Eli Manning is the best big game quarterback, ex-Giants coach says

The New York Giants only scored field goals against the Dallas Cowboys, a game they lost 20-15. Daniel Jones produced no touchdowns and threw an interception. Colin Cowherd believes it's time for the Giants to move on.

With the game on the line and a team needing a big play, there is no one Tom Coughlin would rather have than Eli Manning leading the charge.

Coughlin and Manning won two Super Bowls together, and Manning came up with big plays in clutch moments throughout the Giants' championship runs. 

"He is the greatest — people will argue with me, I get it, but he’s the greatest play — big game, excuse me, big game quarterback that I’ve ever seen," Coughlin said during a recent appearance on Barstool Sports’ "Pardon My Take."

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Former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning hug during the ceremony honoring the team that won the Super Bowl in 2012. (Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today Sports)

The Giants beat the undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 in the 2008 Super Bowl and then beat the Patriots again in the 2012 Super Bowl by a score of 21-17. 

"I mean, the way he approached things and the fact that he really, really accepted the challenge. He wanted the challenge. He wanted that. I mean, he knew what his comparison was against Tom Brady, for example, and, quite frankly, rightfully so. I mean, they stacked up a bunch of Super Bowls. But in those games, under those games — call it his pedigree, call it what you want — but this guy, you talk about making plays when he had to make them," Coughlin said. 

"Look at the (Mario) Manningham catch in 46, Super Bowl 46, and I used to, well I’m looking at it in my own mind. I don’t realize Eli’s back