As the clock winds down on a 28-14 loss, Eli heaves the ball downfield hoping for a miracle, like he so often does. The pass is intercepted. This pains Archie, who long ago stopped trying to convince his son to take fewer risks at the end of games that are already out of hand. When Archie was playing, he always worried that one more pick would land him on the bench. But he learned early in his youngest son’s career that Eli has never cared about stats, or optics, or potentialities. That’s just Eli.
so rare these days. glad to see it was thought out and published a few weeks after the benching instead of a typo filled "hot take" 10 min after the news broke.
that was a nice read. There are parts there that explain Eli and at the same time explain why it was time for a change. The fact that Eli is so constant, so even keeled I guess, is part of what I saw wrong with the overall team as of late. Things and occurrences became common place, became just another day and that feeling overall can become negative without even knowing it.
Eli is Eli and he is a GREAT Giant but it was time to move on. I actually think the article really shows (speaks) to something I feel I have seen from sideline shots and just between play looks and that is a very relaxed Eli. Relieved really and who can blame him for feeling that way. 2004 was a long time ago. Hell, it was 4 kids ago for me. Christ, I was just closing in on turning 35 back then.
Eli will always be a great Giant and may be a hall of famer but all that matters is he was the Giants QB for two SB's and MVP in both games!
At the end of every baseball game I played when I was younger you had a dog after the game. Kerry Collins was eating pizza at his locker after the SF debacle.
that was a nice read. There are parts there that explain Eli and at the same time explain why it was time for a change. The fact that Eli is so constant, so even keeled I guess, is part of what I saw wrong with the overall team as of late. Things and occurrences became common place, became just another day and that feeling overall can become negative without even knowing it.
Eli is Eli and he is a GREAT Giant but it was time to move on. I actually think the article really shows (speaks) to something I feel I have seen from sideline shots and just between play looks and that is a very relaxed Eli. Relieved really and who can blame him for feeling that way. 2004 was a long time ago. Hell, it was 4 kids ago for me. Christ, I was just closing in on turning 35 back then.
Eli will always be a great Giant and may be a hall of famer but all that matters is he was the Giants QB for two SB's and MVP in both games!
Thinking the same thing. Pressure is off...not that he didn't like pressure (you have to if you're a NFL QB). But it wasn't entirely his fault, and the blame too.
At the end of every baseball game I played when I was younger you had a dog after the game. Kerry Collins was eating pizza at his locker after the SF debacle.
Doesn't seem unusual to me.
If I remember correctly, alcohol is not allowed in the locker room in the NFL.
Three-year-old Eli once fell down the 18 steps into his family’s foyer—it’s lost to history whether he was tripped or pushed—and his brothers seriously worried that he was dead. Instead, Cooper says, he popped up and wandered to the kitchen in search of a turkey sandwich. “The durability of the guy, both psychologically and physically,” says Cooper, “has been nothing short of a miracle.”
Days after a loss to the Bears, the two passers were sitting in the Giants’ darkened quarterbacks room, watching film, when suddenly the tape cut out. Hasselbeck figured the projector had froze, but when he turned around he saw Manning staring at him through the darkness. “All these people are saying I’m a bust,” Eli said.
just imagine being in that room and he randomly says that in the dark lol
We've been fortunate to have him around for 16 seasons, great, inexplicable playoff runs, and two SBs. I am a little disappointed, though, about ketchup on the hot dog.
Eli's demeanor and character as well as the success and failures he has experienced are what make him my favorite professional athlete. Just a good man.
Well now I need to re-evaluate everything I ever thought of him.
The whole purpose of that line in the story was to put in a plug for Bud Light. It was probably part of the quid pro quo. Very subtle but it had to be intentional (otherwise they would've just said "two beers").
Reading that he prefers ketchup to mustard on his hot dogs... Â
Thank you for posting it. Eli is a fascinating icon in that none of this icon stuff touches him. Not even a little bit. And how he makes sure it stays that way; how football is rarely talked about in his personal life. We watch these players like Mayfield, Odell, Cam, etc, willingly get swallowed up by fame. Eli keeps it away as much as possible.
This quote is amazing because it’s always the impression I got watching him “There’s an argument to be made, teammates say, that Eli is the last truly masculine player in the league, the old stoic cowboy archetype.”
The part about Eli falling asleep on the airplane that got evacuated also had me laughing out loud. Special player and person.
Truly one of a kind. The start of the Daniel Jones era is very bittersweet.
The reality that it is the end of the road for Eli is tough, even if you've known that to be true for some time now.
He always had a way about him and will forever go down as not only one of the greatest Giants to ever play the game, but one of the greatest men to ever step on the football field, period.
From a football standpoint, it was time. Maybe even overdue. But, Eli wasn't just any old QB. For a lot of fans, I guess they're able to take emotion and loyalty entirely out of the equation - and in most cases, that's probably the smart approach. The Giants, I'm sure could have been a little smarter about how they handled it. But, ushering out a legend and a man of Eli's stature is no easy task.
Part of me is kind of just relieved that we've moved forward, though. It was hard to see so much of our own fan base turn(ing) on him for reasons that weren't really his fault.
I'll always be miffed by the way the latter portion of his career was handled, but I'll be forever grateful for SB42 and SB46 and all the years Eli gave us.
We were really lucky and fortunate to have had him all these years.
Toyota? He really has to drive one of those for the sponsor? He never seemed like the type to ride around in Ferrari’s but I wonder if has one stashed away somewhere.
Another odd thing is that I think I recall more random Tom Brady page six photos and captions in the post than Eli . Kinda weird
mentioned is that the article is on the Sports Illustrated website which proves that, despite the massive layoffs last week and the questionable future of the magazine, some excellent journalists remain. This. of course, may be an aberration but we shall see.
"Eli has never wanted to be known or understood. He’s never worried about how he’s viewed. When people tell him to start a Twitter account, he truly doesn’t understand why anyone would care what he has to say. Even as the star quarterback in the league’s biggest media market, friends say he has clung to being a normal guy with a normal life. Privacy has always been a chief concern, and he often laments to those close to him that the camera phone is the worst invention the world has ever seen."
Why I absolutely despise the disrespect Eli gets by more than a few members here. He deserves better than that.
Let the haters hate. Eli doesn't care and neither should you!
That's a nice article. Eli Manning doesn't read BBI. When people criticize him on BBI it's not disrespectful, because he's not reading and will never, ever see it.
The creations of these worlds where words on BBI take on these real world implications is super weird.
Hell, it was probably overdue. But it is bittersweet because he's been a true Giant in every sense of the word. Selfishly, I really hope he does retire a Giant because seeing him is another uniform...ugh, I don't want to picture it.
Eli is Eli and he is a GREAT Giant but it was time to move on. I actually think the article really shows (speaks) to something I feel I have seen from sideline shots and just between play looks and that is a very relaxed Eli. Relieved really and who can blame him for feeling that way. 2004 was a long time ago. Hell, it was 4 kids ago for me. Christ, I was just closing in on turning 35 back then.
Eli will always be a great Giant and may be a hall of famer but all that matters is he was the Giants QB for two SB's and MVP in both games!
that part was weird, she puts two open beers in her purse?
not to take away from the overall piece, just seemed odd
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a stadium hotdog and throws 2 beers in her purse for Eli for the ride home?
that part was weird, she puts two open beers in her purse?
not to take away from the overall piece, just seemed odd
the article say she puts them in a bag to bring to him.
Nothing about her purse, them being open, or for him to have on the ride home.
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a stadium hotdog and throws 2 beers in her purse for Eli for the ride home?
that part was weird, she puts two open beers in her purse?
not to take away from the overall piece, just seemed odd
when you're in a suite the beer is in cans and closed, its not like buying them from the concession stand.
Now that Eli is the backup maybe she can grab him 4 beers
At the end of every baseball game I played when I was younger you had a dog after the game. Kerry Collins was eating pizza at his locker after the SF debacle.
Doesn't seem unusual to me.
Eli is Eli and he is a GREAT Giant but it was time to move on. I actually think the article really shows (speaks) to something I feel I have seen from sideline shots and just between play looks and that is a very relaxed Eli. Relieved really and who can blame him for feeling that way. 2004 was a long time ago. Hell, it was 4 kids ago for me. Christ, I was just closing in on turning 35 back then.
Eli will always be a great Giant and may be a hall of famer but all that matters is he was the Giants QB for two SB's and MVP in both games!
Thinking the same thing. Pressure is off...not that he didn't like pressure (you have to if you're a NFL QB). But it wasn't entirely his fault, and the blame too.
At the end of every baseball game I played when I was younger you had a dog after the game. Kerry Collins was eating pizza at his locker after the SF debacle.
Doesn't seem unusual to me.
If I remember correctly, alcohol is not allowed in the locker room in the NFL.
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a stadium hotdog and throws 2 beers in her purse for Eli for the ride home?
that part was weird, she puts two open beers in her purse?
not to take away from the overall piece, just seemed odd
when you're in a suite the beer is in cans and closed, its not like buying them from the concession stand.
Now that Eli is the backup maybe she can grab him 4 beers
that explains it, thanks!
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a stadium hotdog and throws 2 beers in her purse for Eli for the ride home?
that part was weird, she puts two open beers in her purse?
not to take away from the overall piece, just seemed odd
the article say she puts them in a bag to bring to him.
Nothing about her purse, them being open, or for him to have on the ride home.
2 beers on ride home? Eli afterwardslol:
just imagine being in that room and he randomly says that in the dark lol
He's given two of the greatest days of my life. I couldn't be more grateful.
In all seriousness a good read.
Amen.
Let the haters hate. Eli doesn't care and neither should you!
This quote is amazing because it’s always the impression I got watching him “There’s an argument to be made, teammates say, that Eli is the last truly masculine player in the league, the old stoic cowboy archetype.”
The part about Eli falling asleep on the airplane that got evacuated also had me laughing out loud. Special player and person.
Agree with you completely.
Thanks, Eli.
For everything.
The reality that it is the end of the road for Eli is tough, even if you've known that to be true for some time now.
He always had a way about him and will forever go down as not only one of the greatest Giants to ever play the game, but one of the greatest men to ever step on the football field, period.
From a football standpoint, it was time. Maybe even overdue. But, Eli wasn't just any old QB. For a lot of fans, I guess they're able to take emotion and loyalty entirely out of the equation - and in most cases, that's probably the smart approach. The Giants, I'm sure could have been a little smarter about how they handled it. But, ushering out a legend and a man of Eli's stature is no easy task.
Part of me is kind of just relieved that we've moved forward, though. It was hard to see so much of our own fan base turn(ing) on him for reasons that weren't really his fault.
I'll always be miffed by the way the latter portion of his career was handled, but I'll be forever grateful for SB42 and SB46 and all the years Eli gave us.
We were really lucky and fortunate to have had him all these years.
Another odd thing is that I think I recall more random Tom Brady page six photos and captions in the post than Eli . Kinda weird
Thanks, Eli.
For everything.
Yep, my quarterback too
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Why I absolutely despise the disrespect Eli gets by more than a few members here. He deserves better than that.
Let the haters hate. Eli doesn't care and neither should you!
That's a nice article. Eli Manning doesn't read BBI. When people criticize him on BBI it's not disrespectful, because he's not reading and will never, ever see it.
The creations of these worlds where words on BBI take on these real world implications is super weird.