Eli Manning to be inducted into New Jersey Hall of Fame
Eli Manning has had a big year. The legendary Giants quarterback retired from the NFL back in January. Immediately following the retirement announcement, Giants President and CEO John Mara announced that Manning would be inducted into the franchise's Ring of Honor and his No. 10 jersey would be retired. Soon after, over the weekend of Super Bowl LIV, Manning received the 2020 Bart Starr Award for character and leadership.
You can now add a Hall of Fame induction to that list.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that Manning would be a member of the hall's newest class of inductees, joining Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway, Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston and several others.
Manning led the Giants to two Super Bowl championships and took home MVP honors in both games. He finished his career ranked seventh in NFL history in passing yards, touchdowns, and completions.
Manning also retired as the franchise's all-time leader in nearly every major passing statistic.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NJ Hall of Fame will not be doing an in-person induction ceremony at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. Instead, the hall will be doing a virtual ceremony that will air on TV, radio and social media on October 18.
A total of 29 inductees were selected this year.
Photos from the career of two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning
Giants eager to learn in 'teaching phase' of camp
The Giants will not practice for another week or put on the pads until the following week. But they have taken the field for walk-throughs and conditioning.
That is a start and all coach Joe Judge can ask for right now.
"I see a lot of energy coming in and improving on a daily basis and that's increased from Day 1," Judge said Tuesday on a video conference with reporters. "It's day-by-day we've got to stack them together, I say that every day. I see that with our guys every meeting, every walk-through, every session. That's all I can ask for from them right now. There's an urgency to improve, there's an urgency to learn. We have a lot of guys reaching out to coaches on their own for help. We have players in meeting rooms doing extra. You can see the things you want to go ahead and breathe into your culture coming together already."
After players underwent coronavirus testing, the roster was split into three groups for weightlifting and field work, in addition to their meetings and evening walk-throughs. The veteran players, who reported last Tuesday and took physicals over the weekend, began strength and conditioning this week in the first phase of the modified training camp running through Aug. 11. The following day, they are permitted to practice in helmets but not pads, which they can first wear Aug. 17th. Each team can have a maximum of 14 padded workouts.
Until then, the walk-throughs allow the team to work on fundamentals at a controlled pace, a luxury Judge and his new coaching staff did not have in the Spring.
"Really, the biggest emphasis on that is communication," Judge said. "We can't go at full-tempo. We don't want to expose our players to injury or something they are not ready for. It's a teaching phase that we're in right now. Building the communication and the identification of being on the field and working with your teammates. ... It doesn't look, tempo-wise, like anything you would expect practice to look like. It really is a controlled walk-through tempo to get guys moving and familiar with our schemes and systems and how practice will flow once we go full speed."
Photos: Players take field as workouts continue
Giants training camp is underway.
Check out photos of the offense and defense on the practice fields Wednesday in the gallery below.
View photos of the Giants on the practice fields at training camp.
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