1 Eli Manning
2 Payton Manning
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About Eli:
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- Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft choice by the San Diego Chargers in 2004. Obtained by the Giants in a trade for quarterback Philip Rivers (whom the Giants had taken with the 4th pick), the Giants’ 2004 3rd-round pick and 2005 1st and 5th-round picks.
GIANTS NOTES:
- Followed his father, Archie, and brother, Peyton, into the NFL…Archie was the 2nd pick of the 1971 draft and played 14 years with New Orleans, Houston and Minnesota. Peyton was the 1st choice of the 1998 draft, is a 2-time NFL Most Valuable Player and was the winning quarterback in Super Bowl XLI.
- Manning was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLII after completing 19 of 34 passes for 255 yards, two touchdowns and an interception that caromed off Steve Smith’s hands. It was the 22nd time in Super Bowl history a quarterback was named MVP and the 2nd year in a row a Manning won the award.
- Manning was the 27th different starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl and the second Manning. His brother, Peyton, led the Indianapolis Colts to the title in 2006. The Mannings are the 18th set of brothers to play in the Super Bowl and the 1st pair of brothers to play quarterback.
- Manning joined Phil Simms in Super Bowl XXI and Ottis Anderson in Super Bowl XXV as Giants who have won the Super Bowl MVP award.
- Manning was the 7th quarterback taken with the first overall selection in the NFL Draft to start a Super Bowl. The others are Terry Bradshaw (4-0 in Super Bowls), Jim Plunkett (2-0), John Elway (2-3), Troy Aikman (3-0), Drew Bledsoe (0-1) and Peyton Manning (1-0). The former No. 1 choices are 13-4 in Super Bowls.
- Manning was the 4th starting quarterback for the Giants in their 4 Super Bowls. The others were Phil Simms, Jeff Hostetler and Kerry Collins. The Giants are the 1st team to start a different quarterback in each of their first 4 Super Bowls. Only 2 other teams have started 4 different quarterbacks in a Super Bowl, though not in the franchise’s first 4 games. The Raiders started Daryle Lamonica, Ken Stabler, Jim Plunkett and Rich Gannon. Washington’s 4 Super Bowl quarterbacks were Billy Kilmer, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien.
- Manning is the first quarterback to wear No. 10 and win a Super Bowl. The only other starting quarterback to wear No. 10 in a Super Bowl was Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton in Super Bowls VIII, IX and XI.
- Manning’s arrival marked the 1st time the Giants came out of a draft with the top player selected since 1965, when they chose Auburn running back Tucker Fredrickson.
- Record as a starting quarterback is 30-25 in the regular season and 4-2 in the postseason.
- Manning has started the Giants’ last 55 regular season games, the 3rd-longest streak among active quarterbacks entering the 2008 season. Peyton Manning is 1st with 160 consecutive starts, followed by Tom Brady with 110. Brett Favre retired after the 2007 season with 253 consecutive starts.
- Manning’s 55 starts in a row give him the 2nd-longest consecutive starting streak among Giants quarterbacks since 1980. Kerry Collins started 67 straight games from 1999-2003. The team record of 69 in a row was set by Tarkenton from 1967-71.
- From 2005-07, Manning threw 29 touchdown passes to Plaxico Burress, the most by NFL quarterback-wide receiver tandem during that time. Burress has caught Manning’s 7 longest career scoring passes and 9 of the top 10.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 57 regular season games with starts in his last 55 appearances and has started all 6 postseason games in which he’s played. In the regular season, Manning has completed 987 of 1805 pass attempts (54.7 percent) for 11,385 yards with 77 touchdowns, 64 interceptions, a long pass of 78 yards and a career quarterback rating of 73.4. He is 5th in franchise history in attempts, completions and yards and 6th in touchdowns…Twenty five of his 77 touchdown passes (32.5 percent) were in the 4th quarter or overtime.
- His 164 career postseason passes, 98 completions and 1,131 yards leave him 2nd on the franchise’s playoff lists in all 3 categories. He trails Simms, who threw 279 passes and had 157 completions and 1,679 yards. Manning’s 8 postseason touchdown passes leave him 3rd, behind Simms (10) and Collins (9). Of his 98 playoff completions, Amani Toomer has caught 24 for 311 yards. Burress has caught 23 for 310 yards.
- In 2007, Manning started all 16 regular season games and 4 postseason games…Led the Giants to their 3rd consecutive postseason berth. They are 1 of just 4 teams to make the playoffs in each of the previous 3 seasons. The others are Indianapolis, New England and Seattle…Completed 297 of 529 passes for 3,336 yards, 23 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. The 3,336 passing yards were the 2nd-highest total of his career, and the 23 touchdown passes were one less than he threw in each of the previous 2 seasons. He is the 2nd Giants quarterback in history with 3 consecutive seasons with more than 3,000 yards and 20 touchdown passes. Phil Simms did in from 1984-86.
- In the 4 postseason games, Manning completed 72 of 119 passes (60.5 percent) for 854 yards, 6 touchdowns and 1 interception.
- Made his 40th consecutive start in the season opener at Dallas (9/9) and tied a career high – and set a new personal best in a road game - by throwing 4 touchdown passes while completing 28 of 41 throws for 312 yards. Three of the scoring passes went to Plaxico Burress, the other to Derrick Ward. Manning also threw 4 touchdown passes against St. Louis on Oct. 2, 2005….Threw for more than 300 yards for the 5th time in his career and for the 1st time since he had a career-high 371 yards at Philadelphia on Sept. 17, 2006…Manning’s 60-yard touchdown pass to Burress in the 1st quarter was the 3rd-longest of his career. He threw a 78-yarder to Burress at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2005 and a 61-yarder to Burress vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 20, 2005…Left the game in the 4th quarter with a bruised shoulder…Despite the injury, Manning started the next week vs. Green Bay.
- Led the Giants to their 1st victory of the season at Washington (9/23), where he completed 21 of 36 passes, including the game-winning 33-yarder to Burress in the 4th quarter.
- Completed 27 of 39 passes for 303 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in a Monday night victory at Atlanta (10/15)…It was his 2nd 300-yard game of the season and the 6th of his career – all 6 have been on the road. The Giants are 3-3 in games in which Manning throws for at least 300 yards.
- Tied his season high with 28 completions at Detroit (11/18)…Tied his career high by throwing 53 passes vs. Washington (12/16).
- Manning threw a career high-tying 4 touchdown passes vs. New England (12/29). Two of the scores went to Plaxico Burress and 1 each to Brandon Jacobs and Kevin Boss. Manning also passed for 4 touchdowns on Oct. 2, 2005 vs. St. Louis and Sept. 9, 2007 at Dallas…Completed 22 of 32 passes for 251 yards and 1 interception for a passer rating of 118.6. It was his highest rating of the season; his previous high was 113.1 at Dallas.
- Opened postseason play by completing 20 of 27 passes for 185 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions in NFC Wild Card Game victory at Tampa Bay (1/6)…Became the 5th Giants QB to win a postseason game in the Giants Stadium era (since 1976), joining Simms, Jeff Hostetler, Collins and Scott Brunner.
- Completed 12 of 18 passes for 163 yards and 2 touchdowns to Toomer in NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Dallas (1/13). Did not throw an interception…Manning’s rating of 132.4 was the highest of his career…His 52-yard touchdown pass to Toomer was his longest postseason completion. The previous long was a 29-yarder to Plaxico Burress at Philadelphia on Jan. 7, 2007…Successfully engineered a two-minute drive to the second quarter by completing 4 pass for 56 yards on a 7-play 71-yard drive in just 46 seconds that resulted a 4-yard touchdown pass to Toomer to tie the game at 14-14 at halftime.
