“Back to throw, under pressure, avoids the rush and he’s gonna…fight out of it…still fights out of it, now throws it deep downfield, wide open Tyree who, makes the catch, at the 23-yard line. What a play by Manning.”
Giants play-by-play radio announcer Bob Papa howled these infamous lines the night of Feb. 3, 2008; the night of the Giants’ Super Bowl 42 victory; the night Eli Manning took that massive leap in what was just the fourth year of his career.
It changed Eli’s reputation — he was no longer just Peyton’s younger brother.