David Carr made a total of 11 appearances, none of them starts, for the New York Giants as Eli Manning’s backup over two stints between 2008 and 2012.
But as the now-retired quarterback and current NFL Network analyst revealed on Twitter on Sunday, there were some previously unknown white-knuckle moments when he nearly made a 12th appearance for Big Blue — in the NFC Championship against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on Jan. 22, 2012.