Couple more things on Eli Manning/Giants mess, after speaking to sources this afternoon/evening: 1. The Giants' plan is to give rookie Davis Webb the bulk of the remaining starts at QB this year, possibly beginning with the Week 14 game against the Cowboys. They didn't feel it was fair to throw him right into a road game at Oakland with so few practice reps, but they want to see what he's got. 2. The plan the Giants proposed to Manning, if he wanted to keep his start streak intact, was for him to play the first halves of the remaining games and come out in the second for Smith or Webb. Manning's reaction was, "Aren't we trying to win games? If I start and we're leading at halftime, you're going to pull me?" Felt it would be phony, couldn't support the plan. 3. Manning still wants to play and believes there are several potential landing spots for next year where he could jump in and be the starter. I was told he's "been hit pretty hard by this," so it's too soon to know his plans for sure, but the feeling around the situation is that he wouldn't want his career to end like this.
