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ALBANY, N.Y. -- I asked Eli Manning about it Wednesday morning at Giants training camp, and thought I saw the slightest wince cross his face.
Who can blame him? Looking back at his game from hell in Week 14 last December, the numbers are almost too painful, too galling for anybody named Manning to comprehend: 4-of-18 for 27 yards, two interceptions, and the most un-Manningesque statistic of all, a mind-boggling 0.0 quarterback rating and a fourth-quarting benching.
But to his credit, the Giants' second-year quarterback occasionally reflects on that lost day in Baltimore, if only to remember just how humbling the NFL can be and how easily things can go terribly awry.
"I hope that's as low as it gets,'' said Manning of New York's 37-14 loss to the Ravens. "It's something I never want to go through again. Let's just say it was a long train ride home, but maybe I needed that time.''
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/don_banks/08/04/eli.manning/index.html
Who can blame him? Looking back at his game from hell in Week 14 last December, the numbers are almost too painful, too galling for anybody named Manning to comprehend: 4-of-18 for 27 yards, two interceptions, and the most un-Manningesque statistic of all, a mind-boggling 0.0 quarterback rating and a fourth-quarting benching.
But to his credit, the Giants' second-year quarterback occasionally reflects on that lost day in Baltimore, if only to remember just how humbling the NFL can be and how easily things can go terribly awry.
"I hope that's as low as it gets,'' said Manning of New York's 37-14 loss to the Ravens. "It's something I never want to go through again. Let's just say it was a long train ride home, but maybe I needed that time.''
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/don_banks/08/04/eli.manning/index.html