PHILADELPHIA — One week ago, after Eli Manning led a last-minute drive to beat the 49ers, Giants co-owner John Mara got caught up in the moment.
“That’s why we pay him the $22 million,” Mara said as he walked toward the locker room.
If Manning was worth the $22 million last Sunday night, then he and the rest of the Giants were not worth $22 on Monday night against the Eagles in a dreadful 27-7 loss that dropped Big Blue to 3-3 and into a first place tie with Philadelphia in the miserable NFC East.
Manning, a two-time Super Bowl champion, is supposed to separate the Giants from the rest of the division, where the other starting quarterbacks are Sam Bradford, Kirk Cousins and Matt Cassel.