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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants' owner has some regrets about the way in which quarterback Eli Manning lost his starting job on Tuesday. "Maybe the timing of it could have been a little different. I wish I could've been here when that was all going down," said co-owner John Mara, who was attending owners' meetings in New York when the decision was made on Tuesday. "What I did not expect -- and this was my fault; maybe I was naïve. I did not expect Eli to react by saying to go ahead and start the other guys. "I understand, especially after speaking with him [Wednesday]. I completely understand, but that took me by surprise a bit and maybe I would've handled that a little differently." Continue to Article

November 30, 2017 3:29:pm EST

Eli Manning won’t be under center on Sunday when the putrid 2017 version of the New York Giants travels to California to play the underwhelming 2017 version of the Oakland Raiders. With the 2-9 Giants listing like some huge, rusty tanker toward the end of the regular season, head coach Ben McAdoo will give Geno Smith and Davis Webb the chance to go to work without Odell Beckham Jr. or Brandon Marshall. Manning cried at his locker on Tuesday, in as good a physical metaphor for the Giants’ season as you will find. At least, unlike McAdoo (perhaps), he remains popular with at least one New Yorker. The Associated Press, via The Morning Call, reported that Manning received one write-in vote for New Continue to Article

November 30, 2017 12:41:pm EST

Add Philip Rivers to the list. The Los Angeles Chargers signal caller and soon-to-be owner of the longest acting starting streak among NFL quarterbacks took the New York Giants to task on Wednesday for benching Eli Manning. “I honestly thought it was pathetic, really,” Rivers told reporters at Chargers practice. Continue to Article

November 29, 2017 7:09:pm EST

Philip Rivers will have the NFL's longest active streak of consecutive starts by a quarterback after Eli Manning gets benched by the New York Giants this weekend. ''I honestly thought it was pathetic, really,'' Rivers said Wednesday when asked about the Giants' decision. ''The guy, he's been out there 210 straight games with no telling how many bumps and bruises and injuries for his team,'' Rivers added before practice with the Los Angeles Chargers. Continue to Article

November 29, 2017 6:17:pm EST

Philip Rivers will have the NFL's longest active streak of consecutive starts by a quarterback after Eli Manning gets benched by the New York Giants this weekend. "I honestly thought it was pathetic, really," Rivers said Wednesday when asked about the Giants' decision. "The guy, he's been out there 210 straight games with no telling how many bumps and bruises and injuries for his team," Rivers added before practice with the Los Angeles Chargers. Continue to Article

November 29, 2017 6:16:pm EST