Mike Francesa gets Eli Manning to Admit 'Balls Could Slip' on a Kneel Down Play

Mike Francesa spent, roughly, 3.5 hours yesterday discussing the Tampa Bay Bucs hit on Eli Manning and Giants Coach Tom Coughlin's subsequent anger at Greg Schiano. 4 hours in, Francesa had Manning on his show.

Eli went on to explain the entire set of circumstances: "I guess certain teams you might say, 'Hey watch out for a cheap shot.' That's what we call it," Manning said. "A lot of teams will ask in those situations, 'Are you taking a knee?' and I will tell them, 'Hey we're taking a knee so we're not firing off.' We don't tell our linemen to fire off and hit them on that last play."

Francesa asked him to clarify the "we're taking a knee" remark: "I said it," Manning replied. "I said as I walked up, 'Hey we're taking a knee' but obviously they were down and ready and had a feeling they were about to fire off. There's nothing I can really do about it. I have to make sure I get the snap and the only thing I'm worried about right there is securing the ball and making sure we get the win."

And he Francesa didn't pull a flim flam after that line. He asked Eli point blank, "Couldn't the ball slip out?"



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Here's the video of the Bucs hitting Manning and the subsequent coaches' talking it over after the game.

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