Chatelain: Finding Eli Manning's Successor Can Wait -- Maybe For A While
Thanks to rules aimed at driving up scoring and protecting defenseless players, quarterbacks are still going strong later and later into their careers.
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Thanks to rules aimed at driving up scoring and protecting defenseless players, quarterbacks are still going strong later and later into their careers.
Eli Manning on Thursday fought back against accusations levied against him in the wake of a sports memorabilia scandal, denying any and all wrongdoing.
Three collectors are suing the Giants, Manning, Skiba, Steiner Sports and others alleging they were all in on the scheme.
Eli Manning was reportedly part of a scheme to pass off Giants equipment as game worn to memorabilia collectors even though the items never saw the playing field.
Eli Manning is the closest thing to football royalty this town currently has, which is why Thursday night's bombshell report is very difficult to digest.
Turn on the radio and listen to one caller after another proclaim Manning as over the hill. Pundits hit the airwaves to say the quarterback, at 36, only has a couple or three years left in him.
At the NFL Combine, McAdoo said many of the Giants' problems on offense could be corrected if Manning would be more patient in the pocket.
The New York Giants made a successful return to the NFL playoffs this season. But at the end of the day, Big Blue was throttled by the Green Bay Packers on Wild Card Weekend, leaving many questions in its wake.
If there was a theme to Eli Manning's weekly interview with Mike Francesa on Monday, it was that the Giants' wild-card loss to the Packers was difficult to accept considering how well Big Blue played early in the contest.
The New York Giants (11-6) entered Sunday's contest against the Green Bay Packers (11-6) as a confident bunch. After 60 minutes of NFL playoff football, the team left frigid Lambeau Field bruised and battered and eliminated.
Beating the Packers at Lambeau has become a prerequisite to a Giants Super Bowl run, which it'll have to be again if Big Blue is going to win Super Bowl LI.
Touchdown passes, late winning drives and 400-yard passing games aren't always what make a quarterback a leader in the NFL.
If Bill Belichick was coaching the Giants, there's a good chance Eli Manning wouldn't get near his 210th consecutive start this Sunday in Washington. Heck, he'd only be 50-50 to be on the train at all.
Ben McAdoo hasn't announced whether he intends to play his starters the usual number of snaps Sunday at Washington, but Giants players say they're approaching the game just like any other week.
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The New York Giants (10-5) needed a victory to clinch a playoff spot. But the Philadelphia Eagles (6-9) were not going to allow Big Blue to have the satisfaction of doing so at Lincoln Financial Field. The Giants struggled early and a late Eli Manning interception sealed their fate in a 24-19 loss to the Birds.
Eli Manning is the face of solidity, security, and consistency. Yet fans are still trying to understand the understated QB.
The Giants can still win the NFC East title, but they'll have to get past an Eagles team looking to play the spoiler.
The Giants have won eight of their last nine games, and their latest victory was tight, just like practically every one before it.
This week's challenge for the New York Giants (10-4) was a rejuvenated Detroit Lions (9-5) squad. The crew from Motown had scratched their way to the top of the NFC North standings, but they were smothered by the "new" Big Blue Wrecking Crew in a 17-6 Giants victory.
"I know I can make plays," Manning said Tuesday. "I know I can get hot. I have to keep working. I'm confident that I can go out there and have a big game."
The Giants might be riding a high after their big win over the Cowboys on Sunday night, but Eli Manning sounded like a quarterback Monday who is well aware the offense must get its act together.
Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning are inextricably linked.
Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger are forever linked.
The New York Giants (8-3) took to the field against the Cleveland Browns (0-12) knowing that the division-leading Dallas Cowboys had already won on Thanksgiving. Despite a slow start, the Giants were able to secure a 27-13 win against the Browns and remain in a close battle for the division title.
