To the average NFL fan, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is a rich man’s version of Jay Cutler, with a couple of (lucky, defensive-led) championships to his name.
While that’s certainly an unfair assessment, the ghost of interceptions past is what has haunted Manning’s legacy for years – even with his playoff pedigree.
But is the interception really as bad of a statistic as we make it out to be?
Sure, giving the ball away to the opponent isn’t ideal, but the source of an interception is one based on the risk of taking a chance at making a big play (almost all of the time).