NFL Twitter won’t have Eli Manning to kick around anymore – but the now-benched quarterback and his pained, perplexed facial expressions have given fans content for countless Sundays to come.
Timelines across the country erupted Tuesday as the Giants announced that the 38-year-old’s run as the team’s signal-caller was over nearly 15 years after taking the helm as a rookie from Kurt Warner in 2004.
The switch to another promising rookie, Daniel Jones, after an 0-2 start gave meme-ready Manning critics and fans alike one last prime opportunity to poke fun at the two-time Super Bowl winner who made a franchise-record 232 starts — 244 including the postseason.