Eli Manning to graduating class - embrace the awkward

gets old.

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Eli has displayed his maturity and leadership more so than so many in the league or in the real world. Loved that we had him as our quarterback, but hate that we squandered much of the latter part of his career.

And we used to have some terrible threads arguing about whether he was a leader or not, mainly because he wasn't a rah rah guy...man, those were the days.

I sent it to my son who graduates college this year. I'm sure that will be better than his actual graduation!

others are born that way, Eli is definitely in the the latter group.

to have someone with such great character to root for, for 16 years.

“I’m not the smartest person you’ve ever met, not by a longshot,’’ he said. “School was hard for me all my life, from elementary through college. But I showed up and I was present. That doesn’t take skill. It takes commitment.’’

'Because life, like this graduation, rarely goes as planned.’

That's a great quote.

a video link to the ceremony?

but I see why it was really hard for Mara to move on, and I get it. I accept it even. I also understand why it was important to try and find another Eli and hopefully we have that in Jones (i'm pretty certain we do on a character level already).

Guys like Eli just don't really exist. For as great as Tom Bray is, for example, I just don't get the sincerity and top notch character vibe that I will always have from Eli. Some of that is me being a Giants fan, but there's also some truth in it I think. He's even better at it than his brother, IMO.

Right here...

2020 Commencement Speech

Add in that Mara was Wellington's last pick & I get Mara's sentimentality about Eli. He probably viewed Eli like a son.

In comment 14907987 UConn4523 said:

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but I see why it was really hard for Mara to move on, and I get it. I accept it even. I also understand why it was important to try and find another Eli and hopefully we have that in Jones (i'm pretty certain we do on a character level already). Guys like Eli just don't really exist. For as great as Tom Bray is, for example, I just don't get the sincerity and top notch character vibe that I will always have from Eli. Some of that is me being a Giants fan, but there's also some truth in it I think. He's even better at it than his brother, IMO.

Yeah I brought this up a few times during the Eli debates.

on top of Eli being a generally great person that I’m sure John has great affection for, he has also made him a shit ton of money.

anyone like Eli in blue again. It makes you stop and think how fortunate were were.

On the field I don't think I have ever seen a more explosive Giants offense than under his command. Off the field, he always carried himself with a quiet dignity, respect, and class, that made you want to emulate.

The haters are always going to hate. His detractors will cite all kinds of statistical tropes. Nonetheless, Eli was the man and there will never be another like him.

Always loved #10 always will!

that argued that Eli Manning wasn't clutch.

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JPA @jpafootball · May 18 Most Game Winning Drives Since the 1970 NFL Merger : 1 : #Saints Drew Brees (50) 2 : #Buccaneers Tom Brady (45) 3 : #Steelers Ben Roethlisberger (42) 4 : #Falcons Matt Ryan (38) 5 : #Giants Eli Manning (37)

but only Eli can take that and turn it into a positive. Gotta love those quotes about being a backup.

it was meant to be for active players and Eli is no longer active.

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GTFO with that garbage. He practically won us a Super Bowl in '11 with clutch 4th quarter QBs.

Eli will forever be my favorite Giant. I hope DJ lights it up for 15 plus years & wins Super Bowls too, but Eli was my QB.

doesn't include Eli's 5 GW playoff drives including 2 of those in the Super Bowl.

include games that he drove for a go ahead or tie in the last 5 minutes to see the defense blow it also.

In comment 14908052 Fred in Atlanta said:

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include games that he drove for a go ahead or tie in the last 5 minutes to see the defense blow it also.

👍🏿👍

where Eli mentioned he'd be interested in working with the Giants in some capacity after he gets some time off?

Keeping my fingers crossed NYG finds a way to keep him around the facility somehow, whether it's coaching or media or who knows what.

His days of slinging it might be over, but nothing would make me happier to see him come back to the organization somehow. My all time fave.

...but I know what MVP is."

Eli Forrest Manningump

I think his worst games came in the mundane, the Giants are favored, this should be a standard win, kind of games. His performance in every playoff game he was in was no less than above average and at the most he won games with his clutchness.

I love him because of his faults, his greatness, his humbleness, his drive to win but not rule the world, his self awareness and understanding of the bigger picture.....

is an idiot and clearly not a Giants fan because as fans we know there was a long stretch of years where we new if it was the 4th quarter and we were down a score, it was more likely than not that Eli would rally the teams for a win. It was that kind of confidence that you can't explain to someone who isn't a Giants fan or explain with statistics easily.

a show or documentary about the Manning family and Archie said that he's never met anyone as comfortable in his own skin as Eli.

In comment 14907982 UConn4523 said:

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“I’m not the smartest person you’ve ever met, not by a longshot,’’ he said. “School was hard for me all my life, from elementary through college. But I showed up and I was present. That doesn’t take skill. It takes commitment.’’

Hating school and not being smart are two different things. Dude scored like a 40 on his wonderlic. The point about showing up and being committed every day stands.

The speech is just so Eli, Manning face and all. Definitely worth the listen.

Eli clearly does.

In comment 14908107 Reb8thVA said:

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is an idiot and clearly not a Giants fan because as fans we know there was a long stretch of years where we new if it was the 4th quarter and we were down a score, it was more likely than not that Eli would rally the teams for a win. It was that kind of confidence that you can't explain to someone who isn't a Giants fan or explain with statistics easily.

Up until and even including the last two years, every time the Giants got the ball back, down a score with about 2-4 minutes I still expected Eli to drive the field.

No, Eli was clutch. About as clutch a QB as you could hope for.

In comment 14907988 DieHard said:

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Right here... 2020 Commencement Speech

Actually pretty good speech.

because of the way he played in the most difficult games (like the SF playoff game).