The last time the Giants made concessions to their future at the expense of their present, Eli Manning was the beneficiary. He was named the starting quarterback as a rookie in 2004 on a team that was still vying for a playoff spot.
Now he’s on the other end of the equation, the centerpiece of the win-now plan that has been abandoned seven weeks into the 2018 season and without a definite place in the team’s long-term plans.
So how does a 37-year-old quarterback with a short shelf life to his NFL career handle being with an organization that is gazing down the road to a nearly complete rebuild of its roster?