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Giants Practice-Session Passer Who Can’t Throw Makes for a Can’t-Miss Show

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Everyone knows Eli Manning is the Giants’ star attraction at quarterback.

How many know that Ed Skiba, a 5-foot-5, 140-pound assistant equipment manager who has never played quarterback at any level, is the Giants’ second most famous passer?

Videos of Skiba throwing footballs have accumulated millions of views on the Internet. Similar snippets of his passing have become a Twitter phenomenon. Before Giants games, fans in the stands cram the rows next to where Skiba is tossing a football. No one wants to miss the result of a single flick of his wrist.