When Eli Manning walked off the field at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 31, he had no reason to believe he’d ever be back. The team finished 3-13, he’d had his streak of consecutive starts halted a few weeks earlier, and the winds of organizational change were gusting like Meadowlands winds often do.
But on Sunday, Manning will be back on that same field in a Giants uniform, in a stadium where only he has ever been the starting quarterback for the Giants.
“I’m just excited about this opportunity to be here and start the season,” Manning said, reticent to relive the coulda-beens of the offseason.