Thursday night’s game left many wondering if this is the beginning of the end for Eli Manning. However, the two-time Super Bowl winner is not about to lose his job. 
“No. We believe in Eli,” coach Pat Shurmur said when asked if there will be a quarterback change (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com).
Last year, coach Ben McAdoo benched Eli Manning and was swiftly rewarded with a pink slip. The Giants want to give Manning an opportunity to turn things around, but team brass may also be afraid of fan backlash.
This time around, there may be less resistance to giving Eli the hook. After going 3-13 last year, the Giants are off to a 1-5 start and are on target for another top five pick. There will always be Manning supporters in New York, but billboards on the New Jersey Turnpike may be less effective this time around.
From a cap perspective, the Giants would have an easy time moving on from Manning this offseason if they want to. Manning’s contract runs through the end of the 2019 season, but the Giants can cut him this offseason with just $6.2MM in dead money versus a cap savings of $17MM.
Unfortunately for the Giants, they don’t have any glamorous options under center if they decide to bench Manning. Currently, journeyman Alex Tanney is No. 2 on the team’s QB depth chart with fourth-round rookie Kyle Lauletta as the third-string signal caller. When asked if a change could be coming at QB2, Shurmur sidestepped the question (Twitter link via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY).
Time for a change. An aging,immobile QB and a very weak offensive line is a bad combination.
Chucky gave up an MVP for draft picks so maybe he would swap Carr (one of McKenzie’s projects) for a veteran ring holder. Wouldn’t cost the Giants anything to ask.
God I hope Gruden is not that stupid, but at this point both QB’s are horrible and are afraid to throw the ball.
Purely based on karma, I hope the Giants trade him to the Chargers.
The other option that would complete the circle of life theme would be the Saints where father Archie got it all started for his boys.
Do Giants fans even still like Manning at this point?
It could be pretty embarrassing if they build him a statue and even the pigeons stay away.
To answer your great (no sarcasm) question, I was a PSL/ST Holder for the Giants for many years. Call me fair weather or whatever but along with coming into a change in life circumstances I just could not continue to give up 12+ hours every Sunday for a team that went out there and looked like they weren’t even trying. New coach, cleaned house, and it looks the same exact way. Now after years of supporting Eli Manning through thick and thin, bad times and good, I’ve given up. The fan base has too. I (and many Giants fans) cannot cheer for him any longer. We are aging on talents such as OBJ/Shepard/Barkley (eventhough a rookie we know shelf life) and want to at least be back in contention soon. We’ve seen the OL undergo significant changes and still it’s the same saga that we cannot move the ball, and Eli’s performances have gone closer under the microscope since Flowers departed. Eli was booed off the field multiple times last night. That wasn’t the offense being booed, it was Eli. We thought Macadoo was nuts last year benching him – no respect, etc, but now we’ve come to realize we need a quarterback with mobility or quick decision making with accuracy. Eli is neither of these things, and his ending in New York is just sad. The fans have turned their backs on him, including myself. It just comes down to “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”.
Ok keep losing
Ok this is going to get flamed a lot, but why not give kaep a shot. Will get butts in the seats atleast. Let be honest the QBs on the roster are not future starters. Also probably puts a dent in the lawsuit. Worst case swiss cheese line get kaep out of nfl a little faster 🙂
Just for media purposes can you imagine ODB and Kaep going at it. i would just grab popcorn and enjoy the show.
kaep is garbage as a QB a 1 year wonder and I’m saying truly as football stand point.
I’m a Eli fan he brought us 2 rings and a Hall of Fame career. I truly cant blame him for the mess of the last couple years . People are fast to point fingers but true Giant fans will always respect Manning …
We will always respect him, yes, but this cannot go on any longer.
I agree just want him to go out respectively
only reason why giants holding on to Eli is he won them 2 SB. shit for brains giants organisation
It’s unfortunate. And he was actually pretty good last year after they put him back in at Qb. I remember against Philly and Washington in December he was decent. I would have liked to have seen Davis Webb. Too bad they cut him.