Eli Manning was just a month past his 31st birthday when he threw the most gorgeous pass of his NFL career, a 38-yard strike into a teeny, tiny window to a double-covered Mario Manningham with 3:46 left in Super Bowl, XLVI, setting up the Giants’ 21-17 2011 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.
Feel-good moments are always worth re-visiting. So, here it is:
You simply cannot throw a football more perfectly than that. Nor, to credit Manningham, can you do a better job catching one.