Philadelphia Eagles gunning for Eli Manning

Eli Manning better watch out, because the Philadelphia Eagles think they know his weakness: getting hit. Well, okay I guess. Eli Manning is having a good season so far this year with the New York Giants, but the Philadelphia Eagles are planning to change that by coming at him on Sunday.

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“He changes when he gets hit,” Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham said of Manning, which is true about probably every quarterback. “We’ve got to hit him. Eli’s a great quarterback, and you just can’t give him nothing, because he definitely takes advantage. He’s a great quarterback, but that’s with any quarterback: You put your hat on him a little bit and the game changes up a little bit.”

Graham, former Michigan defensive end, claims that the game plan will be to make Eli Manning eat some turf Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia or maybe make him become part of the turf.

“Well, they’re doing a good job getting to the quarterback,” Manning said in reply. “They’re getting sacks, they have a good pressure package, they’re also having good coverage down the field and the quarterbacks are having to hold it some. They’ll have something new for us, they’ll have some new wrinkle.”

The Giants have been impressive, on a three-game win streak since starting 0-2. Since losing to the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals, the Giants have beat the Houston Texans, Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons and look to advance that win streak Sunday against the 4-1 Eagles.

Eli Manning has played well for the Giants, throwing for 1,174 yards and 11 touchdowns in the first five games. He also has the highest completion percentage of his career with 66.3 percent.

We’ll see how Eli Manning handles the Eagles’ heavy pressure on Sunday, they’re clearly not afraid to tell the Giants their plans, which is scary in itself.

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