12:10 p.m. – Eli and the quarterbacks line up at the top of the carpeted walkway that slopes down to field level. Eli tells team photographer Evan Pinkus that his fly is down. He falls for it. Three weeks earlier, Pinkus had become the butt of his jokes when it was, in fact, down. Eli makes his way to the concourse and runs on the field for pregame warmups.
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He was always pure class and about the team. A rare professional.