Talk:Eli Manning

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2024

Most completions (game): 41 (October 11, 2015, against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship) Remove the "in the NFC Championship" line. The Giants did not make the playoffs this year. 2607:B400:A4:4A00:146C:D58B:E2B4:198A (talk) 15:55, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2019

Eli Manning's Wikipedia page says that his height is 6 ft. 5 in. (1.96 m), but his height is actually 6 ft. 4 in. (1.93 m) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Planebook (talk • contribs) 03:05, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 06 November 2016

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Hey I have never made one of these before ,so I have no clue if this the correct way to do it. It says that Eli is on the Buffalo Bills which is incorrect it should still say he is on the Giants roster. Thanks!

Done - vandalism reverted and user warned - Arjayay (talk) 17:35, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Old picture from 2006

We are using a picture from 2006. There are plenty recent ones from 2012 on Wikimedia and my edit with the updated photo was reversed. Just because it's a headshot doesn't mean we should be using a 10+ year old photo. Very ridiculous edit. Trs2795 (talk) 05:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Has Eli had plastic surgery any time in the last 10 years? Lizard (talk) 05:27, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Very possible that he did. But seriously, look at other top NFL qbs... Aaron Rodgers for example has a zoomed in picture of him running. I mean if we want we can zoom this picture in maybe? Very silly to have a photo from 10 years ago of him when every other NFL QB has updated pictures. Trs2795 (talk) 05:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image is relatively low resolution, so zooming wouldn't be ideal. We could try requesting someone take one at an upcoming game. Wikipedia's strict image use guidelines make it very hard to find images any other way beside taking one ourself. Lizard (talk) 06:37, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2016

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Excel Sports Management is Eli Manning's Marketing/PR representation Agency. We are asking for the following requests: • Under other ventures, please delete his spokesman and endorsement details as public announcement breaches contract confidentiality and inter-agency agreements (See 124: He is a spokesman for Citizen Watch Co.,[123][125] Toyota of New Jersey, and Reebok.[123] He reportedly received several more endorsement offers after reaching Super Bowl XLII.[124]) • Under Personal Life please edit [128] making it "McGrew Studied fashion in New York City" (not a current endeavor). • In addition please add: Eli’s dedication and commitment extends to his life off the field, as he lends his time to numerous charitable efforts including Tackle Kids Cancer, March of Dimes, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Wounded Warriors, Operation Smile, The Robin Hood Foundation and American Red Cross. Eli has additionally raised millions for The Eli Manning Children’s Clinics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. His selfless character and leadership landed him as a Finalist for the 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. ^[1] ExcelSportsManagement (talk) 20:57, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.nfl.com/videos/man-of-the-year/0ap3000000627129/2015-Walter-Payton-Man-of-the-Year-Award-Finalist-Eli-Manning

Not done for reasons that should be obvious:

The sponsorship coverage is sourced, if the issue is that he is no longer a sponsor for the companies mentioned, that can be rewritten accordingly, rather than deleted.

Similarly, there is no good reason to remove mention of his education, as long as the information is accurate.

Adding spam language such as "dedication and commitment," isn't going to fly. See Wikipedia:Neutral point of view for more information about neutral points of view. The text also appears to be borrowed from a Manning bio on the internet, so that won't work either. And, finally, have a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Hairhorn (talk) 21:13, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 January 2017

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Didn't put the right birth date TonyBontonio63 (talk) 20:25, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@TonyBontonio63: What is his correct birth date? Where can we find it? Alex Cohn (talk) 20:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete date on 1st reference

The "retrieved" date for the first reference is listed as "201-10-14". It's clearly incorrect, but I don't know what it should be, as I did not make the edit. Thanks. Lean Beasties (talk) 19:48, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No big deal, the retrieved date is just the date that the editor went to the website. If the ref isn't a dead link you can change it to today's date. Lizard (talk) 20:25, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to edit his picture. NFLEditor001776 (talk) 21:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "Though lacking his brother's regular-season consistency and high-caliber performances, Manning is known for his two improbable Super Bowl winning postseason runs"

TO

"Though lacking his brother's regular-season consistency, Manning is known for his two Super Bowl winning postseason runs, including his exceptional performances both in the clutch and in the postseason.^[1] Nyquistx3 (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The source cited does not support the proposed text. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-clutch-postseason-quarterback-of-all-time-is-eli-manning/

Orphaned references in Eli Manning

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Eli Manning's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "glog":

From Larry Fitzgerald: "Larry Fitzgerald Career Game Log - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
From Mark Ingram II: "Mark Ingram Career Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
From Case Keenum: Career Game Log, PFR
From Jared Goff: "Jared Goff Career Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
From Derrick Henry: "Derrick Henry 2016 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 06:00, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in "professional career"

I noticed a mistake regarding the draft picks the Chargers got back for Manning. It should be "and a 2004 third-round pick, used to select placekicker Nate Kaeding, a 2005 first round pick, used to select linebacker Shawne Merriman, and a 2005 fifth round pick, which was later traded, to the Chargers for Manning." 2600:6C63:6E7F:B480:26:AF2A:B2B:ACFC (talk) 20:12, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:58, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Most intercepted (career): from 228 to 244 Change Most passing touchdowns (career): from 339 to 366 Reference: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannEl00.htm Marco352 (talk) 01:03, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done To reply, copy and paste this: {{replyto|Can I Log In}}(Talk) 05:06, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk · contribs) 22:08, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Review

I will add more when the below is fixed. I do not want it to be overwhelming.
- Since none of my suggestions were headed to and the nominator has barley edited the article, I am quick failing this. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:53, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

I suggest adding the information about his dad and brother in the early life section rather than personal life. Is there any way to expand on the information in early life? Instead of starting right at high school maybe expand a bit for his younger years.
While interviews are not preferred I think this is fine since the information is before the interview
Is there a better source than this one for his commitment? Maybe one that goes into more detail? Try Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives.

College career

Can the intro to the college career be expanded? What were the views of him coming in? Perhaps expand comment about marketing degree and GPA. Was he on the honour roll?

per this ref he was on the Dean's Honor Roll.

Move the fraternity to college career rather than personal life
Preferably a source that explicitly states stats than this one.
I suggest incorporating the awards into paragraphs to expand on his college career rather than list them

Second Team All-American needs a reference

2000 season

I think you can merge the first two sentence together. The sentence "Manning saw little playing time behind Miller" seems choppy by itself.

2001 season

Preferably a source that explicitly states stats his first game than a box score like this one. I am sure there are article out there that discuss this.
Most of the sources seem to be stats. If he had such a successful year there should be articles about it (rather than synthesizing sources).

2003 season

The sentence "He was invited to play in the 2004 Senior Bowl, but chose not to play" is not properly sourced. The reference does not mention the Senior Bowl.

Professional

This reference does not say he refused to play for the Chargers if drafted by them. It says "I made up my mind, I talked to my dad about it, talked to [agent] Tom Condon about it. We had this plan to kind of say, we’ll tell San Diego not to draft you and hopefully they won’t draft you." This sounds more like he wished they wouldn't draft him but not such strong language as used in the article. Please find a reference that explicitly states he would not play for them.
There is for sure a reference about his first contract being signed, one does not need to use this reference

Contract

Please find a reference for the trade that is not the reference above, such as this one.

Review

I will add more when the below is fixed. I do not want it to be overwhelming.

Early life

I suggest adding the information about his dad and brother in the early life section rather than personal life. Is there any way to expand on the information in early life? Instead of starting right at high school maybe expand a bit for his younger years.
While interviews are not preferred I think this is fine since the information is before the interview
Is there a better source than this one for his commitment? Maybe one that goes into more detail? Try Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives.

College career

Can the intro to the college career be expanded? What were the views of him coming in? Perhaps expand comment about marketing degree and GPA. Was he on the honour roll?

per this ref he was on the Dean's Honor Roll.

Move the fraternity to college career rather than personal life
Preferably a source that explicitly states stats than this one.
I suggest incorporating the awards into paragraphs to expand on his college career rather than list them

Second Team All-American needs a reference

2000 season

I think you can merge the first two sentence together. The sentence "Manning saw little playing time behind Miller" seems choppy by itself.

2001 season

Preferably a source that explicitly states stats his first game than a box score like this one. I am sure there are article out there that discuss this.
Most of the sources seem to be stats. If he had such a successful year there should be articles about it (rather than synthesizing sources).

2003 season

The sentence "He was invited to play in the 2004 Senior Bowl, but chose not to play" is not properly sourced. The reference does not mention the Senior Bowl.

Professional

This reference does not say he refused to play for the Chargers if drafted by them. It says "I made up my mind, I talked to my dad about it, talked to [agent] Tom Condon about it. We had this plan to kind of say, we’ll tell San Diego not to draft you and hopefully they won’t draft you." This sounds more like he wished they wouldn't draft him but not such strong language as used in the article. Please find a reference that explicitly states he would not play for them.
There is for sure a reference about his first contract being signed, one does not need to use this reference

Contract

Please find a reference for the trade that is not the reference above, such as this one.

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2020

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Add: Eli Manning's platform tennis record in the New Jersey Men's Platform Tennis Association league, 2020 Fall Season is 1-0. Source: https://njflex.tenniscores.com/?mod=nndz-SkhmOW1PQ3V4dXBjakNnUA%3D%3D&uid=nndz-WkNHNXc3ejdoUT09 Davygravy11 (talk) 22:55, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, not a notable league. ◢ Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 02:30, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2020

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Add citation for Eli Manning's durability claims in the following sentences in third paragraph:

"He also demonstrated durability throughout his career, never missing a game due to injury and starting 210 consecutive games from 2004 to 2017, the third-longest consecutive starts streak by an NFL quarterback." 2402:3A80:C84:68A0:4861:D9E5:390A:4B83 (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Your request isn't completely clear as you haven't provided the citation you want adding. Seagull123 Φ 17:19, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Extended Family

His son Tom Brady is also in the NFL playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New England Patriots — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pfrpfkvormgioneognjgtr (talk • contribs) 17:58, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

--2603:9001:4307:1200:9C94:6045:7846:734F (talk) 21:22, 29 December 2021 (UTC)jrmbnym== Eli Manning was the only QB to throw multiple go-head touchdowns in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl. Joe Montana had 1 game-tying touchdown and 1 go-ahead touchdown in Super Bowl XXIII ==[reply]

^[1]Eli Manning was the only QB to throw multiple go-head touchdowns in the 4th quarter of a Super BowlJoe Montana had 1 game-tying touchdown and 1 go-ahead touchdown in Super Bowl XXIII.

^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198901220cin.htm

[1] ttp://www.nfl.com/videos/man-of-the-year/0ap3000000627129/2015-Walter-Payton-Man-of-the-Year-Award-Finalist-Eli-Manning

[2] ttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-clutch-postseason-quarterback-of-all-time-is-eli-manning/

[3] ttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198901220cin.htm

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