Jeff Feagles and Eli Manning celebrate after kicker Lawrence Tynes kicks the winning 47-yard field goal in the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers on January 20, 2008 at Lambeau Field. Credit: Getty Images/Jonathan Ferrey
Jeff Feagles was on a golf course in Phoenix when he got a phone call from the Giants. He didn’t know what it could be about, but hearing from them during the offseason – on draft weekend no less – was certainly unsettling. Was he being released? Shipped to another team?
Turned out the Giants had pulled off a huge trade for Eli Manning just a little while after he was selected first overall by the Chargers.