(The time off) was probably a blessing in disguise. He got his arm rested. He got to step back and watch like he did his first year. So it's not like he was out of it completely. He's on the same page with us. |
[Late in the second quarter, Manning deftly slipped a pass to Shockey over the middle for 20 yards, moving the Giants to the Saints' 12. On the next play, Barber burst 12 yards for a touchdown and a 21-7 lead.] Give him time and he'll do great, ... He gets more confident with every start and he'll get better every game he plays. He's really close to having a great, breakout game. |
a threesome with a mother and her two twins. |
All I can really control is what I do on the field, how I play on Sundays and how I work during the week, ... I can't really control what people think of me. They praise me now, but I guarantee if I start not doing well, they're going to start bashing me. |
Everybody knows in order to have a good offense you have to stretch the field. Now we have Plax, and he'll definitely be helping us in that aspect. |
Give him time and he'll do great. He gets more confident with every start and he'll get better every game he plays. He's really close to having a great, breakout game. |
Having the leader of the team in Eli, him being around, knowing everything, knowing everybody's assignments, it gives everyone a lot more confidence. We all have confidence coming in with Eli, Plax and Tiki, those guys. We can build, not necessarily on what we did in the past, but what we can do now. |
He didn't say much, ... He didn't have to. |
He's a pioneer and the guy that everybody in this game looks up to. |
He's done a great job of never letting the first guy bring him down and protecting the football. He's a guy everybody looks to. |
He's going to be leading us to the playoffs for a lot of years to come. |
He's not going to play in a rougher environment than he played in, and he dealt with it. |
I called him Duke, the Duke of the Meadowlands, |
I didn't get drafted to be a blocking tight end or a fullback to lead up in the linebackers, ... No one works harder than this staff to get their personnel the ball. I know they are going to try and get me the ball this year. |
I don't know how he feels about it, but retrospectively he probably wishes that it hadn't come out either. |