It was said so matter-of-factly that it was tempting to gloss right over a fairly startling admission by Eli Manning: He knows he could take a beating this season.

“Hey, the fact of the matter is there’s gonna be more sacks this year,’’ Manning said Tuesday on his weekly WFAN spot. “They’re gonna happen, that’s part of football, and you can’t let one lead to another. You give up a sack, so be it. You go onto the next play, don’t do it again. Just keep fighting. That’s what we got to do up front, and everybody.’’

It is almost as if Manning is trying to soothe the frazzled psyches of his offensive linemen: I know I am going to get hit and get sacked, please try to not let the rough waters become a tsunami.

Manning, in two games this season, already has been sacked eight times. At this pace, Manning would get sacked 64 times. With the same starting five offensive linemen (Ereck Flowers, Justin Pugh, Weston Richburg, John Jerry and Bobby Hart) in 2016, Manning was sacked only 21 times — one of the lowest sack totals in his first 13 seasons. The most sacks Manning has endured in a season is 39, in 2013, the season the Giants lost their first six games en route to a 7-9 finish.

The Giants face the Eagles on Sunday in Philadelphia. The Eagles have eight sacks in their 1-1 start. Asked what, if anything, he can do to help his beleaguered offensive linemen, Manning said he can make sure they know he believes in them.

“I got to make sure they know I got confidence in them and I trust them, I know they’re gonna compete their tails off,’’ he said. “Obviously we’re going against a talented group this week, so I got to make sure they’re dialed in and at their best and ready to go and compete.’’

At times, it looks as if Manning is so concerned about the lack of protection in front of him that he is either holding the ball too long — glancing at the rush instead of his receivers — or else releasing the ball too quickly to avoid getting toppled.

“Well, I think we need to block better up front and we need to get some rhythm going in our pass game,’’ Ben McAdoo said. “I just don’t think we have confidence and rhythm right now, and I think once we have a little bit of success, that will take care of itself.’’