This is not Eli Manning’s forte, taking the emotional temperature of his teammates, but he knew desperate times call for desperate actions. The Giants went into Sunday’s game with the Chiefs with a record of 1-8, and there was discussion during the week that Manning and the entire offense had to be more engaged.
“Just that we’ve got to do a better job keeping the energy up,’’ Manning said after a 12-9 upset victory in overtime at MetLife Stadium. “It’s easy to start before the game but before the second half, third quarter, celebrate the stops, get the offense going, communicate a little bit more and just keep the excitement going and take that the whole game.