On Nov 28, 2017, Eli Manning’s streak was snapped.
The former Giants quarterback was benched after 210 consecutive starts for Geno Smith.
The Giants were 2-9 at the time, and then-head coach Ben McAdoo chose to evaluate other QBs for the remaining five games of the season.
But the decision was difficult for Manning, who reflected on the day during an appearance on the “Glue Guys Podcast.”
“It was tough,” he said. “You see the end coming—and you don’t know if it’s the end of your career. Is that your last game ever? It’s a lot of tears. It hurts. It hurts a lot. Because of what you’ve put into it, what the game means to you, what your teammates mean to you.”
Eli Manning spent his entire 16-year NFL career with the Giants and won two Super Bowls with New York. Now, he’s reportedly interested in acquiring a stake of the team.
An NFL rule passed last August that allows private equity firms to buy up to a 10% stake in franchises. Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch intend to maintain operation control of the team but their minority sale is expected to set an NFL franchise valuation record.
According to a report from Bloomberg, Manning is putting together an investment group to bid for a piece of the Giants.
In January, Manning said that pursuing partial ownership was “definitely something of interest.”
“There’s probably only one team I’d be interested in pursuing and it’s the one I played for for 16 years,” Manning said in an interview with CNBC Sport. And it’s local and makes the most sense, but we’ve just got to figure out if they would ever sell a little bit.”