Eli Manning Participates in Saturday Walkthrough; Start Likely

A little sleep does a body good. It seems as if Eli Manning will make the start Sunday against the Raiders after fully participating in the team’s Saturday morning walkthrough.

From the New York Daily News:

Here is a string of tweets from Giants.com’s Pat Hanlon following today’s Giants practice, in which Eli participated (forgive the grammar … TC=Tom Coughlin):

We’ll have more once there is a more coherent news article about the practice. Here is the AP article.

Giants.com’s Pat Hanlon and ESPN’s Chris Mortensen both tweeted this morning that Eli Manning will be out on the practice field testing his injured foot. Practice began at 11 a.m. We’ll have more updates once we know how that works out for him.

The NJ Star Ledger reports that Eli Manning didn’t make it out onto the practice field Thursday:

If Manning can’t go, David Carr (/cringe) would get his first start with the Giants at home against the Raiders.

Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports that Eli Manning missed practice on Wednesday, and according to head coach Tom Coughlin, will be a game time decision for the team’s Week 5 matchup against the Raiders.

We’ll keep you updated with any developments on Manning the Younger leading up to kickoff on Sunday.

I would imagine in this case that if Eli wants to play, he is going to play. David Carr managed the final few minutes of the game against the Chiefs but would not be the optimal situation for the Giants.

From ESPN’s Adam Schefter’s twitter:

The need for a second opinion is not a good sign for Manning, although Anderson’s opinion may go a long way to determining Manning’s status going forward.

According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, Eli Manning may have a lingering foot injury called “Plantar Fasciitis.” You may have heard of it, and while it’s not likely to keep players out for extended time periods, it’s extremely painful, and has a tendency to linger. From Mortensen:

And then a moment later, Mortensen qualified his statement:

While we await any new information about the status of Eli Manning’s injury, here is what he, and head coach Tom Coughlin, were saying after the game:

For more on Manning’s injury and the Giants’ victory, check out SB Nation’s Big Blue View.