If anyone can relate to what Eli Manning must be going through, it’s Kurt Warner. After all, Warner was in almost the identical spot Manning now finds himself in after the Giants took Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick in last month’s draft.
“The biggest challenge is your leash is always short,” Warner said of Manning’s situation. “Are you performing at a certain level every single week?”
Warner speaks from experience. He was the Giants’ starter in 2004, the year Manning was acquired in a blockbuster draft-day trade with the Chargers. With Manning clearly not ready to start right away, Warner, who’d already won a Super Bowl with the Rams, won five of his first seven starts in Tom Coughlin’s first season with the Giants.