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  Making of a QB: Mara was 'cool' on Eli

  http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/08/making-of-a-...
  132 days ago in The Blue Screen - NY Daily News · Authority: 88

  Making of a QB: Mara was 'cool' on Eli When Eli Manning was introduced as the Giants’ Quarterback of the Future on Draft Day, 2004, everyone in the Giants’ organization insisted the same thing: The decision to trade for him was unanimous. This wasn’t just Ernie Accorsi’s obsession. Everyone in the building wanted to make the deal. Four years later, while researching my new book - Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback - I learned that wasn’t completely true. In the days before the trade, Wellington Mara - the then 87-year-old patriarch of the Giants - was, as Accorsi described him, “cool” to the idea. It wasn’t that Mara didn’t like or want Eli Manning. It was that he had strong feelings for Kerry Collins, and after watching him lead the Giants to Super Bowl XXXV he didn’t want to just cast Collins aside. Less than a week before the trade, Accorsi was still very worried that Mara might end up vetoing the deal. Some of the details can be found right here, in the first of two excerpts from my book that will be running in the Daily News. The second excerpt will run tomorrow. A little more info on the book can be found here. It’ll officially be released on Tuesday, though Amazon has already started shipping it, and it should be in bookstores everywhere by now. By Ralph Vacchiano on August 28, 2008 11:04 AM |

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    Making of a QB: Mara was 'cool' on Eli

    http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/08/making-of-a-...
    132 days ago in The Blue Screen - NY Daily News · Authority: 7

    Making of a QB: Mara was 'cool' on Eli When Eli Manning was introduced as the Giants’ Quarterback of the Future on Draft Day, 2004, everyone in the Giants’ organization insisted the same thing: The decision to trade for him was unanimous. This wasn’t just Ernie Accorsi’s obsession. Everyone in the building wanted to make the deal. Four years later, while researching my new book - Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback - I learned that wasn’t completely true. In the days before the trade, Wellington Mara - the then 87-year-old patriarch of the Giants - was, as Accorsi described him, “cool” to the idea. It wasn’t that Mara didn’t like or want Eli Manning. It was that he had strong feelings for Kerry Collins, and after watching him lead the Giants to Super Bowl XXXV he didn’t want to just cast Collins aside. Less than a week before the trade, Accorsi was still very worried that Mara might end up vetoing the deal. Some of the details can be found right here, in the first of two excerpts from my book that will be running in the Daily News. The second excerpt will run tomorrow. A little more info on the book can be found here. It’ll officially be released on Tuesday, though Amazon has already started shipping it, and it should be in bookstores everywhere by now. By Ralph Vacchiano on August 28, 2008 11:04 AM |

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      BBI Giants-Jets Game Review

      http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/2008/08/28/bbi-giants-jets...
      132 days ago in Big Blue Interactive » The Latest News, Analysis and Discussion of the New York Football Giants · Authority: 17

      BBI Donation Campaign - Seven Days Left: There are only seven days left in the annual BigBlueInteractive.com (BBI) donation campaign. For details, please see the BBI Donation page. For those who have donated, thank you very much for doing your part in keeping BBI around yet another year! BigBlueInteractive.com Giants-Jets Game Review: Our review of the Giants-Jets preseason game is now available in the Game Previews and Reviews section of the website. Injury Report: WR Plaxico Burress (ankle), LB Antonio Pierce (back), LB Danny Clark (groin), LB Jonathan Goff (back), and PK Lawrence Tynes (knee) are not expected to play tonight again the Patriots. Giants Awarded: At the Giants’ annual kickoff luncheon, the team honored the following players for their performance in the 2007 NFL season: Team MVP: QB Eli Manning Defensive Player of the Year: DE Osi Umenyiora and LB Antonio Pierce Offensive Player of the Year: WR Plaxico Burress and the starting offensive line (LT David Diehl, LG Rich Seubert, OC Shaun O’Hara, RG Chris Snee, RT Kareem McKenzie) Rookie of Year: Entire 2007 draft class (CB Aaron Ross, WR Steve Smith, DT Jay Alford, LB Zak DeOssie, TE Kevin Boss, OT Adam Koets, S Michael Johnson, and HB Ahmad Bradshaw) and rookie free agent TE Michael Matthews Special Teams Player of the Year: LB Chase Blackburn A recap of the annual kickoff luncheon is available at Giants.com. Article on QB Eli Manning: Book by News Writer Looks at How Giants and Eli Climbed to Top of NFL by Ralph Vacchiano of The Daily News (this book is available in the BBI Store) CB Sam Madison Now Has a Website: CB Sam Madison is the latest Giant with his own website (SamMadisonFootball.com). A full list of player websites is made available in the Links section of BBI. Notes: Giants’ starters are only expected to play about 10 snaps tonight against the Patriots. Visit the BBI Store: BBI has an affiliate relationship with Amazon.com and its retailers to sell Giants-related merchandise. If you have not visited our store, check out the jerseys, jackets, sweatshirts, shirts, shoes, hats, DVDs, books, helmets, watches, plaques and framed photos, and much more. In particular, we have recently added new caps to the store. Want to See the Giants in Person? Preseason and Regular Season Tickets Available: Tickets for both preseason and regular season Giants games are available at TicketCity.com.

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        Super Mann: Book looks at how Eli climbed to top of NFL

        http://www.gotcolts.com/2008/08/28/super-mann-book-looks-at-...
        133 days ago in GOT COLTS · Authority: 2

        Eli Manning validates his status as No. 1 pick by winning the Super Bowl. In “Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback”, the Daily News’ Giants beat writer Ralph Vacchiano provides the amazing inside story of … http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football…

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