Eli Manning fumbled after getting hit by the Titans’ Kamalei Correa on Sunday. Steven Ryan/Getty Images
Lying near his own 10-yard line, Eli Manning raised his right arm and pounded his fist on the turf.
Seconds earlier, he had clumsily fumbled the football as he toppled forward, an embarrassing pratfall that resulted in another touchdown in the Tennessee Titans’ 17-0 whitewash of the Giants on Sunday.
For 15 N.F.L. seasons, Manning has been famously unflappable in moments of failure and disappointment. But in this instance, perhaps especially in this moment since it so manifestly symbolized another lost season, Manning was slamming his fist in fury.