He knew he was on borrowed time but never believed his expiration date would come after only two weeks. That is what chafed Eli Manning most of all.
He felt his team bailed on him too soon, that the coaching staff was too eager to get rookie Daniel Jones on the field. The benching back in Week 3 this season greatly disappointed Manning. He knew he needed to win to keep Jones on the sideline but did not imagine two losses was all it would take to turn him into the NFL’s most expensive backup quarterback.
Fast-forward as the Giants mercifully near the end of one of the most historically bad seasons in franchise history.