If you're a Giants fan who thought this season couldn't get any more depressing after the 2-9 record and the injury to Odell Beckham Jr., coach Ben McAdoo and general manager Jerry Reese sure managed to surprise you on Tuesday afternoon. After 14 years and 222 total starts under center for the Giants, Eli Manning was publicly benched in about as unceremonious of a fashion as anyone could have imagined.
The decision was almost universally derided for a number of reasons. Eli is a franchise icon. He was dumped via press release by an unpopular front office, who is benching him for Jets castoff Geno Smith.