Eli Manning plays like an old QB who has exceeded his best

Saquon Barkley tried to save Eli Manning from himself, trying to save the Giants' season.

One night when Barkley showed you all the electrifying moves and again proving that GM Dave Gettleman was right to pick his second overall pick, Manning simultaneously proved that Gettleman was wrong to switch to Sam Darnold, Josh Allen or Josh Rosen.

Barkley (13-130-1 TD rushing, receiving 9-99) is a bright beacon and hope for the future. But the property and management are betting on Manning for the moment, and will have lost it until they find their next quarter of franchise.

Because it was a night asking the Giants to find the next Eli Manning as soon as possible.

But too late for this bad season.

Stick a fork in the 1-5 Giants, 34-13 shameful losers to the Eagles.

Because Manning, again helpless under a heavy strain, was made to look like a fighter, Ali in the end without the rope, seemed to prefer cutting him with Lil Wayne rather than being smothered and dominated by the Eagles' defense and the target of gangsters who have not won a playoff victory since the Super Bowl XLVI. It was sad to watch.

Manning, who asked if he was caught off guard by the hooligans, said, "It's not a subject I'm caught in. Hey, we need to play better football, I understand that."

Barkley's legs were as breathtaking as Manning's arm was deflating. A true Deflategate of the New York Giants.

Odell Beckham Jr. was deflated and so dehydrated that he left the field in the tunnel that led to the locker room with two seconds left in the half and a meaningless pass for Manning.

It's a devalued man of $ 95 million.

It was already Eagles 24 and Giants 6 when Manning completed a 39-yard bomb at Cody Latimer. It was as if a squirrel had found an acorn.

Because until that moment, the Giants offensive was a 46-meter explosive run around Barkley's stretch and a 55-yard Barkley catch-and-run where he abruptly cut left, threw a pair of attacks, avoiding two others came back to his right, accompanied by the kind of roar of MetLife once reserved for Manning. Barkley added a 50-yard run chart in the third quarter.

"We have to use all our weapons," Manning said.

More than one. Forget the shots deep on Beckham, smothered.

"They had a very good game plan, they did it very well," said Beckham.

Manning tried two deep passes, one under double cover stress. A wing and a prayer.

"I'm not worried about Eli," said Pat Shurmur. "As I said, none of us have done anything good enough to win tonight."

Manning's second run of the night was a cross-stalking intercept from Scott Simonson's center that allowed Carson Wentz to score 7-0. "I thought I had the chance to make him understand," Manning said. He was second and second and Manning, who struggled to function outside of scheduled hours, never looked to the right apartment, where Barkley was open and had enough space to operate.

"Carson Wentz is doing a good job outside the scheduled hours," Shurmur said.

Manning threw Beckham 12 yards on points 3 and 15 of his 4 after a Michael Bennett striptease against Nate Solder.

"We took some shots on the ground, when we had opportunities, we did not get along enough," said Manning.

An illegal lock on the back of Sterling Shepard set up a second and 19, and thugs first hinted to Manning when he opened the scoring to Latimer for 4 yards, followed by a 7-yard pass for Barkley the third and third. 16 Boooooooo again.

"My level of self-confidence is good," Manning said.

Tiki Barber, Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw, proud giants of history, burst out about Barkley, a 75-kilogram man with the movements of a little man.

Jacobs: "Saquon could beat every record held by a giant in decline. But the five [offensive linemen] before him, he must be given the opportunity to be great. "

Coming out of the locker room, I asked Barkley why this offense could not go as planned.

"It's a great question," said Barkley. "If it was easy to answer that question, we would be on the right track. I do not think, I know we have talent, I know we have coaching staff. I just do not know when it will click, but I firmly believe that it will click and it will happen. "

One day, Manning will be a guy in a gold jacket before Barkley arrives in Canton. But that night, the Giants' fans went to the parking lot, depressed by the fact that their dear quarterback looked more like an old man in a jacket, mistreated all night and beaten to the bottom.