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Eli Manning deserves the benefit of the doubt

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Bob Glauber

Bob Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets Show More

This was as angry as you will ever see Eli Manning.

No loss, no interception, no missed read could ever come close to the indignation in his voice, in his eyes, in his soul.

No, this time was different from any other for the normally laid-back Giants quarterback who carries the nickname “Easy.”

Manning has been accused of having a role in a conspiracy to sell fake game-used equipment and memorabilia, and until Thursday afternoon he had been silent about the allegations and the resultant criticism from many quarters.