Before the Eli Manning Era began, and only five months after Tom Coughlin had been hired, the Giants signed the perfect bridge quarterback.

He was not yet 33, had won a Super Bowl four seasons earlier, was a two-time NFL MVP before injuries interrupted his march to Canton.

What Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll need now is a Kurt Warner, who was 5-4 before Coughlin handed Manning the football.

A quarterback who can win them games now to buy Daboll time to develop his Quarterback of the Future.