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Eli, Aaron are passers and pitchmen

ELI MANNING, New York Giants Super Bowl XLII,

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Aaron Rodgers' series of State Farm commercials have made the Packers quarterback perhaps the most visible NFL pitchman of the moment, and have made a fan of his counterpart Sunday, Eli Manning.

"It’s a good concept," Manning said. "They've had some good laughs out of it. He does a good job."

Given his laidback personality, Manning is not the advertising natural his...

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