What did Eli Manning
do to get his heel ready for the game?
Manning said he wore orthotics and had some extra tape to
support his foot. He even had tape around the outside of his cleats; players
call it wearing "spats."
"Nothing too heavy," Manning said of the tape job.
"It wasn't anything major, just a little extra support." He wore
high-top cleats, but that's not unusual for him.
Was there any pharmaceutical support?
No. Manning said he did not have any shots of cortisone,
painkillers or anti-inflammatories in his foot.
How did the heel feel?
"It felt great during the game," Manning said.
"I felt that I could do everything, run the offense. I didn't tell coach
Gilbride or Coughlin, 'Hey, don't run this' or 'don't do that.' I felt like I
could do everything we had to do."
So after he left the game, did Manning tune out?
Heck, no. "I actually called a timeout," Manning
said. "I don't know if that's legal or not, but I called a timeout on the
sideline in the two-minute drill. I saw the clock running down, and I yelled it
out."
That saved a delay-of-game penalty. "[The official]
might have thought I was the head coach," Manning said.
Will he practice this week?
"Hopefully, it feels great tomorrow morning," he said after the game. "I don't have any doubt that it won't, so hopefully, I will be able to get back to practice all next week and work on getting better."
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