It's here that the Giants should sit on Eli Manning, now that the playoff dream is wiped out

Eli Manning hates losing the most.

The veteran quarterback of the Giants does not like answering questions about his job security, as he recently admitted.

"Victories are important," Manning said after defeating the 49ers. "Winning means a lot, especially after this season and what we had to go through as a team, what I had to live … It does not bother me what people say, but I just have to answer questions about it, I guess. "

But these questions will surely resurface this week as the Giants' dream in the playoffs – winning eight straight wins to steal the title at the NFC's East Division – all officially ended after just two straight wins in a 25-22 loss. Sunday against the Eagles in Lincoln. Financial field.

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Manning launched an inexcusable interception that probably cost the Giants three points – coach Pat Shurmur tried to take the blame – but played better than most of the previous seven defeats. He finished 26 of the 37 out of a total of 297 yards with a touchdown.

The calls to the Manning Judges bench will not be based on his performance of the last three weeks, when he showed that he could still be a successful quarterback when everything was going well around him.

But in the current NFL where offensive lines are suspicious and the injuries of frequent playmakers, the quarterbacks must all too often shine in the midst of chaos. It's there that Manning is lagging behind since winning the Super Bowl MVP in February 2012.

So, when the Giants should go to the spectators' bench, Manning, who has played eleven assists in eleven games, to evaluate rookie quarterback Kyle Lauletta? Lauletta has been inactive behind Manning and backing Alex Tanney in every game up to now.

Three weeks ago, Shurmur told Manning that he was starting against the 49ers, "with the idea that he will make us run here and that there will be Meme it no decision to make.

In other words, part of the conversation (with Manning) was: "We trust you, we want to work with you and we are confident that you will participate and help us win football matches. . "

The Giants are facing this sad reality: they have three games out of the East of the NFC and there are still five, and because of a 0-4 division record, they can not win a break tie against Cowboys and Redskins or Eagles (maybe both).

The right time to put on the Manning test – presumably the prelude to his farewell to the franchise in the off season – is the 14th week against the Redskins for the following reasons:

• The Giants will be officially eliminated from here: Forget the place for the Wild Card playoffs. This is NFC East or bust. As stated above, the giants have no room for error. A loss to the Bears in Week 13, combined with a win for the Redskins (vs. Eagles) or Cowboys (vs. Saints), will drop the four-game Giants with four to play. Magic number of zero because they lose the equalities.
• This gives the crowd a chance to show Manning his appreciation: The Giants warned fan knows the end is near and we saw how much there was when they booed DeSean Jackson last week. After booing the Giants' offensive in sterile defeats at weeks 6 and 8, fans were lucky enough to give Manning the love of his vintage performance during week 11. Even though everything is going badly against the Bears, week 13 offers a well-rounded opportunity to say thank you for the memories, as the Giants have more than two home games to play (15th week against Titans and 17th week against Cowboys).
• Week 14 is on the road: What better way for the Giants to facilitate their next quarterback than to pass the torch in the spotlight of the media and fans of New York? The start of Geno Smith with Manning on the bench in 2017 was 3000 miles in Oakland. No accidents.
• The bears and the titans are too good: The match between the Redskins (the defense ranked 27th) and the Bears (No. 9) led by Khalil Mack and the Titans (No. 7) in the 15th week is key. A rookie like Lauletta against one of those playoff contenders, that is too much.
  
• Four games are enough to evaluate: Even though the Giants take a quick look at Tanney before heading to Lauletta – as they did with Geno Smith while Davis Webb was waiting for last season – 25 percent of the season is enough to determine if Lauletta deserves a first participation to replace Manning or if a free agent or draft 2019 is the way forward. Or if Manning has to come back, maybe with a pay cut and as a mentor.

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