Eli Manning and the 5 Players Most Responsible for the Giants’ Super Bowl Run

January 28, 2012   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

It wasn't that long ago that the 2011 New York Giants were a 7-7 football team in turmoil, with a head coach on the hot seat and looking like they might miss the NFL Playoffs altogether.
Five consecutive victories later the Giants are headed to Indianapolis to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, and the G-Men now stand 60 minutes of football away from hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for the fourth time.
There are 53 players on a football team, and each of those players at one time or another made a contribution that helped the Giants get to where they are today, but here's one man's take on the five players for Big Blue that have had the most to do with their run to Indy.
Eli Manning—Quarterback
It goes without saying that often in the National Football League as goes the quarterback so goes the team, and if you had told most people that the Giants would rank dead last in the National Football League in rushing in 2011, placing a ton of extra pre...

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