Eli Manning: Likely Game-Time Decision

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Published: October 7, 2009

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... as he will get treatment on his foot with hopes that he can play through the plantar fascia injury he suffered on Sunday.

Eli's chances of playing will depend on his pain tolerance, which—if you have evidenced by the time when he played with a separated shoulder in 2007—is quite high.

Peyton Manning has never missed a start in his career and Eli has a 75-game consecutive start streak going (82 if you count his seven playoff games). Those Manning boys are tough. It's in their blood. Archie Manning took a beating playing for some awful teams, but kept getting up.

My guess is if it were an injury where playing could worsen the condition, Eli would be more likely to sit out. However, since it's just a pain tolerance thing, the Giants would have to lock him up to keep him off the field.

That doesn't mean that you have to play him in fantasy, though.

If you have a solid alternative, you may want to go in that direction. After all, Oakland is 11th again...

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