The answer is: never.
Eli Manning has taken every ride imaginable as he enters his 16th season with the Giants, but what comes next is a brand-new attraction that might as well be called “Eli’s last stand.’’
He cannot look frightfully at the possible perils ahead, do a heel-turn and get off the line. He must climb aboard, however unnerving it may be.
The competitor in Manning is always an underrated trait, and tucked beneath that stoic, sometimes blank demeanor resides a state of being heralded as consummate professional when he is winning, and bland and uninspiring when the Giants are losing.