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How Eli Manning Won Over NYC

How the younger Manning turned his vices into virtues with one improbable drive

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(Newser) – It took a while for New Yorkers to warm to Eli Manning and his quiet intensity, Kevin Conley writes in a profile of the Giants quarterback in Men’s Vogue, but he turned the town around with one miraculous drive—and a Super Bowl win. Manning, who lives in Hoboken, is press shy, but among his team, he’s known as a prankster.

At practice, Manning sometimes parks in way that forces some of his more hulking teammates to climb into their cars via the passenger side. And that sense of humor is making its way into his public persona. He recently joked that the Giants linemen are taking credit for the Super Bowl-winning play, saying it never would have happened “if they didn’t miss their blocks.”

NFL quarterback Eli Manning attends the Whitney Art Party and auction at Skylight on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in New York.
NFL quarterback Eli Manning attends the Whitney Art Party and auction at Skylight on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning signs autographs for fans at the New York Giants football training camp in Albany, N.Y., Friday, July 25, 2008.
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning signs autographs for fans at the New York Giants football training camp in Albany, N.Y., Friday, July 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tim Roske)
Archie Manning, center, is flanked by his NFL football quarterback sons Peyton, left, of the Indianapolis Colts, and Eli, of the New York Giants.
Archie Manning, center, is flanked by his NFL football quarterback sons Peyton, left, of the Indianapolis Colts, and Eli, of the New York Giants.   (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
In this Feb. 3, 2008 file photo, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, center, holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
In this Feb. 3, 2008 file photo, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, center, holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)
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Giants fans, who are typically loud, intense, profane, excitable, even rabid, loved to complain about Eli Manning, who is none of those things. - Kevin Conley

There's a ton of ego on any sports team. So when the guy who should have the biggest has zero, you start thinking 'What the heck am I doing strutting around?Let's forget about all that and go do this.' - David Morris, Eli's best friend

I watch sports shows. But when the talk gets around to our games, lot of times I'll walk out of the room, because it doesn't interest me. It's just the way New York is.
- Eli on the NY media

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