The New York Giants may have drafted Eli Manning’s eventual successor with the selection of California quarterback Davis Webb in the third-round of the 2017 NFL Draft, but head coach Ben McAdoo doesn’t want that to alter the team focus.

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Just prior to receiving the John V. Mara Sportsmanship Award at the 81st annual CYO Club of Champions Tribute on Tuesday night, McAdoo told reporters that Manning’s job is to win. Period. And that any grooming or tutoring of Webb will have to come at a different time.

“Eli needs to do his job. He needs to focus on getting ready to go out and play at a high level this year and being a good teammate like he always is,” McAdoo said via NJ.com. “I’m sure the young guy is going to have some questions for him, but it’s not Eli’s job to get anybody ready to play this season and it’s not Eli’s job to go out and develop another quarterback. That’s not in his job description. His job is to prepare and perform.”

For Manning, this situation is all new. While he did help Ryan Nassib with his game, the intent was never that the former Syracuse quarterback would supplant Manning. With Webb, that’s precisely what’s happening.

But McAdoo know firsthand how awkward the torch passing situation can be. He was an assistant with the Green Bay Packers when it ultimately came time to depart from Brett Favre and hand the reigns over to Aaron Rodgers. But in this case, he’s merely hoping the presence of all these talented quarterbacks create much-needed competition and motivation.

“I think there’s a lot of competition going on in the quarterback room right now,” McAdoo said. “Eli is going to get pushed from Josh and Geno and we have a young guy [Webb] coming in who’s going to push for the No. 2 spot, but he’s got a long way to go. There’s a lot of competition.

“Any time that you add players in the room with the skill-sets that they have, you want to go out and perform well. I think Eli is going to prepare to go out and play at a high level like he always does.”

As it relates to Webb, McAdoo wants him to be nothing more than a student of the game. Even if he pushes for the No. 2 spot behind Manning, the idea is to cram his head with as much knowledge and as much of the playbook as possible.