Eli Manning vs. Redskins

There has been plenty for Eli Manning and the Giants to smile about lately.

EAST RUTHERFORD -- In a week that has been dominated by a war of words leading up to Sunday's NFC East battle at Lincoln Financial Field Sunday night, one member of the Giants drew strong praise from Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and running back LeSean McCoy.

Eli Manning.

Manning, who is off to one of the best starts of his career tossing 11 touchdowns and just five interceptions in his first five games in new offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo's system certainly has the attention of his division rivals.

"I think Eli Manning is one of the best quarterbacks in the game right now," McCoy said during a conference call with reporters Wednesday. "If you have a player like that, mix him with a guy like Cruz and lately Jennings, they have a good team.

"Everybody knows that once the Giants need a clutch win, they do it. I've seen it. I've never doubted that team at all. They have a great coach who has been productive for so long, so I'm not surprised at all."

Typically, Manning has saved some of his most dominant football for the month of October, but got an early and fast start this season under McAdoo.

So far this season Manning has passed for 1,174 yards, 11 touchdowns and just five interceptions while posting a 95.6 quarterback rating.



Ahead of Sunday's game, Kelly has taken notice of Manning's new-found consistency.

"Eli seems very comfortable in the scheme, he's getting the ball out a lot faster than he did before," Kelly said.

The Eagles head coach who is developing a reputation as being an offensive innovator for his up-tempo offense gave plenty of credit to McAdoo for molding his system around the personnel of the Giants offense and not just copying his playbook from his time with the Green Bay Packers.

Whether or not Manning can continue to play at this high level Sunday night against an Eagles defense that is creating turnovers at a near frenetic pace will certainly be one of the game's top story lines to watch.

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