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New York Giants QB Eli Manning discusses passionate Philly fans

Philly is known as the city that threw snowballs at Santa Claus. The fanbase has a reputation that proceeds itself. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning knows first-hand how passionate Philly fans are.

“You go there, and that 9-year-old kid is giving you the double finger,” he said to Neil Best of Newsday. “Not a thumbs-up. Not, ‘We’re No. 1.’ And he said something about my mom; I had to Google what it was. It’s just different. It’s a different culture.”

“Now I see him and he’s got his 9-year-old kid with him,” Manning said, smiling.