I always considered elite to be a top 3 player at that particular position.
Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees are the elite QBs in the NFL.
Eli's in the same boat as Cutler, Rivers, and Romo in the sense that there's no real reason for them to be struggling, but they do. .
None of the bolded should be compared to Eli. Eli is arguably elite, there's probably a better argument for him being elite then not. None of the guys you mentioned, Cutler especially, are even borderline.
For three quarters of most games they all play on the same level
Eli's in the same boat as Cutler, Rivers, and Romo in the sense that there's no real reason for them to be struggling, but they do. It's crazy. What separates Eli from that bunch is he'll often snap out of it in the 4th and in the late season/playoff games. The result is two rings, so you can't complain too much but damn, he should be rivaling Rodgers right now, but he ain't...it's mind boggling.
Eli play's in NJ with their constant 14-20 MPH winds, he has the same issue as Sanchez but it gets ignored, and people wonder why the Giants play so much better on the road.
Eli problem the last couple of weeks has been the D, Eli can't keep digging them out of the graves they laid, is Perry Fewwell gonna continue to get a pass, I remember the starham days where nikkas could barely run 2 yards on the Giants, our D is too talented for that bullshyt constantly, nikkas can't stop nothing
But some of the blame can be attributed to Eli also.
I'm a big Eli stan since he got in the league but the last 4 games he has been playing like alex smith's level... you know the draft bust alex smith.
I hope Eli snaps out of it soon enough or else
We finna fire Tom and trade Eli for the gazillion time