 the fans know this is it and he got an ovation now whether that affects how he's gonna make his decision he there's there's no place for him here okay I don't know if there's a place for him in the NFL I don't know what he's gonna decide to do maybe he will play somewhere next year maybe he'll be in Denver maybe he'll find a way to stick her in the NFL somewhere but you know he's never gonna wear a giant uniform again unless for some reason he ends up playing that last game of the season against Philadelphia but you can't take that chance is that you had that rare moment of the NFL where you get to say goodbye and think of all the champions from the 07 championship of the 2011 championship right Brandon Jacobs never got to say goodbye Brad Shaw never got to say goodbye you know he got released and we pulled up the show and he said goodbye you know Victor Cruz you know he's he's in Chicago trying to make the Bears right OC human Yorah you know bounce around Justin Tuck is everybody Oakland Raiders literally everybody they but you think about the great players from that era of Giants football pretty much all the Michael Strahan retired at the end of the Super Bowl but he didn't get a chance to say goodbye to the fans after a home game you know he won the Super Bowl the ultimate prize but his goodbye was like at the parade afterward but there was there wasn't that walking off the field where the fans can show you the love thank you Michael Strahan Tiki Barber was just goodbye one minute he's here the next minute he's gone one minute he's here next minute you know he's all he's in front of a camera Jason Sehorn one minute he's here the next minute he's gone so it was fitting it just doesn't happen that way you don't get those Derek Jeter moments you don't get the David Wright coming back to play a game and everybody gets to talk about how it's David Wright's goodbye right you saw it in your lifetime too with you know Mario's goodbye in Pittsburgh or you know Larry Bird in Boston you know you get that moment that happened football that doesn't happen football you get dragged off the field you get caught you get released you get traded to a team a thousand miles away that doesn't care about you interesting it's it's so typically what I was just looking cuz I thought I thought that there was one but I doubted it even like that the player of my youth as a Redskins fan you know Art Monk took his last snap for there was a jet I remember and then an eagle and yeah no member yet that this is a guy was with the Redskins for 13 14 years wins a few Super Bowls and then you know Johnny United's playing for the San Diego Chargers Joe Namath playing for the Los Angeles Rams Franco Harris playing for the Seattle Seahawks yeah that's the Michael Jordan playing in Washington right I mean that's it's crazy and sometimes you get the goodbye and sometimes you don't but a football you rarely ever do and so he got that so I thought that was pretty special I for a giant fan I don't know how it translates Peter you've been here for a while you got to know him a little bit and I know Andrew's an eagle fan but he got to know him a little bit that it's it's special to be able to have that moment and you can see how emotionally was he incorporated the fans into it here some of the comments he had after the game well he remember about Sunday think probably just the fan you know the fans and the chance and and the awkward feeling of standing there on the sideline kind of a circle around me everybody looking at me and staring at me and a camera on me and not feeling real comfortable in that in that circumstance but just you know walking you know kind of getting taken out and and they're in the fourth and just having all the all my teammates come up to me and say something a little hug so you know you appreciate all those guys and and and everything they've done to you know get this win today I'm out of the field to have the kids watching him play it's special I think it's special that you know my kids you get to come and watch you know watch some games I don't remember my dad playing at all he retired I was four years old so my brothers had memories that they always kind of talked about it you know in the locker room and around the games and and I don't remember it so I try to bring bring my bring my kids around as much as possible bring into some games I got my youngest son won't won't remember any of it but you know at least have a picture to show him one day picture video DVD a lot different than it was the infant yeah it's one maybe less than one is that the one who was being bopped feverishly in the background of the booth yeah there was one child that was being rocked so hard throughout the entire end of the game but yeah it was neat to see I mean we'll see now what happens how now knowing the Giants we won't get an answer about whether he's playing against the Redskins until you know Saturday afternoon but he could still be playing this weekend could be but but then it would be alright because it's in Washington so you still needed to get that goodbye the question is will Jones be ready for the last game of the season against the Eagles so how crazy would it be if he ends up having to start in that game and he does get the one more home game you know or do you just have tanny start not even bother cuz you don't want to ruin that moment oh and with the wind he's back to 500 yeah I don't know how much that played into it but I kind of felt better for him not that it matters he's not a pitcher it's not his record but it's kind of something that gets thrown out there and he came so close to beating Philadelphia right maybe things are different if they win the toss instead of lose the toss and give up the touchdown I talked about the ovation he got from the fans after the game I don't know what the future is I don't know what what you know lies next week let alone you know you know down the road but you know I think it's just obviously you know the support and in the fans and their ovation and their you know change my name from the you know first snap to the end I appreciate that and and you know appreciate them always and just all my teammates coming up to me so you know it's a special special day special win and you know one I'll remember how about the postgame speech to his team appreciate this is a special win man they're all special so all of them are tough doesn't matter what the feeling is what the season is going there's not a better feeling than a win in the locker room on a Sunday boy so I appreciate this one special and let's keep it rolling all right I'll see y'all Wednesday man I'll tell you what that love they have for Eli Manning and you got to hear about the speech that he gave before the game which sounds it a lot different maybe than the Eli that we're used to hearing from you know dropping f-bombs right before they walked out of the locker room you know he was in a different place it's it's the reason that we love pro football in my opinion more than any other of the four major sports every game matters even to absolutely irrelevant teams playing they only play 16 times a year you live and die on that field every week and every game we watch yesterday so many teams playing for nothing right now you can't tell when you watch the games and and this just another example yesterday's game against the Dolphins was important in spite of the fact that was completely meaningless and I think Jones will play and I wouldn't be surprised if we were to find out that Jones could have played yesterday or could have been a little bit more involved had it not been for that moment you know Tandy went out and took the last snap so clearly there still is an injury for Jones but who knows how it all play out over the next couple of weeks but still was nice and whether you're a giant fan or not you just think of New York sports you know it since this station started in 2001 for baseball it was Derek Cheeter or Mariana Rivera with the Yankees and they got their goodbyes and that was emotional and they were a big part of the landscape of New York sports and I guess you could say in this era was it Carmelo Anthony with the Knicks although maybe didn't have the same impact because there wasn't a lot of winning when Carmelo was here you know with the Rangers Henrik Lunkwist has been amazing and still has a little bit left so we're not saying goodbye to him just yet but from a football perspective a lot of good players have come we saw Curtis Martin come and Kevin Mawai with the Jets well how about this they're all Rivas with the Jets but this guy for 16 years two Super Bowl championships as you said a good guy an easy guy to root for it's it it's tough to say goodbye well is there has there ever been a better quarterback in New York I mean just the Giants I mean I think he's the greatest quarterback for the Giants and then the only jet would be Joe Namath but now career wise he lies better yeah just because Namath's career was cut short and his knee injuries and all that I mean no listen I think he's the best quarterback in history of this town why Charlie Connerley I mean there's a lot of good quarterbacks that have played Joe Namath guys that are in the Hall of Fame but and I know that to a certain age there's there's probably listeners out there that are 18 20 years old who who the majority of their life is seen in Eli that was compromised on a bad team and struggling to make the playoffs and and there's been a lot of bad certainly but you take a look if you've been around long enough to remember all of Eli's career there's a lot of great football and a lot of great moments and to be able to win a cup of Super Bowls the MVPs the circumstances in which they won those Super Bowls all right I know you can't forget Phil Sims won an MVP for his Super Bowl performance of Super Bowl 21 what was a foreign completions it was just an amazing performance and a blot against the Denver Broncos but you think of those two Super Bowls against the Patriots against Bill Belichick against Tom Brady that drives late in the game to beat the perfect Patriots and then to do it again with him going on the field and Bradshaw trying to stop from falling you know into the end zone it wasn't all Eli listen Justin Tuck OC Umanura there's a lot of great players on both sides of the ball for the Giants for those championships but there's something about a quarterback it's different he's he was he was the best player probably in those Super Bowls and so clutch in both of them and in both of them you beat this team you have to remember this Patriots team that we're currently watching come to a close is the greatest team probably let's we'll get to the cheating stuff later but from a dominant standpoint Don the most impressive team ever in pro sports they beat them twice yeah you just can't do it also Joe Namath you know you know how I feel about Joe Namath my favorite guest on the show I absolutely love him he threw 50 like 50 less touchdowns than interceptions his completion percentage 10 points lower than Eli it's it's not really the name it's got to play 16 years he probably would play 12 yeah but but a lot but look at the games played for those 12 but about doubt in front of you right hold on but real quick Eli is a completion percentage of 60 remember these and then touchdowns 366 over 244 remember that percentage I just gave you because Joe Namath's percentage is his completion percentage is 50 and his touchdowns to picks is 173 over 220 I mean he could have played a few more games his numbers aren't as good no that's but still I mean he's he's would be next up right you know why a tittle probably but why it'll also spend a lot of time in San Francisco before he came to the Giants so listen the fact that we're comparing him to Joe Namath that's a pretty good company to be in there's a big zero question about that so just I really thought it was a nice day you know and what has been a just a lousy football season really for both teams right