Giants' Scouting Information

During the college football season, Chris Steuber compiles a list of which team's scouts attend which college games according to his sources. I've gone through all of his tweets during this college football season and complied a nice table and a graph detailing whom the Giants scouted.

Disclaimer: Please don't take this as gospel. Most pro football teams scout every single major conference game and almost all teams are at all "big games." I also left off the schools where a team was just scouted once.
Table after the jump.

Who is the best quarterback from the 2004 draft class?

In the 2004 NFL Draft, there were 17 quarterbacks taken. Of those 17, only seven remain in the NFL. They are as follows: Eli Manning (1), Philip Rivers (4), Ben Roethlisberger (11), J.P Losman (22), Matt Schaub (90), Luke McCown (106), and Bradlee Van Pelt (250). Of those seven, four have gone on to become pro bowlers (Manning, Roethlisberger, Schaub and Rivers).

ESPN has recently released QBR ratings that date back to the 2008 season. My analysis after the jump.

Eli Manning Rating vs. QBR, 2011

The Tale of Two West Coast Offense Quarterbacks (Joe Montana v. Andrew Luck)

Player	Year	Games	Completions	Att	Yards	Comp %	YPA	TD	INT	SACK	RAT	AY/A	Y/G	TD %	Int %	Y/C
Joe Montana	1989	14	271	386	3521	70.2	9.12	26	8	33	112.4	9.5	270.8	6.7%	2.1%	13.0
Andrew Luck	2011	13	288	404	3517	71.3	8.71	37	10	11	169.7	9.4	251.21	9.2%	2.5%	12.2

New York Giants. V. New England Patriots Breakdown

Formulas by Bill Connely and Football Outsiders
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Graphs and other info upcoming!

NYG 21, NE 17
	NYG	NE			NYG	NE
Close %	100%			STANDARD DOWNS
Enemy Territory %	47.14%	42.59%		Success Rate	58.69%	61.15%
Leverage %	84.28%	79.62%		PPP	0.327	0.384
				S&P	0.913	0.995
TOTAL
EqPts	21.522	18.016		PASSING DOWNS
Close Success Rate	52.85%	53.70%		Success Rate	39.13%	35.71%
Close PPP	0.307	0.333		PPP	0.269	0.215
Close S&P	0.8355	0.870		S&P	0.660	0.572
RUSHING				TURNOVERS
EqPts	7.619	3.404		Number	0	1
Close Success Rate	48.14%	47.05%		Points off turnovers	0	0
Close PPP	0.282	0.200
Close S&P	0.763	0.670		BY QUARTER
				Q1 S&P	0.922	0.943
				Q2 S&P	0.584	0.975
PASSING				Q3 S&P	0.781	1.476
EqPts	13.903	14.612		Q4 S&P	0.995	0.426
Close Success Rate	55.81%	56.75%		1st Down S&P	0.739	0.771
Close PPP	0.323	0.394		2nd Down S&P	1.033	0.900
Close S&P	0.881	0.961		3rd Down S&P	0.635	0.978
Miscellanea
Big Plays	2	0		Yards Per Point	18.9	20.1
Yards Per Play	5.6	6.3		Penalties	4 for 24 yards	5 for 28 yrds
Run-Pass	38.57%	31.48%

Passing Completion %

Categories: by Play Direction, Pass Play, and Field Position