He says he did not see it. Coming from someone else, you would immediately doubt it, but not coming from Eli Manning.
No, he did not see the front page of Tuesday’s Post, which had Manning wearing a blue dunce cap instead of a helmet, looking glum. The headline, after his mental blunders led to a 27-26 season-opening loss to the Cowboys, screamed: “The $84 Million Dope.’’
“I missed it yesterday,’’ Manning said Wednesday afternoon after practice. “I wasn’t looking at much papers yesterday. I kinda figured they might be coming after me.’’
He cracked a slight smile.