Eli Manning understands full well the impact that Pat Flaherty can have on a quarterback as well as an offense. A former New York Giants quarterback, Manning can appreciate the impact of Flaherty, now the offensive line coach with Rutgers football.
Flaherty was the offensive line coach for both of Manning’s Super Bowl wins and now he brings two decades of NFL experience to the Scarlet Knights.
Four times named to the Pro Bowl and twice selected as MVP of the Super Bowl, Manning was joined last Friday by former Giants teammates Shaun O’Hara and Justin Tuck at an event in Waldwick, N.J. The Children’s Place sponsored a community outreach to over 300 children and their families at the Superdome Sports facility.
The family-focused event afforded children the chance to learn about football from the Giants legends, complete custom t-shirts and participate in an Easter egg hunt.
Manning was asked about the impact of Flaherty’s hire and his own experience with the former Giants offensive line coach.
“We had a lot, a lot of meetings, a lot of discussions with coach Flaherty. You know, the quarterback and offensive line coach always communicate early, early, early in the week about things like how we’re going to pick up some blitzes…how we’re going to handle certain players,” Manning told Rutgers Wire last Friday.
“And so he’s a guy that obviously cared a lot about protecting the quarterback – I appreciated that. But also getting the run game going what runs versus certain looks, what runs do we like against this blitz, you know, I don’t care if we run it, throw it. It’s about getting successful plays moving the ball getting first downs and so Pat was open.
“If we had ideas, he would listen to them to change things up, to get better protection. He was all for it. And so just a guy like Shaun (O’Hara) said, he’s a hard worker, he’s always grinding and he’s going get his players very well prepared.”
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