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Victor Cruz, Mario Manningham: We were 'spoiled' with Eli

RobCrossRiver56 : 9/25/2021 7:02 am
Nice little article on how the 3 apprechiated playing with Eli.
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That throw  
joeinpa : 9/25/2021 7:13 am : link
To Manningham in 11 against the Patriots was one of the greatest throws ever in a championship game.

Eli s Giants s didn’t win enough playoff games over his career. But for the two seasons they did, Eli was as good as it gets in those wins to the Super Bowl.
Nice article  
X : 9/25/2021 8:16 am : link
We all knew Eli was a cerebral quarterback. Having a Friday night meeting with the receivers won them a ring.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a trio of receivers like that and a QB like Eli!!
Eli had the best deep ball touch I've ever seen  
sb from NYT Forum : 9/25/2021 9:58 am : link
I'd put him right up against the all time greats on that
This Eli Manning  
rocco8112 : 9/25/2021 10:15 am : link
was a pretty good player.
Cool article  
Lines of Scrimmage : 9/25/2021 11:01 am : link
That trio was outstanding in the playoffs. Amazing that all three of them were injured and pretty much done in two years time.

I also get made knowing that if they could have fielded a competent OL ELI would have gotten another couple cracks in the post-season.
this led me  
santacruzom : 9/25/2021 12:45 pm : link
to rewatch the long touchdown catch and run Nicks made against the Falcons, which then led me to rewatch the 30+ yard run by Jacobs, which... man, I miss the Giants being good and fun to watch.
RE: That throw  
SirLoinOfBeef : 9/25/2021 1:21 pm : link
In comment 15381884 joeinpa said:
Quote:
To Manningham in 11 against the Patriots was one of the greatest throws ever in a championship game.

Eli s Giants s didn’t win enough playoff games over his career. But for the two seasons they did, Eli was as good as it gets in those wins to the Super Bowl.


And against the GOATs! He beat the best twice. That's what makes him a HOF in my book.
RE: That throw  
short lease : 9/25/2021 5:10 pm : link
In comment 15381884 joeinpa said:
Quote:
To Manningham in 11 against the Patriots was one of the greatest throws ever in a championship game.

Eli s Giants s didn’t win enough playoff games over his career. But for the two seasons they did, Eli was as good as it gets in those wins to the Super Bowl.


+1

I think THINK .... it was after the superbowl where New England played against Seattle? The Seattle receiver (Baldwin?) made an acrobatic catch on the sideline that was pretty amazing.

NE ended up winning the game because of the bonehead play calling by Seattle at the 4 yard line they went with a pass play instead of handing off to the most powerful runner in the game at the time.


Anyway after the game Bill Belichick was asked about the pass and reception it went something like this -

reporter: "Were you surprised or impressed by the pass to Baldwin?"

BB: "No we seen that a couple of times in the past"


And I swear he had a smirk on his face - while answering. He did not mention names but I firmly believe to this day he was talking about the David Tyree "Helmet catch" and the Manningham sideline catch. Both spectacular catches that allowed for the victory.


Does anyone else remember that exchange after the NE/Seattle superbowl?
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