Eli Manning, New York Giants quarterback, was crushed by Jets Linebacker, Calvin Pace on Monday, August 16.
Pace somehow managed to get Manning's helmet taken off. Manning's head bounced off Jim Leonhard's face mask which resulted in a lost of bleeding from Manning's head.
The bloody three-inch gash on Manning's head required 12 stitches.
Manning tells NY Times, "It’s not really an injury. Nothing serious. I feel like I could go back out and play right now if I had to."
Tom Coughlin, Giants coach, gives his explanation on what happened:
"There was a run called and Eli just went for the fade ball with the wide receiver without really making any type of an alert or changing the play so he was just going to go ahead and communicate with the receiver and throw the ball. The only problem was that the play that had been called was a middle burst by Brandon Jacobs and Brandon thought he was getting the ball."
The Giants beat the Jets 31 to 16 in the preseason game at New Jersey stadium.
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