Monday, December 3, 2007
In 7 Minutes the Eli Manning Era Could Have Ended
An ending to what could have been the biggest trade blunder in the history
of the New York Giants nearly cam crashing down on Sunday as the Giants
trailed the Bears 16 - 7 with less than 7 minutes to go.

Giants QB Eli Manning has struggled for the better of the last 6 quarters he
has played. His timing has been off and his decisions have been atrocious at
best. Fast forward to Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears and you would
have hoped young Eli would work himself out of the slump he was in.



For the first 3 and half quarters Eli Manning looked more like the remnants
of Dave Brown, an offense that could not score, while the defense doing
everything they could to keep the team in the game.

Throwing two bad interceptions, including one in the red zone, and fumbling
the ball away when no one even hit him, Eli Manning's QB career, the Giants
playoff lives and Tom Coughlin's future all laid in the balance of mistakes
that were now magnified. As Joe Buck said during the broadcast, with each
passing second and the Giants staring down defeat, the NY Media and the fans
were licking their chops to scream at Giants ownership, that it might be
time for a change.

Now in most cities, (even had they lost the game, would still be the #5 seed
in the playoffs), the media frenzy, would not be this great. However, this
is New York, where a guy can hit 50 home runs and the fans can't get him out
of town fast enough.

With all of that in the balance. And all of the pressure beating down on his
shoulders, Eli simply drove down the field, over 70 yards two times to score
two touchdowns and now all of that bad play and all of those "oh no, here we
go again emotions" are swept under the rug, at least for one more week.

In the final 7 minutes of the game, it was the Eli Manning that we all saw
against Denver a few years back, and the Eli that we had all hoped the
Giants mortgaged their future for. And it is the complete package of Eli
Manning that frustrates Giants fans everywhere, because you just don't know
which one will show up.

In week 1 against Dallas, he looked like a big time QB ready to step up this
year. Then last week against Minnesota he looked like one of the worse QBs
in history. No one can quite understand why he does his Jekyl and Hyde
routine on a week to week basis, but we can all agree, we need to see more
of what we saw in the final 7 minutes against the Bears.

One thing is for sure, the kid rose up in a big time situation, with a lot
of people's jobs on the line. How did he respond? All he did was drive twice
down the length of the field, and win the game.

By: Michael C. Podlesny




About the Author:

Michael C. Podlesny is the co-host of the Big Blue Review, a weekly podcast
featuring the latest news on The New York Giants. The podcast can be
downloaded from Michael's blog at http://bigbluereviewpodcast.blogspot.com/.


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