Standing in front of his locker on Monday to face the media one final time before putting the 2017 season in his rearview mirror, Eli Manning was asked if this had been the most difficult season of his 14 as quarterback of the New York Giants.
“Yeah, I’d say so, I’d say so. Just dealing with a lot. It’s never fun losing a head coach in the middle of the season, it’s never fun losing games and being out of the playoffs as early as we were,” Manning said. “So, it was tough in a lot of areas, but I think just hopefully just going through those tough times you can be stronger because of it.