Eli Manning Needs Plaxico Burress: Fact or Fiction?

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Published: May 22, 2009

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... or a wide receiver with similar size and skill set. After all, the combination had become one of the best in the NFL when they began hooking up on touchdown passes in 2005.

And it's a well known fact that when Eli misses, he misses high...so it's not a reach to assume he needs a tall wide receiver to succeed.

However, if you actually break down the statistics in 2008 and compare Manning's numbers with Burress to his numbers without him, they're not that much different. In fact, an argument could be made that Peyton's younger brother preformed better without his star wide receiver.

**The following statistical analysis was done with ESPN's official stats and brucey.net's QB Rating calculator.**

With Plaxico Burress (Weeks 1-3 and 6-11):

164/279 (58.78%) for 1,812 yards with 13 TD's and seven INT's (83.20 QB Rating)

Yards per attempt - 6.49
TD% - ...

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