You are the Giants. You might want to stick with Eli Manning for one more year but are fully cognizant the sand in the hourglass is ebbing on the career of the two-time Super Bowl MVP franchise quarterback.
You are the Giants and you realize you need to look ahead, into the 2019 NFL draft, and hope you see a youngster brimming with potential to take high in the first round, to groom and eventually take over for Manning. This is deemed preferable to signing a place-holder veteran, dipping into the uncertainty and high-priced world of free agency, if the decision is made to move on from Manning.