Eli Manning of the Giants throws a pass during the third quarter against the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Archie Manning wasn’t sure his youngest son even wanted to play football.
“He was kind of quiet, and we dragged him to all these high school games,” the elder Manning said of Eli, whose older brothers Cooper and Peyton couldn’t get enough of football growing up in New Orleans. “I wasn’t sure [Eli] liked it, so it was kind of surprising.”
The former Saints star quarterback looked on with a mix of pride and excitement on Sunday as Eli played what might have been his final game in a Giants uniform.