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Eli Manning comments on double birds-Monday Night Football incident for first time
By Dave Hooker
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Eli Manning has decided to fess up to a recent mistake he made during a Monday Night Football telecast.
In a technical mistake, Manning was seen giving two middle fingers when describing how he was treated as the New York Giants quarterback when he played the Philadelphia Eagles.
“You go to Philly, you’re getting the double birds from nine-year-olds,” Manning said.
In an interview with ESPN’s Laura Rutledge alongside former Florida quarterback Time Tebow, Manning said, “Not my proudest moment. I thought that’s how Philly fans said hello. That’s exactly what they gave. So, I was just doing what they did to me. It’s in context. It was in context.”
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Immediately after the incident, Manning did apologize on Monday Night Football.
The former Ole Miss quarterback is being celebrated today when the Rebels host LSU at 3:30.
Dave Hooker started covering Tennessee in 1998. He hosts an SEC radio show out of Chattanooga and covers the SEC for Saturday Down South.
