Hey, giant fans. Welcome to the Giant Insider podcast. My name is Jerry Foley. I'm the senior editor of the giant

newspaper. And with me as always is the beat writer, the heart of Giants Nation, Big Trust Woo,

Chris Bisignano. That doesn't get old, buddy. That's never really good old. And it keeps hitting me by

surprised every time you do that. Chris, no one wants to hear me talk today. No, no, no, no, no. What was it like today being at the presser? Oh, well, we'll start off. Okay, okay. Yeah. So, yeah, no, listen, it was, the Giants did a great job. It was a special moment for a special guy, man. Yeah. You you know um um what more can you say i mean

eli uh it's just a class human being and he was given a class sendoff by the mara and tish and

you know and a whole giant's organization well deserved for a guy who was the face of the franchise

you know for 16 years yeah um eli manning, listen, you can say he's a Hall of Fame. He's not a Hall of Fame. He was a good quarterback. He wasn't that good. He was great. But one thing you can never dispute is that he is a great human being. Yep. And that's what, you know, in the heat of competition, a lot of people forget that. And, you know, including myself, oh, get this guy out of here. He stank, you know, all that stuff, you know. Yeah, yeah, we vote though. Yeah. But when it comes to real life, you know, he was given a moment today. Well-deserved send-off. He was good. Eli, I was curious to see if he was going to choke up a little bit and lose a little bit. He didn't.

Marrick did a little bit yeah I wanted to talk about that yeah

yeah um a lot of ex-players current players showed up for him um which says a lot you know about much

how much he how beloved he was yeah yeah you know what, you know, about how much how he, how beloved he was.

Yeah, yeah.

You know what?

When you start talking to some ex-per, I had a little conversation with Brandon Jacobs today, you know?

Yeah.

And you see, man, talking to him, you see how much this guy was loved.

Yeah.

You know, it really was.

I should say really is. Still is by these guys, you know. And how much this guy was loved. Yeah. You know, it really was. I should say it really is.

Still is by these guys, you know. And how much of a... You know, Jerry, Eli, and he admitted it today in his presser that he was never a rah-rah guy. Right. You know, never, I'm going to yell and scream that type of leader. Yep. but I tell you, something I learned today that a lot, like Tiki Barber brought out years ago, oh, he's not a leader, you know, he can't even lead, you know, remember that, remember that nonsense years ago? Yeah. But then when you talk to some guys today, David Deals, I talk to plaques, plaques showed up today with the shades looking good. That's awesome. That's awesome. You got to talk to all these guys. Jacobs. Yeah. You know, talking to some guys today, and one of the things they pointed out was, hey, this guy led us in a lock of him. Right. So he wasn't an example of he's going to throw a chair through to you know through a blackboard and I let's get

going you know this and that he led by hey be here when I need you yeah right yeah hey this

blitz pick up this blitz package be aware of this be aware of that right I need you here like

Brandon Jacobs told me Jerry that Eli helped him develop into a man.

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