Eli: "I understand the attraction"
Eli Manning throws a pass against the Carolina Panthers on September 12, 2010 at the New Meadowlands Stadium. Credit: Getty Images
So Eli and Peyton do the commercial featured below for Sunday night's game. And they were each on conference calls with reporters from the opposite cities today. And they've been answering questions about the game and each other since -- in Eli's case -- about 20 minutes after the opener against the Panthers ended.
They say they are enjoying it. Or trying to. But are we making too much of the "Manning Bowl"?
"I think so," Eli said today. "Two quarterbacks are never dueling against each other. It’s not a boxing match. It’s the Giants vs. the Colts. It’s not worth me complaining about it or arguing about it, I understand the attraction to it. I’m going to try to enjoy it for what it is and look forward to the game."
