I wrote about Manning’s heel here so I won’t go into it again.

However, I wanted to flag this for Eli owners.

Quarterback Eli Manning missed the New York Giants’ practice for a second day in a row Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

Now there has been all kinds of talk about Manning’s toughness and high pain threshold and I’m not going to dispute that. However, something that needs to be pointed out is that this is a non-contact injury. The Giants shouldn’t have much of a problem with Oakland this week, but what if at some point in the season the Giants are down late in the 4th quarter and something like this happens (skip 2:13 in the video).

Giving Manning a week off might not be such a bad idea.