Re: New York Giants
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The investment the Giants made four years ago when they drafted Eli is now a sunk cost. You don't keep a mediocre player because you invested a lot in him four years ago, you keep him if you think he will improve. There are few (if any) signs that Eli will improve...
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Eli improved from his first season into the second, and then did not show much improvement in season 3. He only has 2 full seasons as a starter, now entering his 3rd, he is still young and still has a ton of potential. He has shown that he can be an excellent quarterback at times but he has lacked consistency. We all understand the sunk cost concepts but I think you are failing to understand that he still has potential to become an elite quarterback and that does not necessarily translate into previous sunk costs.
Last season Eli was fairly solid up to the point when Toomer went down. Toomer was the pretty much the number 1 receiver, leading the team in catches then. Toomer was placed on IR, 4th WR Moss also missed most of the season, opposing defenses double teamed Plex and then 3rd WR Tim Carter turned into a 2nd WR with special teams specialist David Tyree as 3rd WR. Tim Carter was useless. Shockey was playing hurt most of the season.
This season, Carter is gone, Toomer was been very impressive and ahead of schedule in camp. Plex and Toomer will be 1 and 1A this year, Moss and 2nd round pick Steve Smith (who some how fell late to the Giants in that round) will battle out for 3rd and 4th WR spots. Most likely Smith will be 3rd, he has been very impressive camp.
Eli will start this year with more options; if players stay healthy obviously Eli will be expected to improve. Will the Giants make it to the Super Bowl this season, I highly doubt it, but I don't think any team in the NFC East will. I don't think any of those teams should blow up the rosters because that.
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