I look at Eli the same way I would hope a Mets fan looks at Jeter. I hate the team he plays for, but I respect the athlete and the dignified way in which he represented this city over the course of his career.
This is a total disgrace that speaks to the higher ups inability to be accountable. It wasn't Eli that decided to go into the year with no left tackle, and a excrement running game.
Jerry Reese has been allowed to skate on the draft record of Ernie Accorsi the entire time he's been there. Inexplicably, he was allowed to completely throw Coughlin under the bus despite putting together a historically inept defense. Now, despite being the architect of this absolute excrement squad, him and their shithead of a head coach are trying to place blame where it doesn't belong.
Eli's meant too much to that organization and has delivered too many trophies to their case to be benched for Geno freaking Smith.