Eli is mann of the hour

Ultimately,, it won't be Tom Coughlin turning into a player's coach that will save his job. It will be Eli Manning playing the way a franchise quarterback is supposed to play. Coughlin convinced ownership during their postseason summit that he was the right man to get Manning to take the next step, and look at the Giants now - 4-2, winners of four in a row, one game behind the Cowboys, on a fast track to 6-2 at the bye.

Notice was served last night that the Giants, 31-10 winners over the Falcons, do not always have to beat you with their Munch Bunch pass rush (four more sacks) feasting on quarterbacks. The Giants do not always have to beat you with Thunder & Enlightening, their Baby Bull tandem of Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward . . . and don't forget Reuben Droughns. They can beat you now with Eli Manning, too. Continue