Eli Manning's agent, Tom Condon, said he thinks his client will be with the Giants next season, but admitted "it's just too early" to tell.

"I think he'd love to come back," Condon said, according to the New York Post's Paul Schwartz. "Guys love to play their whole careers with one team, if they have a good experience with that team."

The 38-year-old Manning, who has a $23.2 million cap hit in the final year of his contract in 2019, has said numerous times he would focus on the 2019 season when the time is right and admitted he wasn't sure what his role would be next season.

Former Giants RB Tiki Barber took his talents to Broadway for the first time this weekend as he turned heads on a different stage. 

After a professional career that revolved around football, whether it was on the gridiron itself or up in the booth, Barber's newest chapter received high praise.

Barber joined the cast of the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots and played Don in the Broadway show. The role required the 43-year-old to flex his vocal range and hit a high note in one of the songs, according to TMZ. At the end of the show, Barber was awarded a bouquet of roses for his efforts.

The Rams beat the Saints 26-23 in the NFC championship game, which means two things:

1. Los Angeles is going to the Super Bowl.

2. Another Giants player will make the Pro Bowl.

Giants QB Eli Manning threw the ball an absurd 58 times against the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 22, 2012 as Big Blue won in overtime to reach the Super Bowl. Seven years later, it's been revealed that Manning was in danger of missing the game.

According to David Carr, who was the Giants' backup at the time, Manning had the flu all week and was unable to practice Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday as the game approached.

As Carr tells it...

As was the case last offseason, speculation about what the Giants will do with their top draft pick has come down to whether or not the team chooses a quarterback or not. 

The Giants don't want to enter "Quarterback Hell," as GM Dave Gettleman put it last year, but this year's draft class isn't as quarterback-heavy as 2018. Instead, the top prospects seem to be defensive linemen and linebackers, two positions the Giants can certainly use an upgrade at. 

So what should the Giants do? Well, former wide receiver and Super Bowl winner Plaxico Burress gave his answer.

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A big fear of any NFL team, especially in the modern era, is to get stuck in what Giants GM Dave Gettleman called "Quarterback Hell." It can doom a team to mediocrity, or worse. Sometimes it can last a decade or more.

Gettleman acknowledged that one year ago, speaking to reporters at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., about the prospect of the Giants taking a quarterback in last year's draft. He warned that if a team picks the wrong guy "and he fails, you set yourself back five years." And he described that "Hell" as having a team that has a "quality defense, they've got a good special teams, and they're going 7-9, 8-8, 9-7."

As we enter Championship Sunday this weekend, Vegas is already looking to next season as they released their Super Bowl LIV odds.

According to BetOnline.ag, the Giants find themselves with 40/1 odds to win another Lombardi Trophy, with the Jaguars and 49ers sharing the same odds. They are right in the middle of the pack as multiple teams, including the Jets, owning 66/1 odds.

The Chiefs, who will play the Patriots this Sunday for a berth to the Super Bowl, have the best odds at 7/1. On the other end of the spectrum, the Dolphins come in last at 100/1...

Legendary Giants defensive lineman Michael Strahan has a plan for how New York should handle its quarterback situation:

Draft Kyler Murray but start Eli Manning.

Speaking on the "Dan Patrick Show" on Thursday, Strahan said he thinks the Giants should draft the Heisman Trophy-winning Murray with the No. 6 pick in April but have him learn under Manning for at least the first half of the 2019 season.

Mock drafts are continuing to come in with three and a half months to go before the NFL draft, and ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has the GIants taking a quarterback.

Kiper predicts the Giants will draft Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins with the sixth pick over Kyler Murray, the Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterback, whom Kiper has going 13th to the Miami Dolphins.

Haskins, who finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, said in December "it would be pretty nice" if the Giants drafted him, and among New York's needs are to find an heir to Eli Manning.

If the Giants indeed move on from Eli Manning, they could turn to free agency to find their next quarterback and Nick Foles appears to be headed toward the open market. 

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson made a pretty strong statement on Tuesday about where the team stands on its quarterback dilemma between sticking with 26-year-old Carson Wentz or last year's Super Bowl MVP. 

When it comes to the Giants' options to explore adding a new quarterback next season, the NFL Draft or free agency comes to mind right away. But a trade isn't off the table, either. 

Some teams possess backup quarterbacks that could very well start for a team next season, and Colts QB Jacoby Brissett fits that bill. The 25-year-old has some intrigue in his 17 career starts with a strong arm and mobility outside the pocket.

He was first put on the map in New England, filling in for Tom Brady back in 2016. And after being traded for Phillip Dorsett to the Colts, Brissett had 15 starts last season in place of an injured Andrew Luck. He went 4-11, but was still learning the ways of the playbook and offense as each week went along. 

Giants RB Saquon Barkley was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Professional Football Writers of America on Tuesday.

Barkley was always a top candidate for Rookie of the Year after a remarkable season with Big Blue. He broke numerous league and franchise records including most receptions by a rookie running back (91), first Giants rookie to rush for over 1,000 yards (1,307), and becoming the third rookie running back in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 scrimmage yards.

The PFWA votes on three separate rookie awards every season -- offensive, defensive, and overall Rookie of the Year. Browns QB Baker Mayfield was named the overall Rookie of the Year, while Colts LB Darius Leonard was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year...

More than two months since his initial arrest, Giants' rookie backup QB Kyle Lauletta pleaded guilty Tuesday to a disorderly persons offense and two traffics tickets, according to Pat Leonard of NY Daily News.

Lauletta's day in court arrived as part of a conditional dismissal of the charges stemming from his Oct. 30 arrest on the way to Giants practice in Weehawken, N.J. The 23-year-old's original criminal charge of resisting police was dropped, along with all other charges against Lauletta -- even those he pled guilty to. The catch? Lauletta must stay out of trouble for 12 months. 

NFL Draft big boards across the league could see a change with Oklahoma QB and former Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray announcing Monday that he is declaring.

The move is procedural and doesn't preclude Murray -- who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics -- sticking with baseball. He doesn't have to forfeit his $4.66 million signing bonus with the A's yet, but if he ultimately enters the NFL, he would. The 21-year-old could very well be declaring for the draft to further his time to weigh his options. 

With Murray declaring, NFL teams will immediately add him to their list of options. And the Giants will certainly be one of those teams...

Potential Giants draft target and Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray has until Monday to declare for the NFL draft. And the Oakland A's could put a stop to that.

The A's, who drafted Murray ninth overall last year and signed him to a $4.66 million signing bonus, are trying to convince Murray to pursue baseball over football with Monday's deadline approaching, and could offer him a contract that would put him on their MLB roster, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Murray, according to Mike Leslie of WFAA (Dallas), is seeking an MLB contract worth approximately $15 million. Oakland, according to Passan, is sending representatives, including team president Billy Beane and GM David Forst, to meet with Murray, an outfielder who hit .296/.398/.556 with 10 home runs and 47 RBIs with the Oklahoma Sooners in 2018.

This season, the Giants' offense usually had the spotlight shining bright on them.

How could it not with the aging Eli Manning analyzed with a fine tooth comb under center, the comeback of star WR Odell Beckham Jr., and rookie RB Saquon Barkley looking to prove he was worth the No. 2 overall pick over the top quarterbacks in his draft class (he's the top Rookie of the Year candidate, so that answers that question).

But what about the Giants' defense? They had a lot of intrigue entering the season with a new, aggressive coordinator, a few new pieces, and the goal of returning to the crew that was one of the stingiest in scoring back in 2016. But that wasn't the case at all.

The Giants have plenty of areas to address this offseason, and with the sixth pick of the NFL Draft this spring, they are in position to select a prospect who could make an immediate impact. 

While there is still a months-long evaluation period before the draft in April there are still a handful of prospects the Giants should have an early eye on.  

95 percent of defensive players in the NFL believe Colin Kaepernick should be on an NFL roster, and at least two of them think he should replace Eli Manning.

In a poll of 85 defensive players done by The Athletic, the QB most players said should be replaced by Kaepernick was Blake Bortles of the Jaguars, who received 20 percent of the vote. He was followed by Nathan Peterman, at 18 percent.

Manning was among the QBs who received "multiple votes" as the player who should be replaced by Kaepernick. Others receiving multiple votes included Josh Allen, Andy Dalton, and Josh Rosen...

Ben McAdoo could be returning to the sidelines next season.

The former Giants head coach will interview for a spot on Kliff Kingsbury's staff with the Arizona Cardinals, reports Jordan Raanan of ESPN. 

McAdoo, 41, was fired by the Giants during the 2017 season -- along with GM Jerry Reese -- after the team started off 2-10, and in the wake of the controversy surrounding Eli Manning's benching. 

The Giants didn't commit to veteran QB Eli Manning for the 2019-20 season, which means all options will be explored this offseason. That includes free agency.

Arguably the most attractive name on a list that doesn't pop off the page is 30-year-old Nick Foles, whose contract with the Eagles expires after their postseason run. 

Could the Giants go after Foles and make him Manning's heir apparent? SNY's Ralph Vacchiano breaks down why the Giants may actually consider this option...

After declaring for the NFL Draft, Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins played around with what jerseys he would look best in next season.

The Giants are one of them...

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Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence became the darling of college football with his performance in the Tigers' 44-16 national championship victory over Alabama on Monday.

The long-haired, 19-year-old freshman completed 20 of 32 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions and had NFL fans salivating at the thought of him playing quarterback for their team. 

Yet Lawrence is not eligible for the NFL draft until 2021, but that did not stop some fans and analysts from suggesting teams should put themselves in position to take Lawrence. 

Odell Beckham Jr.'s catch with a chimpanzee did not go over so well with PETA. 

The Giants wide receiver posted on his Instagram story a video of himself tossing a football with a chimpanzee and trying to pry a football out of the mouth of a jungle cat on Saturday. 

The video went viral but on Tuesday PETA Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet issued a statement condemning the video. 

The Giants may get their chance to draft a franchise quarterback this spring. 

Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins officially declared for the NFL draft on Monday after just one season of playing at the collegiate level. 

Haskins, who set multiple program and Big Ten passing records this season and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, announced his decision with a statement on Twitter. 

We are sure Odell Beckham Jr. enjoys playing alongside the likes of Saquon Barkley and Sterling Shepherd, but the Giants' WR seems to have found some new teammates this offseason.

According to Beckham Jr's instagram (@OBJ), the chimpanzee he was playiing catch with is named "Vali", while his other friend is a jungle cat who's name was not mentioned. 

Ralph Vacchiano | Facebook | Twitter | Archive: Eli Manning wants to keep playing football, and he prefers to keep playing it with the Giants. He said in a radio interview on Wednesday that "it's hard to imagine" playing in another uniform.

But he knows that's happened to some of the biggest names in sports, many times before.

So what happens if things do go wrong with Manning and the Giants between now and the start of training camp in July? What if the only place for Manning to continue his NFL career does turn out to be someplace else?

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All the speculation about Eli Manning's future is about whether the Giants want him back next season and whether they can find a better option somewhere else. But what if something else is factoring into this decision?

What if the Giants want Manning back, but with conditions the 38-year-old franchise icon won't find easy to accept?

While everyone ponders what went on in the meeting between GM Dave Gettleman and quarterback Eli Manning, former Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich offered his interpretation of how it went down.  

"He doesn't see a future for Eli," Herzlich said on CBS Sports Radio's "Taz and the Moose" show on Thursday. 

Herzlich, 31, was teammates with Manning from 2011-17 and shares the same agent with the two-time Super Bowl champion but was cut from the team prior to the start of the season. 

Former Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich did not just offer his interpretation on GM Dave Gettleman's feelings on Eli Manning, he also had a lot to say about Odell Beckham Jr. 

Herzlich, a teammate of Beckham's from 2014-17, was asked on CBS Sports Radio's "Taz and The Moose" show on Thursday about the recent drama surrounding the Steelers and wide receiver Antonio Brown. 

The 31-year-old said he'd read that the issues with Brown and the Steelers have been going on forever and he likened the culture in Pittsburgh to that of the Giants last season -- when things spiraled out of control -- and cited Beckham's "distractions" as why things began to go south. 

As one would expect, Giants RB Saquon Barkley was named a nominee for the 2018 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year on Thursday. 

Now, this isn't the official AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award, which will be handed out during the NFL Awards on Feb. 2. The Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year is voted on entirely by the fans, who will have until Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. to vote for who they believe should win. 

Barkley is a favorite to win both awards after a historic season with Big Blue. He totaled a whopping 2,028 yards from scrimmage, becoming the third player in NFL history to reach that goal. Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson totaled 2,212 scrimmage yards in 1983, and Edgerrin James had 2,139 yards in 1999. 

Following Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskin's performance in the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, the redshirt sophomore's draft stock appears to be on the rise should he declare for the NFL Draft. 

The 21-year-old has just 14 collegiate starts under his belt but is coming off a season in which he set school and Big Ten records and may have shown just enough to catapult himself up teams' draft boards and become the first Big Ten quarterback taken in the first round since Kerry Collins in 1995.

The Giants hold the sixth overall pick of the draft and even if 38-year-old Eli Manning returns next season, they may be interested in selecting the Ohio State quarterback if he is available at their pick to succeed Manning.  

During his end-of-season press conference on Wednesday, Giants GM Dave Gettleman wouldn't commit to veteran QB Eli Manning starting under center in 2019, which means all options are going to be explored before making that call.

Manning isn't sure how long that decision will take.

"I don't know," he told Mike Francesa on WFAN. "I assume I'll have conversations with Mr. Gettleman going forward and seeing what's best and what we need to do."

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Dave Gettleman did everything he could to not commit to Eli Manning as the Giants quarterback in 2019 in his press conference on Wednesday. He made it clear from the start he wasn't ready to answer that question, and he followed up by ducking every attempt.

But maybe the better way to read his answers is that he didn't decommit to Manning as the quarterback of the Giants either. In fact, he acknowledged that the soon-to-be-38-year-old "still can make the NFL throws. You know what I'm saying? He's still got it." And Manning's stats - 4,299 yards, 21 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, and a career-high completion percentage of 66 percent -- "wasn't too shabby either," Gettleman said.

For the first time since July 27, Giants GM Dave Gettleman sat in front of New York media to address the multitude of questions that have built up over his team's 2018 campaign that ended with a disappointing 5-11 record. And you can guess that one of the first questions he addressed was QB Eli Manning's future with the franchise. 

Gettleman admitted that he and Manning had an "extensive, no holds barred" conversation on Monday, but wouldn't divulge on what was discussed. However, he did say what his current stance on the quarterback position for the team will be as he enters the offseason. 

"Here's what I'm committed to do," Gettleman said. "I'm committed to making the best decision in the interest of the New York Football Giants. We're in the evaluation process. I know you wants answers now."

Odell Beckham Jr. to the Niners is California dreamin' -- at least, according to Dave Gettleman.

The Giants GM addressed the star wide receiver, who reportedly has drawn interest from the Niners, during his season-ending press conference Wednesday morning.

"We didn't sign him to trade him, if that's what you're asking," Gettleman said, throwing cold water on resurfaced rumors.

When it comes to the NFL draft, Giants GM Dave Gettleman's philosophy has always been the same:

Take the best player available. 

The Giants have the sixth pick in the draft this year and with Eli Manning's future uncertain at this point, the question of whether or not finding a future franchise quarterback is a priority this offseason came up at Gettleman's end of the year press conference on Wednesday. 

Pat Shurmur's first season as Giants head coach was a mixed bag and tale of two halves -- starting out 1-7 before finishing 4-4 and with a 5-11 overall record. 

Coaches are judged by their records and Shurmur's was not good, but GM Dave Gettleman continues to feel positive about the man he hired a year ago is the right guy moving forward. 

"If anything, [this season] reinforced my feeling about him a year ago," Gettleman said. "It was the steadiness, it was the message."

Giants rookie QB Kyle Lauletta did not necessarily have the best first season of his professional career. 

The fourth-round draft pick dressed for just two games, threw five incomplete passes and an interception in the only game he appeared in, and also was arrested for a traffic violation after nearly hitting a police officer with his car in Weehawken, N.J. 

Yet Giants GM Dave Gettleman did not sound ready to give up on the 23-year-old as a player or a person during his end of the season press conference on Wednesday. 

Two years ago on this date, the Giants were getting ready to face the Packers in the NFC wild-card round.

But first, some of the wide receivers celebrated a playoff berth by partying on a boat in Miami.

In the trip that was heavily scrutinized in the days, weeks and months afterward, wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz and Sterling Shepard were among several Giants players who were on a yacht with Justin Bieber, Fabolous and Trey Songz.

If the Giants are ready to move on from Eli Manning and draft a quarterback in this year's NFL draft, then Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins certainly would seem to have caught their eye on Tuesday. 

The 21-year-old completed 25 of 37 passes for 251 yards and three touchdown passes -- all in the first half -- in a 28-23 win over Washington and their No. 12-ranked defense in the Rose Bowl and earning Offensive MVP in the game. 

Haskins, who was third in the Heisman Trophy voting, caps his season with 4,831 yards and 50 touchdown passes -- making him just the sixth player in FBS history to accomplish the latter. 

If the Giants decide to part ways with star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. this offseason, the San Francisco 49ers could pursue him, according to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. 

The 49ers considered trading for Beckham last season when the Giants appeared open to the possibility of letting him go. The wideout has five years and $74 million remaining on the long-term deal he signed last August. 

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The Giants have missed the playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons, which means they'll get another head start on building their future. And there are plenty of NFL prospects for them to watch in the 41 bowl games scheduled to be played over the next few weeks.

The Giants now have the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL Draft. So here are a few of the players the Giants should, and probably will be, watching and scouting during bowl season: 

Saquon Barkley is fresh off an incredible rookie campaign that might earn him an Offensive Rookie of the Year honor, but he is focused on the offseason and is taking the advice of future Hall of Fame RB Frank Gore. 

"I don't want to take too much time off and I don't want to not take enough time. Try to find a balance, talk to vets you know, I talked to Frank Gore, he gave me great advice," said Barkley when asked how he will tackle his first offseason. "How he handles it...try to find out the right thing for my body, to balance it and give me the best shape I can." 

Gore is coming off his 14th season in the league and is revered for his durability at the position where he ranks 4th all time in rushing with 14,748 yards. 

Times Square isn't the only place where the ball drops around here. Difference is, when it happens in the stadiums and playing fields of New York, with pigskin and horsehide instead of the 12-foot diameter geodesic sphere plummeting on New Year's Eve, you're not always looking to celebrate afterward.

There have been some notorious "drops" in NYC sports history, moments that have helped derail championship hopes, besmirched reps and provided endless video low lights for the type of person who can't look away from a wreck.

In some cases, one New York team has benefited from another's folly -- Luis Castillo's drop, anyone? In others, it's been nothing but heartbreak.

Eli Manning will not be feeling any pressure from his father to play another season.

Archie Manning sounded at peace with the possibility of his youngest son calling it a career following Sunday's 36-35 loss to the Cowboys, but if not, things are going to need to change with the Giants after a disappointing 5-11 season. 

"If Eli is done playing, I'm fine with it," Archie told ESPN's Ian O'Connor. "But if he comes back, the Giants have got to win. They can't go through another season like this."

One of the biggest decisions the Giants will have to make this offseason will be what to do with safety Landon Collins?

The 25-year-old is coming off his third consecutive Pro Bowl season despite missing the last month due to season-ending surgery to repair a partially-torn labrum but will become an unrestricted free agent. 

The Giants are reportedly likely to use the franchise tag on Collins instead of locking him up to a long-term deal. They also have the option to let him walk in free agency. 

Giants head coach Pat Shurmur has said in recent weeks how strongly he feels that Eli Manning will quarterback the team in 2019.

And even after Manning turned the ball over twice in Sunday's 36-35 loss to the Cowboys at MetLife Stadium, he said he felt the same way.

"Everybody thinks I'm nuts," Shurmur said, according to the New York Post's Mark Cannizzaro, "but I've seen the good in Eli. I certainly hear things [bad about Manning], but I believe in him. I feel strongly about Eli.''

The Giants battled, clawed and never gave up in their season finale 36-35 loss to the Dallas Coyboys on Sunday at Metlife Stadium. Saquon Barkley set a new NFL record for a rookie running back and QB Eli Manning completed 356 of 535 passes for 3,998 yards on the year.

Things to know about Sunday's game  

1) On his first completion, Manning surpassed 4,000 passing yards for the seventh time in his career. The QB finished 24-of-41 for 301 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

A year after drafting running back Saquon Barkley second overall, the Giants will have the No. 6 pick in the 2019 NFL draft.

The Giants were tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars at 5-11, but will pick in between Tampa Bay (fifth) and Jacksonville (seventh) due to their strength of schedules.