Eli Manning
Eli Manning
Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning, is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi. He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and immediately traded to the New York Giants, who in return gave up a package highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 January 1981
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
My thing is to be ready to pitch every five days and give my team a chance to win.
If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.
Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.
You can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well.
I'm upset. You prepare and hope that you go out there in a big game and big situation and play well, and put your team in a situation to win. And today I didn't do that. I didn't play well. I didn't make enough plays. I made too many mistakes for us to win today.
It's not all about getting one guy into the end zone. It's about getting the team into the end zone, putting up points and winning games.
I played at LSU stadium a few times, and things were rowdy and fans were yelling things. In the SEC, the quarterback is going to get harassed in those big stadiums. But I don't know if I've ever played in a place where a team had reason to dislike me.
I've had some good games and bad games. I think I've been putting our team in situations to win most games in the fourth quarter. That's been one of my goals. But I have to improve my play in all aspects for us to have a chance to do well in the playoffs.
We had a chance to do it, but obviously, we didn't. We've got another chance next week, and hopefully, we'll do a better performance.
Every game he just makes so many outstanding plays for us. Not only with his runs, but with his pass receiving. He?s our work horse and we are going to keep feeding him.
My arm feels fine. You still have to be aggressive, but if something's ugly and not there, you can't force it in.
Nobody had many catches. There's no doubt, we gotta get him some catches.
I'm old school. I'm locked into my own little circle. If you cross the line, you're going to get bit. They'll always know where I'm coming from and once we hit the floor, there's no doubt.
Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.