I found the article an interesting and entertaining look at post football Eli.
| The retired Pride of the Giants is just like the rest of us — held hostage inside his New Jersey home, practicing social distancing, washing his hands, quarterbacking his wife and four young children with the same strength and leadership he always showed when he quarterbacked the Giants to Super Bowl XLII and XLVI championships. |
Q: Describe what daily life is for you right now with Abby, Ava, Lucy, Caroline and Charlie.
A: Right now it’s really about the kiddos. … Abby is kind of handling the older two kids [Ava and Lucy], and I get the 5-year-old [Caroline] and the 1-year-old [Charlie], so I gotta entertain them. |
Q: You don’t do any cooking, right?
A: I don’t think anybody wants to witness that or go through that, so no. I’ll hop on the grill and grill a steak or grill some chicken, but that’s kind of the end of my expertise. |
Q: When was the last time you threw a football?
A: When was the last game? Whatever the last game was was the last time I’ve thrown a football. |
Classic Eli sense of humor:
Q: Has your diaper game improved?
A Diaper game’s strong, it’s strong. He’s a fighter, he tries to roll around a little bit, but I got a pretty good grasp on him. … When he tries to run away from me or wiggle around, I gotta kind of show him who’s boss. |
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A: Coach Garrett’s been successful and has a good offensive mind. Obviously has ties to the Giants and to New Jersey and this area, and so I think it’ll be a good fit for him. He’s had some very successful offenses over his entire career with Dallas. He’ll do a good job and work hard, and I think probably excited to get back into calling the plays and being involved in implementing that offense and putting his offense in.
Q: Do you think Daniel Jones’ second-year leap could be interrupted?
A: It has the potential to be. A couple of things could make it difficult in the fact that it’s gonna be a new offense that he’s gotta learn, and things get pushed back and you’re not there to be around your teammates. It’s not just him learning it, it’s kind of everybody learning it together. Hopefully they can get back soon and he can grow as a leader of the team.
Again, it's a good article / interview IMHO; click on the link to get Eli's other comments on Brady, Rivers, some of the recent FA acquisitions etc.
There were Giants players with greater football talent than Eli, but his football talent, performance in big games / big moments and his "Face of the Franchise" excellence, make Eli "The Greatest Giant" in my 50+ years following the Giants.
Agreed. I like the nickname The Pride of the Giants for Eli. Hope that sticks
I know many never wanted to see him wear another uniform, I felt that way about Simms. But Eli made it clear he still believes he can play at a high level, and his love for the game is legendary.
The way football is, you don’t know when another team could come calling, and he gets a chance to play again; or maybe it really is that important to him that he only wears the Giants uniform.
In any event he is a great Giant, it s frustrating the back end of his career was less successful than the beginning from a team stand pt.
Same, love him.
Yup, that was a good read. I usually don’t care much for Serby, but that was good work by him getting Eli to open up
Agree, they should both retire too. Rivers is shot. San Diego has no QB and they just let him go. Big Ben coming off a year long injury and he wasn't that good before. Eli may have been able to get a 1 year deal somewhere like Rivers did but decided he didn't want to