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An Eli Manning 2012 timeout mirrors his New York Giants career

The 2011 NFC Championship Game was tied at 17 between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. The Giants were at midfield with 43 seconds to go in regulation on second down with eight yards to go. Eli Manning spun to his left, dumped a pass off to Ahmad Bradshaw, and got leveled by Aldon Smith on what would easily be—and should have been—a roughing the passer penalty today.

Bradshaw failed to get out of bounds, so the Giants had to call a timeout, which granted the greatest Manning Face of all time:

His mouthpiece stood pat on his nose.