Describe Eli Manning's career in 3 words
Summer has now officially begun, so you know what that means: Scrounging for NFL content.
CBS Sports recently posed a question on Twitter about describing Eli Manning's career in three words or less...and there were some priceless responses.
Here is a taste of some of the best ones:
Photos from the career of two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning
When D.J. Davidson speaks, people listen
In the NFL, it takes one to know one. That's why Herm Edwards, who has been around football for six decades, knows the Giants got it in rookie defensive tackle D.J. Davidson.
"Players know who the good players are," the Arizona State head coach said on the "Giants Huddle" podcast about his former Sun Devil. "That's one thing about the game of football. It doesn't take very long to figure out who the guys are, and he was one of those guys for us last year."
The 6-foot-5, 325-pound Davidson blossomed as a fifth-year graduate in 2021 and recorded 31 run stops, second to Cincinnati's Curtis Brooks among FBS interior linemen. It also put Davidson on the radar of the Giants, who selected him in the fifth round as part of their 11-man draft class.
"He has a lot of natural talent," Edwards said in his scouting report. "He's light on his feet, understands blocking, can fight through double teams, good getting off the ball, uses his hands very well to shed to run down the line of scrimmage to make plays. He really made himself a complete player."
'Toughness' sets rookie TE Daniel Bellinger apart
The Giants are set to have several position battles take place when training camp kicks off next month, and one of the most intriguing ones appears to be at tight end. Not one of the six tight ends currently on the roster finished last season with the team. This has opened the door for an open competition, with each player bringing something different to the table.
One player who helped himself this spring with a strong overall performance is rookie Daniel Bellinger, who comes from a run-heavy offense at San Diego State.
"Obviously, we wanted to control the game by running the football, and he was a big part of that," SDSU head coach Brady Hoke said on the "Giants Huddle" podcast. "A big part from a leverage standpoint, and just himself, putting himself in great body positions where he could control the line of scrimmage."