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Of course the parting line was perfect, because Eli Manning prepared for this his whole football life.
On the day when he bid a farewell far more fond than bittersweet, the face of the Giants — make that the former face of the Giants — stared straight ahead, fought off the emotions churning inside him and delivered, as he delivered so many times for his team and his teammates.
“For most of my life, people have called me ‘Easy,’ ’’ Manning said Friday. “Believe me, there is nothing easy about today.
“Wellington Mara always said, ‘Once a Giant, always a Giant.