Giants Roll to 4-0, Eli has Sore Heel

The Giants beat the Chiefs 27-16 but the score doesn’t truly reflect the dominating performance by the Giants. The only pitfall of the game for the Giants was an injury to quarterback Eli Manning. Manning left the game early in the fourth quarter after hurting his right heel while dropping back to pass. The injury was not caused by contact. 

“It was a noncontact. It just happened into the drop. It was the play before the touchdown, where I had Steve Smith deep and threw it a little short,” Manning said after the game.

On Monday Eli said, “I don’t think it’s nothing to be worried about. It will be getting rid of the soreness.”

An MRI will tell if there is more damage but for right now it is just sore and Manning expects to start Sunday against the Raiders.

Even without playing for most of the fourth quarter Eli was able to put up great numbers against the hapless Chiefs. He threw for 292 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Giants receiver Steve Smith had another phenomenal game catching 11 balls for 134 yards and two touchdowns. He has 411 receiving yards and four touchdowns on the season through four weeks.

The Giants led 27-3 in the fourth quarter before the Chiefs scored 13 points in the final ten minutes of the game.