The Eli Manning situation isn’t an easy one for the New York Giants to handle. Manning was going to end up moving out of his starting role at some point, with his play not being what it once was, but it’s always going to rub some people the wrong way to bench a franchise legend in an abrupt way like the Giants did. The team supported Manning through the offseason and reasserted a number of times that Manning was the starter, rather than the rookie Daniel Jones.
Until Manning wasn’t. The announcement that Manning would be benched after only two games, neither of which featured a full set of healthy receivers for Manning to work with, came as practically a surprise after the Giants picked up their second loss of the season last Sunday.