They never stop having his back.
On the field, for sure, and off the field, well, Plaxico Burress can attest to that.
On the day Eli Manning said goodbye to his playing days, retiring from the Giants and the NFL, former Super Bowl teammates traveled from across the country to be there for him, assembling in the team’s field house on Friday as the quarterback bid adieu. Two of Manning’s favorite and most prolific targets, Burress and Hakeem Nicks, were drawn to a farewell unlike any other in franchise history, both feeling the need to be there for their former quarterback and forever friend.