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Speaking to USA Today at a charity event Monday
in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Manning was specifically reacting to quotes
from Shaun O'Hara, the Giants' center from 2004-2010.
"They've wasted the last few years of Eli's career, they've
wasted his prime," O'Hara told NJ.com over the weekend.
Not so fast, Manning said Monday at a golf tournament for
Guiding Eyes of the Blind, which the quarterback has supported
for 12 years.
"That's not the way I look at it," Manning said. "And I think I
still have some peak years left, so we can make it right."
In 2017, Manning threw for 3,468 yards, his lowest total since
2008. He threw 19 touchdown passes last season, and only twice
has he had fewer than that: in 2013, when he had 18 in 16 games,
and in his rookie season of 2004, when he played in nine games
and had six touchdown passes.
The Giants finished the 2017 season at 3-13, the NFL's
second-worst record.
But Manning says he sees better times ahead. The Giants hired
Pat Shurmur as their new head coach in the offseason, and
Manning says he likes what he's seen of Shurmur's scheme so far.
"I feel good with the offense," he said. "I really do. It makes
sense. I can visualize it right when the coach starts calling
it. I don't want to say [the offensive philosophy is] simple,
but it all has a little common sense to it. So I'm enjoying it,
I'm learning from it."
--Field Level Media
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