Eli Manning will suit up for the New York Giants one final time on Sunday. Manning has had an amazing 16-year career with the Giants, winning two Super Bowls.
The former MVP will likely be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day as well.
ESPN’s Ian Conner wrote an awesome piece about the career of Eli Manning and amongst other things, shared one the coolest things about Eli:
“Eli Manning always drank beer on the team bus. It was a Broadway Joe kind of thing to do, and a fact that might run counter to an image Manning spent absolutely no time crafting. But win, lose or draw, Manning would find someone on the road to buy him a six-pack or 12-pack that he would carry to the back of the bus, on ice, and share with some veterans as they discussed the game on the ride to the airport.
Even then, Manning’s consistency stunned his New York Giants teammates. ‘It was unbelievable,’ said Lawrence Tynes, the kicker who won two championships with the quarterback. ‘He had a guy in every f—ing stadium in the league to get him that beer.”
Read the full article below:
Eli Manning drank beer on the Giants bus. He sang Sinatra with Yogi to celebrate a title. Before his final Sunday as a Giant, the story of how “Opie from Mayberry” conquered New York. – via @ESPN App https://t.co/bkhk5yykM5
— Ian O'Connor (@Ian_OConnor) December 26, 2019
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