Peter King, usually an entertaining read on SI.COM, really irked me when I read his Monday Morning QB article.  One particular section of his weekly article that consistently annoys me is his random thoughts section called ‘Ten Things I Think I Think.’  He just rambles on about various football topics and he doesn’t actually gives ten random thoughts - he gives about sixty.  He numbers them one through ten, but then he makes footnotes lettered A-Z, until he runs out topics that are on his mind.

This is the comment that really grinds my gears:

“11. New York Giants (11-6). Just a hunch, but I bet the Giants would take Ben Roethlisberger, Shawne Merriman and Nate Kaeding instead of Eli Manning right now.”

Ok, sure the Giants would have used the #4 pick on Roethlisberger if they didn’t trade up to take Manning, but the jury is still out on who is going to be the better QB by the time their careers are over.  Manning also has a much higher ceiling than Big Ben does.  Who is to say that the Giants would have used the future draft picks on Nate Kaeding, and Shawne Merriman, maybe they would be off the board by the time it was the Giants turn to pick?  Who is to say that the three of them would succeed in New York, when not a lot of players have the mental toughness to do so?  Maybe Big Ben would have turned into Ryan Leaf he had been drafted by New York, we’ll never know.  There is no need to criticize or second guess this move, especially with Giants fans happy to know they will be a contender with their franchise QB for years to come.

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