Eli Manning will enter the New York Giants' 2019 training camp with more pressure than he's had in his entire 15-year career now that the franchise has drafted his successor in quarterback Daniel Jones. The rookie No. 6 overall pick finished spring OTAs on a high note and his momentum was only heightened when Giants head coach Pat Shurmur refused to guarantee Manning will be the team's starting quarterback in 2019. According to the game film analysts over at Pro Football Focus, the Giants' passing game can wake up in 2019, but it's only possible if Manning is no longer the starting quarterback.

PFF recently ranked all 32 NFL offenses based on "EPA" per pass attempt. The Giants finished ranked just No. 21 overall and PFF believes Manning is the culprit for the team's dormant passing attack.

PFF breaks down the entire process for coming to EPA -- expected points added. You can find their entire analysis in the link above. However, their EPA statistic is summed up as follows:

Concretely, EPA is a measure of the value of a play that takes context into account and thereby better measures efficiency at the play level.

Ben Linsey provided the following breakdown about the Giants' passing offense and Manning's role in the team's struggle to sustain consistency over a full 16-game season:

The last time Eli Manning recorded an overall grade of 70.0 or better was in 2014, and the last time he recorded a grade of 80.0 or better was in 2011. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the Giants didn’t land themselves higher on this list last season, despite having weapons in the passing game like Beckham, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard and Evan Engram (for part of the season). The worst thing you can do as a quarterback is give the defense a chance to flip possession with a turnover; Manning led the league in turnover-worthy plays with 25 last season. That isn’t a recipe for success moving forward.

From a non-advanced statistics standpoint, Manning had his most efficient season in quite some time during the 2018 regular season despite dealing with one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL through the first eight weeks and despite playing in a brand new offensive scheme that was nothing like the one he played in under ex-head coach Ben McAdoo. This also comes during a season where he lost his best wide receiver (Odell Beckham Jr.) and his second-best receiving option (Evan Engram) for four games each.