Rookies keep rolling . Odell Beckham was traded off. The ranks are joined by brokers like Golden Tate. The offensive line is shuffled and hopefully improved.
As the days and nights fly by for the New York Giants, the 38-year-old Eli Manning has apparently become the constant.
“You take it year by year,” Manning informs nola.com’s Rod Walker in a must-read feature for Eli lovers and critics alike. “I’ve been blessed moving into my 16th year. That has been a boon in itself. I love what I’m doing. I really like the job that goes in to it. You never know if it is going to be your last year or any time it is going to be the end for you, so you attempt to take advantage of those years you are here and enjoy every second.”
Fifteen NFL seasons, four Pro Bowls and two Super Bowls into a career that some believe will conclude in Canton and many others think has outstayed its welcome, Manning explains that he feels young when it comes to playing is in no hurry to hang up his cleats.
The Giants chosen Duke quarterback Daniel Jones from the 2019 NFL Draft. Having drawn plenty of comparisons to Manning, Jones is in place to succeed Manning — perhaps sooner than later. Nonetheless, it is Jones and his 2019 course of rookies, as those before them, that seemingly inspires Manning to remain eternally young under centre but reminds him of his age when games and practices conclude.
“In the locker room, I think their age,” Manning said. “At 8 o’clock at night, ” I do not feel their era. I’m all set to go to bed and they are only getting started rocking and rolling. I can not hang and do everything they can do off the area. But on the area, I feel like I can still run together and they keep me young.”
As has often been the tale told by former players, it’s the camaraderie which Manning knows he’ll miss. Older brother Peyton, one of the biggest the game has ever seen, has awakened that wisdom upon him. Hence, there’s still another reason Manning finds no reason to rate in the wake of the playing days.
“I am not rushing to retirement, and Peyton’s not telling me to rush right into it,” that the Giants QB explained. “I still love being around the guys and the teammates and playing with this game. I will play with it for so long as I think I can hang with these guys”
For your Big Blue loyal that is only concerned with transferring the franchise ahead and return to its winning ways, that is also Manning’s priority and that which drives him over anything else. And of course that his 66 completion percent in 2018 was the best in his profession and also his 4,299 yards were his highest since his last Pro Bowl appearance in 2015.
“It is such a fantastic feeling in that locker room when you win games,” he said. “You want everybody to encounter that. You need those men who haven’t won a championship to get that feeling too. That means so much for your loved ones and everyone that has been part of your soccer career, from your high school coaches into your college coaches. If you win a tournament, everyone wins.”
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