Eli Manning has heard the line Giants head coach Pat Shurmur used several times, calling him the fittest 37-year-old he’s ever seen.
“I guess he hasn’t been around too many 37-year-olds maybe,” Manning said of the somewhat backhanded praise, the aging quarterback’s equivalent of “runs well for a catcher.” He’s chosen to take it as a positive.
“I feel good,” Manning continued. “I’m moving around well. I’m always working on my flexibility and my conditioning and offseason lifting and everything, so I haven’t relaxed on that in any sense. I know I need that to kind of keep up with those other guys, but I feel good in that sense and I have to keep it that way.