[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Agree. I'm sad and nostalgic, but this is a lost season and the Giants need to be looking to the future. Eli is 36 and, QB or not, that is old in the NFL. Not that Geno is going to be the answer, even short-term. I fully expect him to injure himself on Sunday and Manning will play anyway.

That's it. Everyone in the media is acting like Eli has somehow been wronged. It's nostalgia. Sentiment. Eli would be wronged if they denied him his check. Here's something I read a few months ago on the topic of making decisions based on sentiment.....

"Sentiment lets feeling rather than truth dominate the mind; and since sentiment relies on feeling to find its way, it is like a blind person. The sentimental person, in effect, shuts his eyes to the need for logical thought and for weighing matters to determine what will actually be in the best interests of the other person or bring the best results for all concerned. Genuine love, by contrast, takes a long-range view of matters and does not let emotion grab the reins and go off on uncertain paths. It makes sure that any emotion or feeling that arises is used to give force in the right direction, which the mind has already selected."

Eli was given more than he could ask for when he was offered the chance to start to keep his streak alive. The Giants brass did what was best for the team in the long run.