6:02 p.m. UPDATED with Wade Phillips comments.

This hasn't been a big story line up here but it's been a hot one in Dallas the past couple of months - especially this week leading up to the Cowboys-Giants matchup. And we've finally got confirmation on it.

The story is an

Eli Manning

in the Cowboys' new stadium. It was supposedly the real Manning's signature after the Giants' Week 2 victory that opened the place. It looked an awful lot like his

, but it seemed very un-Manning-like to deface another's property.

Unless that person or organization asked for it. And apparently, they did.

"It’s a pretty common thing. I was asked to sign it," Manning said Thursday in confirming the authenticity of the signature. "It wasn’t like I just went there and signed it. I didn’t have a pen on me or anything."

(At this point, a few lockers away, DE Justin Tuck yelled, "Good job, Eli!")

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Of course, below the score and the date, it reads, "First win in the new stadium," in what appears to be different handwriting than the signature. But that's certified Manning scribble as well.

"It was all me," Manning said.

Manning realizes the Cowboys' fans and a few players aren't happy about it - even though, again, their locker-room worker asked Manning to sign the wall as the start of a wall of fame of sorts similar to the ones Manning has signed in Philly and Denver (among other places).

"We won't forget that," Cowboys linebacker Bradie James said, according to The Associated Press. "It just makes for a more intense game."

Said Manning, "Yeah, I’ve heard a few things about it. But they’ll eventually get over it."

Well, it could be a while before that happens because even Cowboys coach Wade Phillips is upset with the gesture. And he didn't buy Manning's excuse a Cowboys employee asked him to sign the wall.

"It wasn't anybody from our organization that asked him," Phillips said, according to the Dallas Morning News, adding, "Things come back around in this league. I respect the team we play. That's the way I approach the game and I expect our players to do the same thing."

"Eli is a classy player, a great player," Phillips continued. "I really respect him, especially his family. I mean, I played football against his dad in college. They're a great family. I don't think he meant anything by it but it wasn't a great thing for him to do."

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Coach Tom Coughlin was encouraged by RB Ahmad Bradshaw's participating in the jog-through this morning. Bradshaw (ankles/foot) also did plenty of running on the side.

Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride said of Bradshaw, "Knowing him, I think he'll try to play. I'd be surprised if he doesn't try to play."

Like I've been telling you since Wednesday afternoon, all signs are pointing to Bradshaw playing Sunday.

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S Michael Johnson (groin) also participated in the jog-through, though he doesn't appear as likely to play as Bradshaw. Johnson said his injury is merely a strain and said he just needs "time" to recover fully.

If Johnson can't play, defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan said Aaron Rouse and C.C. Brown would get the start in the base defense, with Aaron Ross working in as a safety in nickel and dime, just as he's been doing.

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Tuck still isn't biting on the talk about Cowboys OT Flozell Adams, who tripped him in Week 2 and caused an injury that's still lingering.

"It's pretty much over for me," Tuck said. "It is what it is, and that's it. It's timeout for individual battles. You just go out there and help your football team win."

Reminded he had plenty to say in the week after the trip and that Adams also yapped back at him, Tuck replied, "So? To be honest with you, I really don't care what Flozell has to say. And he probably doesn't care what I have to say, either."

Asked if he'll need offseason surgery on the shoulder, Tuck replied, "Maybe," and indicated he wouldn't go under the knife if it was up to him. So will it be up to him? "We'll see," he said.