Amidst everything said by the Giants and Patriots during Wednesday's sessions with the media, this ringing endorsement of a Super Bowl XLVI quarterback by a defensive teammate caught our attention:
"Obviously, it starts with (the quarterback) and his play. You just feel so confident in the fact that, at the end of the game, regardless of how things have been going, he's always going to find a way to get us in that position for a game-winning score or whatever we need at that point. As a defensive player and getting the opportunity to watch him as he drives us down, man, it's exciting. You definitely want that. It's hard to get quarterback play like that. There are only a handful of guys who can do it like that, and he's definitely one of them."
Now we ask you: Which defensive player is speaking here, and whose praises is he singing?
The correct answer: Giants defensive end Justin Tuck, talking about Eli Manning.
The significance of this? Manning said back in August that he was in the same class of quarterbacks as Brady. Nearly six months later, Manning's teammates are raving about him in the same way that the Patriots gush about Brady.
