In the tenth week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers will face the challenge from the New York Giants at home. There is no doubt that this is the 49ers' most powerful opponent this season, and it is also the most topical opponent.
The New York Giants are one of the oldest teams in the NFL. They were founded in 1925. As witnesses, they participated in the rise and fall of football in North America and left a rich and glorious past in the history of their team. ; More importantly, they are a team belonging to "New York", a city that stands at the top of the world, and every move attracts countless eyes.
There is no need to go into details about the city of New York, because this is a history that can never be finished. Just the sports part can be listed in a grand manner: the gratitude of the two teams, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. Grudges have run through the entire history of baseball, and the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets are also important talking heads in the basketball league.
On the football field, New York also has two teams, the New York Giants and the New York Jets.
Both teams have ancient heritage. Since the establishment of the NFL, they have been an indispensable member of the league and played an important role. They also have a glorious past and have won Super Bowl victories.
The New York Giants belong to the NFC East along with the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.
In the entire league, they are one of the oldest, most complex and fiercest divisions in Derby, second only to the NFC North led by the Green Bay Packers, but even in such a fierce division competition, the New York Giants It is still one of the most outstanding teams in the division in the past thirty years.
Before the Super Bowl era, the New York Giants won the league championship four times; after the Super Bowl era, the New York Giants also won the Super Bowl championship three times, and the number of division championships is even more impressive.
After entering the 21st century, the strength of the New York Giants cannot be underestimated. They have entered the playoffs six times and won the Super Bowl in the 2007 season. Compared with the other three rivals in the division, the Giants' record is undoubtedly Far ahead.
Unfortunately, after the consecutive outbreaks in the 2007 and 2008 seasons, in the past two seasons, the New York Giants have entered a painful period of strength change, and their performance has always been ups and downs. In the 2009 season, they had eight wins and eight losses, and in the 2010 season, they had ten wins and six losses. In fact, the record is good, but the record within the division is still at a disadvantage, which leads to the absence of the playoffs.
Despite this, no one can deny that the New York Giants are a force that cannot be ignored in the league, not only because of their accumulated record in the past five or ten years, but also because they have an excellent quarterback, Eli -Manning.
The Manning family is an extremely important traditional football family in the NFL.
It all started with Archie Manning, an outstanding quarterback in the league in the 1970s. He worked hard on the field for fourteen seasons and left his own history. .
On the college field, Archie performed well, killing everyone. He also showed impressive talents in football and baseball, and was favored by scouts, but in the end Archie chose football.
The 1971 draft was hailed as a rare quarterback year. There were at least four quarterbacks worthy of being drafted in the first round, and the competition was extremely fierce. The team that later became the New England Patriots was still the Boston Patriots at that time. With the No. 1 pick in hand, they selected Stanford University quarterback Jim Plunkett, and the team was only five years old at the time. In 2008, the New Orleans Saints selected Archie with the second pick.
Unfortunately, as the new team in the league in the 1970s, the New Orleans Saints had chaotic team building ideas. The team was never able to find a winning formula. Archie almost dragged the entire team forward on his shoulders. , but after all, it is weak and weak. After spending twelve years with the Saints, Archie moved to the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings before choosing to retire.
Archie has always regretted not being able to win the Super Bowl, but he is an important presence in the history of the New Orleans Saints. Not only did he enter the team's Hall of Fame, but the University of Mississippi later retired Archie. No. 18 jersey. As a quarterback, there is no doubt about Archie's ability and talent, but it is a pity that he did not meet the right time.
After getting married, Archie had three sons in total, Cooper-Manning (Cooper-Manning), Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Among them, Cooper and Payton are only two years apart, while Eli is five years younger than Payton.
The three sons all followed their father's footsteps and entered the rugby field. Cooper was a wide receiver, while Payton was the quarterback. Eli, who was five years younger, later followed in the footsteps of his father and second brother and became the quarterback.
Because they are similar in age, Cooper and Payton spent their middle school years together. The Manning combination was a feared combination on the court. Cooper's excellent catching touch and Payton's excellent passing sense made them look good in the middle school field. , the tacit understanding between the brothers reached its peak. In Payton's sophomore year, the two brothers led the team to a record of nine wins and one loss in the season, which attracted much attention.
Cooper and Payton also agreed with each other that they would enter the college season together, continue to kill everyone, and enter the professional league together to gain a foothold.
But his fate was twists and turns. After entering college, Cooper discovered that he would drop the ball unconsciously. After examination at the hospital, it was discovered that he suffered from congenital spinal stenosis, which may lead to paralysis or even life-threatening disease in the future. With no choice, Cooper's football career was over.
After experiencing the darkest period of his life, with Cooper's encouragement, Payton regained his strength and stood on the court. Originally, Payton's jersey number was No. 14, but later, Payton chose his brother's jersey number, No. 18, and continued to move forward with the dreams of the two brothers on his back.
Later, a No. 18 quarterback who went down in history appeared on the NFL field.
As the youngest son of the Manning family, Eli has always been the one who was bullied. He was like a toy to his two older brothers. He stumbled and followed his elder brothers' footsteps when he was a child, and even more so when he grew up. However, under the influence of the rugby environment, Eli gradually showed his passing talent.
During college, Eli achieved numerous outstanding achievements under the spotlight, and at the University of Mississippi, he broke a series of team records held by his father. Payton chose to attend the University of Tennessee, the rival of the University of Mississippi. Stirring countless controversies, the youngest son of the Manning family returned to Archie's alma mater to recreate his father's glory.
In 2003, the second son of the Manning family, Payton, had become a backbone in the league and was elected regular season MVP for the first time in his career. This made Eli's draft prospects highly optimistic.
Payton seems to be a born leader, mature, steady, strategizing, and foresighted, but he always lacks a fierceness at critical moments. Therefore, in regular season games, Payton is always able to easily control the game. Killing everyone, but was unable to make a breakthrough in the playoffs. It was not until the 2006 season that he ushered in the first Super Bowl of his career.
But Eli is different. He seems to be born as a gambler. He is bold, fierce and decisive. His normal state is always ups and downs, but at critical moments, he can always burst out with a powerful force to turn the tide. He inherited the passing touch from his father, and he is also in the same vein as Payton and is trustworthy.
In the 2004 draft, Eli Manning was considered the number one pick. However, it was the San Diego Chargers who held the No. 1 pick that year, and Eli made it clear through his father that he refused to play for the Chargers.
It's a coalition case, and only the Manning family knows why.
Rumor has it that Archie hopes that his youngest son will go to the National League to avoid the American League where Payton is, to avoid too many brother duels during the season, and that the competition for playoff spots will not be too cruel, and the San Diego Chargers are the American League. team.
There are also rumors that it was because of the poor management of the San Diego Chargers that disappointed Eli and Archie who visited the team before the draft, which led to the subsequent rejection.
Another way to say it is that Ryan Leaf, the league's biggest parallel draft pick in the same year as Payton, died in the San Diego Lightning. However, this has nothing to do with Leaf's personal ability, but because the atmosphere and management within the Lightning team were too bad and overwhelmed. Leaf's personal abilities.
But no matter what kind of rumor it is, the Manning family has never responded positively. This is also an unknown and unsolved case.
Later, the San Diego Chargers persisted in selecting Eli Manning in the draft. At that time, amidst boos, Eli took over the jersey with an embarrassed face and accepted reporters' photos. This has become one of the most embarrassing scenes in the history of the league draft.
However, the Chargers made a deal and after selecting Eli, they quickly traded Eli to the New York Giants. The price was that the Giants, who held the fourth overall pick that year, selected Philip Rivers. , the Giants traded Rivers to the Lightning, and also paid for multiple picks the following year, including a first-round pick.
As a result, Eli Manning became the leading quarterback of the New York Giants.
After joining the league, Eli quickly established himself. After a disastrous rookie season, he led the New York Giants to the top of the National League East in his second season and achieved a breakthrough in his fourth season.
In the 2007 season, the New York Giants made it all the way to the Super Bowl. Facing the New England Patriots, who had won all 16 games in the regular season, Eli completed a winning touchdown pass at the last minute, reversing the game and winning the Super Bowl. At the same time, he also gained Super Bowl MVP title.
Perhaps, Eli is not as stable as Payton, but no one can underestimate Eli's ability.
The next week, Lu Ke will face Eli Manning and face the Manning family for the first time in his career.
