[Enterprise]

Whatever happens, please don't tell Odell Beckham Jr., he'll start crying again.

[Enterprise]

Ping

[tflabo]

They need to bench their GM Jerry Reese instead. His draft picks have been busts and sub-par. Eli’s not the greatest QB but put some talent around him why dont they.

[Doogle]

......they want the #1 draft pick

[jjotto]

A likely Hall of Famer is benched for going 2-9, but Colin Kaepernick is supposed to have a starting job forever after going 1-10 in 2016!

[sparklite2]

Tom Coughlin would love to have Manning in Jacksonville. It looks like all the Jaguars need to have their strongest team ever is an elite quarterback.

[ilgipper]

Far from an Eli fan, but loved his big bro. I feel for Eli right now. He’s put everything into that team and city, and you can see from former teammates and fan outrage that he has been wronged. This was handled about as poorly as possible.

[Alberta's Child]

By giving Smith and Webb a chance, that gives the new regime, whomever it may be, some data to decide whether or not those players can be part of the rebuilding effort, or at least a bridge to another franchise quarterback.

This is complete B.S. -- for two reasons:

1. Geno Smith has the worst rating of any QB in the NFL since he's joined the league. He's not part of any team's future as a starter.

2. How the hell do you evaluate a young quarterback like Webb by playing him in games behind a shoddy offensive line, with no running game, and with most of the team's top receivers out for the season with injuries?

Here's what is really happening ...

The Giants have already made up their minds that they're going to cut or trade Manning after the season. As a result, the absolute worst thing they can do is expose him to injury in the remaining games of the season. If that happens, he has no trade value and the team has to pay him $25 million next year.

It's really that simple. This was actually a good business move, but the team handled it terribly. There's an open insurrection among fans, and even retired Giants over the last 20+ years have been all over the team for the way they handled this situation. This franchise is starting to look and act like the Cleveland Browns, for heaven's sake.

[marktwain]

Isn’t this NFL? Do people still care?

[Rummyfan]

He’s benched because the Giants are 2 - 9. What can it hurt to try something different.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

[Gay State Conservative]

It's the old “what have you done for us *lately*?” deal.

[Will88]

Don’t keep up with the Giants too closely, but it seems they’ve done nothing but go down hill every year since they fired Tom Coughlin. Certainly no improvement can be detected.

[Phillyred]

The Giants were embarrased they had a white guy still playing on their team. Whites need not apply to the Giants.