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Eli Manning throws ball straight up in the air, searches for it like a kid who lost a helium balloon

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

This is your "NOOOO ELI!" moment of the week. There could be more of these moments, but right now it's the best we've got. Eli Manning has a great many talents -- heck, he's got two rings for a reason -- but "awareness" will never be his highest statistic in Madden, let's put it that way.

Okay, so playing football in a helmet is hard. You have almost no peripheral vision but you’d think Eli has thrown enough footballs at this point to have a general idea of physics and where it might land. Noooope.

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