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| “Everybody’s got to kind of grow with the times, and things have changed,” Manning said, via Justin Tasch of the New York Daily News. “The NFL’s changed, social media, all that’s changed since I’ve been a New York Giant. So you have to understand the different personalities, the different mindsets of people and how to adjust and handle that.” |
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| “Well, luckily we haven’t had any media, so we haven’t been asked about it. So this is the first time,” Manning said. “So no, you can’t make it a distraction. People are gonna ask about him. He’s an interesting guy and they want to know what’s going on.” |
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| And he’s also not worried about the over-arching questions about Beckham’s maturity as he prepares for his first big contract negotiation. “It’s all new to a lot of guys,” Manning said. “I was in the same position years ago and had to go through it, had to mature and realize things and just understand how to handle everything that’s kind of thrown at you. I think (Beckham’s) doing a good job doing that.” |
Eli's great.
as always , 1000% agree
if you've every played, rewatch that game closely. there is only so many times a player can hit/bump/taunt someone every play before eventually you're going to fight back
odell's ultimate response was dangerous/warranted a suspension, but neither of them shouldve ever gotten to that point
I wouldn't really describe it as an "incident". An "incident" is a guy getting involved in a bar fight or getting a dwi. I'd say the boat thing was just bad optics.
Wrong again. Eli has criticized Odell through the media in the past.
Not throwing teammates under the bus has nothing to do with him being classy. It's against his own image that he's put so much work into building/protecting.
He learned from the Shockey/Burress days how publicly saying anything about wanting guys to work out with him/the team that weren't or wanting them to quiet their own images down just blows back on him, making him look like an ineffective leader. He's not on that any attention = good plan others are.
Minorly and he caught blowback from it he wanted no part of. He's not going back there again.
The Mannings aren't dumb. They're more calculated about the facade they put up and protect than probably anyone that has ever been in football.
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there was never anything to see here, imv
I wouldn't really describe it as an "incident". An "incident" is a guy getting involved in a bar fight or getting a dwi. I'd say the boat thing was just bad optics.
That's fine..Your explanation is better. "Incident" was all that came to me at the time..:)
Or perhaps naturally laying low, or having certain morals
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to throw a teammate under the bus, besides being too smart (ala derek jeter) to say what he really thinks.
Wrong again. Eli has criticized Odell through the media in the past.
Criticism isn't "throwing someone under the bus" and Odell opens himself up to "criticism all the time>
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to throw a teammate under the bus, besides being too smart (ala derek jeter) to say what he really thinks.
Not throwing teammates under the bus has nothing to do with him being classy. It's against his own image that he's put so much work into building/protecting.
He learned from the Shockey/Burress days how publicly saying anything about wanting guys to work out with him/the team that weren't or wanting them to quiet their own images down just blows back on him, making him look like an ineffective leader. He's not on that any attention = good plan others are.
So you are saying he's not "classy" and just cultivating his own "image" ala Beckham. I just don't see it that way, I prefer to think that some of these guys have some sort of class and not just acting in their own interests.