Giants QB Manning will play against Saints in hometown

The New Orleans Saints’ Superdome is a familiar place to the New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, although this Sunday will be the first time he plays a game in the building. As the youngest son of Saints legend Archie Manning, Eli went to the Superdome almost every weekend the Saints were home. His returning to the Superdome just makes Sunday’s game even more attractive.




Eli appeared to be fine after playing less than a half in the Giants’ blowout win over the Oakland Raiders. But to be cautious, Coach Tom Coughlin only allowed the quarterback to take a limited number of snaps in Wednesday practice and said Manning will do a little more work in Thursday’s practice and step it up again on Friday.

It is expected that Eli’s family, including his father Archie, will be present to watch the matchup between two of the NFL’s five remaining unbeaten teams: 5-0 Giants V.S. 4-0 Saints. A good question is: will Archie wear Saints jersey to support his old team or Giants jersey to support his son's team?

Giants QB Manning will play against Saints in hometown

The New Orleans Saints’ Superdome is a familiar place to the New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, although this Sunday will be the first time he plays a game in the building. As the youngest son of Saints legend Archie Manning, Eli went to the Superdome almost every weekend the Saints were home. His returning to the Superdome just makes Sunday’s game even more attractive.




Eli appeared to be fine after playing less than a half in the Giants’ blowout win over the Oakland Raiders. But to be cautious, Coach Tom Coughlin only allowed the quarterback to take a limited number of snaps in Wednesday practice and said Manning will do a little more work in Thursday’s practice and step it up again on Friday.

It is expected that Eli’s family, including his father Archie, will be present to watch the matchup between two of the NFL’s five remaining unbeaten teams: 5-0 Giants V.S. 4-0 Saints. A good question is: will Archie wear Saints jersey to support his old team or Giants jersey to support his son's team?

Giants QB Manning did not guarantee he will play this weekend

Although the New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is expected to start his 83rd consecutive games this Sunday, Manning himself did not want to guarantee that he will play against the Oakland Raiders, saying that he would choose to stay out if he could not help the team.

“If I feel like I can go out and play at a high level and help the team and do everything I can do, and they don’t have to limit the game plan or say you can’t do this or that, I’ll go out there and play,” Manning said. “I’m not going to do anything that will put myself in harm for making this worse down the road.”




Manning was held out of practice Wednesday so he can get treatment on his plantar fascia, a band of connective tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot and inserts into the heel. The quarterback admitted that he had never had pain like he felt in the fourth quarter last Sunday, although the heel has bothered him occasionally the last few weeks.

Even the team’s medical staff cannot tell whether Manning could be able to play this weekend. So the team may have to adjust game plan. And Manning had the most basic treatment Wednesday and planned to have some practice this week.