Big brother watches as Manning guides Giants to title game

PEYTON MANNING has a championship game to be at next weekend after all. He can go watch baby brother Eli guide the New York Giants.

A few hours after the reigning Super Bowl MVP lost his chance to get back to the big game, the less-heralded, often-criticised member of American football’s most famous family got the biggest victory of his career. Manning led the Giants past Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on Sunday and into the NFC title game.

“I won’t get tired of hearing that this week,” Manning said. “No one’s given us much credit and probably still won’t. But that’s OK. We like it that way.”