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Eli Manning<\/a> famously worked his way out of a situation with the then-San Diego Chargers and found himself playing his entire NFL career with the New York Giants.<\/p>\n

The move in 2004 changed the trajectory of both franchises. The Chargers traded Manning to the Giants for Philip Rivers. The Giants would go on to win two Super Bowl titles with Manning under center while the Chargers haven\u2019t been to a Super Bowl since the 1994 season.<\/p>\n

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Manning opened up about why he decided to wriggle his way out from the Chargers. He would have gone to a team coming off a 4-12 season under head coach Marty Schottenheimer. He likely would have sat behind Drew Brees<\/a> and Doug Flutie instead of getting a chance to show what he had with the Giants as he was thrust into the QB1 role over Kurt Warner.<\/p>\n

“I just didn\u2019t feel like they were the most committed team to winning at the time,” he said in an episode of “Bussin\u2019 with the Boys.”<\/a> “Marty Schottenheimer was the head coach, who was awesome. Had great respect for him. But they came to work me out in New Orleans, went to dinner and there was just friction between the head coach, general manager (A.J. Smith), the owners (Spanos family). They are all yelling \u2014 kind of like fighting.<\/p>\n

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“We are at a Marriott restaurant. Schottenheimer\u2019s mad like, \u2018We\u2019re in New Orleans and we\u2019re eating at a Marriott?\u2019 He\u2019s like pissed. They are kind of bickering. It just didn\u2019t seem there was a lot of agreement on things and they were committed to building a great winning franchise at that moment.”<\/p>\n

Manning said his parents didn\u2019t support the idea of trying to avoid being drafted by the Chargers, but allowed him to do what he wanted to do.<\/p>\n

Manning was a four-time Pro Bowler and two-time Super Bowl MVP with the Giants. He led a takedown of the undefeated Tom Brady-led New England Patriots in one of the bigger Super Bowl shockers in NFL history.<\/p>\n

He finished with 366 touchdown passes and 57,023 passing yards. He sits 11th all time in touchdown passes and passing yards. He\u2019s still waiting to hear his name called for the Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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