Eli Manning will officially retire on Friday, bringing a 16-year Giants career to a close. The longtime franchise quarterback has had plenty of defining moments over his career. Here are the best.
How does a last-minute Super Bowl 42-winning touchdown pass to Plaxico Buress to ruin perfection for the Patriots get overshadowed? When one of the NFL’s all-time great plays precedes it. Manning somehow escaped a collapsing pocket and two tugs on his jersey to roll right and complete a 32-yard pass that David Tyree pinned to his helmet.
Recently voted as the top New York sports moment of the decade by The Post, Manning’s perfectly placed 38-yard strike to Mario Manningham along the sideline with less than four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter jump-started the game-winning 88-yard touchdown drive in Super Bowl XLVI against the Patriots.