Read: McNabb Will Play Sunday, Manning May Not
...posted by Jon Schneider...
“If I gave you a dollar, you can keep most of the change….because all we really want is a quarterback.”
Like the cheerleaders of the movie “The Replacements” (a personal all-time favorite), the Philadelphia Eagles fans have been singing along the same lines of wanting their beloved “super 5″ back in action.
Well it seems they got their wish. Coach Andy Reid announced today that Donovan will be back in action come this Sunday.
No official word has come out on Brian Westbrook however all signs are pointing towards him being healthy enough to go as well.
And where there’s good news for the enemy, some bad news always seems to come to the opposite, in this case it’s us.
QB Eli Manning was held out of practice again today and is receiving treatment for the plantar fascia in his heel. He said that if he feels he could play at a high enough level that he will play, but as of now is still undecided.
“If I feel like I can go out and play at a high level and help the team and do everything I can do, and they don’t have to limit the game plan or say you can’t do this or that, I’ll go out there and play,” Manning said. “I’m not going to do anything that will put myself in harm for making this worse down the road.”
QB David Carr will start in his place if he can’t go.
Luckily, the Gmen got the Raiders this weekend. Therefore, even if Manning does not play, I do not forecast the Giants missing him too too much…but you never know.
“……heart ……. You’ve gotta have heart”
If Eli Manning is healthy enought to play, he will start right? The Giants wouldn’t have him be the backup QB, presumably. If Manning’s status is as up in the air as we all think it is than the Giants have to make a roster move to insure themselves in case he can not play. David Carr is the only other QB on the roster. Who would be the backup if Carr started? Jeff Feagles? (Probably) As far as I’m concerned, Manning cannot be a gametime decision until the Giants add another QB to the roster.
I don’t understand why we can’t just start Carr and have Eli be the backup? This is presuming Eli is healthy enough to start but if he is why not just have Eli “waiting in the wings” so to speak if things go badly against the Raiders. We can start Carr and see what he can do and if we are winning and taking care of business like we should then we leave Carr in. If we fall behind or Carr is just doing that awful then we put Eli in. I guess this gets a little sticky if the game is close(Giants up 3-7 points) do you leave Carr in? Do you put Eli in hoping to extend the lead? Brian makes a good point that if Eli is not healthy enough we have to add a QB to the roster because we do not have a backup.