete-70-percent-passes

I can't think of a dumber thing to do than to set such a standard ... except to make it public.

[trotsky]

1. This reminds me of Mike Tice's "Randy Ratio."

I suspect this will yield about the same amount of success on the field.

[KamaAina]

2. Maybe if they run a lot of screens

I mean a LOT of screens.

[Auggie]

5. Bet his picks increase too

[KamaAina]

3. Hmmm. Three of those six have something in common.

[Auggie]

7. Four, if you count the years Walsh coached Anderson

[trumad]

4. QB coach must be smoking weed.

Eli was running for his life last season.

[KamaAina]

6. Actually, you're thinking of the Broncos' and Seahawks' QB coaches.

[rocktivity]

8. That goal is too high

How about "Complete seventy per cent of VICTORIES?"


rocktivity

[joeybee12]

9. I saw a banner on ESPN with the words Eli and 70% and goal

and I assumed they meant 70% of the games...before I found out they meant this...yeesh!