The improbable two-time Super Bowl winner is 36 and at the helm of the NFL’s most anemic offense. With no heir apparent in line, could a trade be the answer?
Eli Manning’s run of good fortune in New York has run out. The quarterback who won his first of two improbable Super Bowl titles thanks in no small part to a helmet catch, is now leading an offense that would need a huge dose of luck just to score 20 points in a game.
New York’s latest prime-time debacle on Monday night at home against the Lions, a game in which all-universe receiver Odell Beckham returned from injury, saw the Giants put up just 10 points – meaning the Giants have just 13 points on the season and have now failed to crack 20 points in eight consecutive games dating back to late November of 2016. A team with Beckham and a two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, a team that acquired Brandon Marshall in the offseason and drafted a tight end in the first round, simply can’t produce any points. Since Week 13 last year, the Giants have the lowest-scoring offense in the entire NFL. Yes, even lower than the football punch line they share a stadium with: the New York Jets, a team all but officially tanking for draft picks.
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