Dave Gettleman knows what he thinks about Eli Manning.
How can he not? He’s seen him play for the past five months, from the first training camp practices to last weekend’s regular-season finale. So what’s the holdup? Why won’t he say and act on his instinct?
He wants to be sure.
He was there watching just about every snap the quarterback took this season, and observing him in practices too. That’s a far cry from the kind of exposure Gettleman had to Manning a year ago at this time when he was new to the job of general manager of the Giants and charged with making a decision about Manning’s future.