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John Mara wants Eli Manning back

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John Mara wants Eli Manning to return in 2018, but a new general manager and coach will have a say in that decision, the Giants co-owner told reporters Wednesday.

The Giants will start the formal process of replacing fired GM Jerry Reese next week, Mara said at the NFL owners meeting in Irving, Texas.

“Yes,” Mara said when asked if he wants Manning back, according to Newsday. “But that’s a discussion that we’ll have. … We still think he can play, but we obviously have to get better around him.”

Mara, Reese and deposed coach Ben McAdoo concocted a plan for Manning to continue his franchise-record streak of consecutive starts, but he would give way to backup Geno Smith at some point during the game Dec.