Rookie QBs Star in Giants-Steelers Matchup
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Eight months ago, the New York Giants were patting themselves on the back after engineering a draft-day trade to get Eli Manning. No one seemed to care the Giants mortgaged the franchise in the deal with San Diego for the No. 1 overall pick.
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New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin isn&#39;t coddling his prized rookie quarterback. After Eli Manning completed only six of 21 passes and threw two interceptions in Sunday&#39;s
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Rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns before leaving the game with a rib injury in the third quarter. He was replaced with the Steelers leading 17-7
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One play demonstrated the star Eli Manning can become. Another play, a few minutes later, showed that he's still a rookie.
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For any NFL franchise, a Dan Marino-type quarterback might come around once in a lifetime. That might be the case with rookie phenom Ben Roethlisberger.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are accomplishing feats never seen in the NFL, largely because of rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers combined their new quarterback with a touch of the old - Jerome
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Eli Manning, the top pick in this year&#39;s NFL draft, has been named the starting quarterback of the New York Giants. Coach Tom Coughlin made the announcement at a Monday news conference.
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Ben Roethlisberger is on the verge of becoming the only NFL rookie quarterback to win his first seven starts during the Super Bowl era, a feat not even John Elway, Dan Marino or Joe Montana accomplished.
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The Arizona Cardinals are still trying to figure out what kind of quarterback Josh McCown will be. The New York Giants are fighting a quarterback controversy, with rookie Eli Manning
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In the meeting of first-round draft picks whose early NFL careers have been totally dissimilar, Pittsburgh&#39;s Ben Roethlisberger and New York&#39;s Eli Manning did exactly what they&#39;ve done so far.
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What a way to test a rookie quarterback: Give him his first NFL start against the defending NFC champions and their vaunted defense.
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Eli Manning is going to get a chance to open the season as the New York Giants' starting quarterback.
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For the New York Giants, the future is now. Eli Manning, the top overall selection in the 2004 NFL draft will make his first NFL start Sunday as the Giants take on the Atlanta Falcons.
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Bill Parcells called Ben Roethlisberger the best rookie quarterback to play in the NFL since Dan Marino. Ben Roethlisberger and Dan Marino in front of the HBO cameras yesterday at the Steelers&#39; practice facility.
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They are 22 years old, rookies barely out of their junior years at Miami and Louisiana State, but one is already starting for the defending Super Bowl champions, while the other is trying to break through the group of young defensive ends in front of him.
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After weeks of wowing the New York Giants with his passing, poise and promise, Eli Manning showed that even the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft can have his rookie moments.
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The most successful season ever by a rookie quarterback was rewarded Wednesday with Ben Roethlisberger's unanimous selection as The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.