Only the biggest dreamers 21 years ago could have closed their eyes and imagined the rookie quarterback Eli Manning wearing No. 10 stepping into his huddle and one day stepping forever into their New York Giants hearts, and finally say farewell after delivering two Super Bowl championships to them this way:

“Once a Giant, only a Giant.”

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Only the biggest dreamers this Sunday at MetLife Stadium will close their eyes and imagine the handsome rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart wearing No. 6, stepping into his huddle and one day stepping forever into their New York Giants hearts after delivering the franchise’s fifth Super Bowl championship to them, and why not the sixth?

The quarterback of the future, more than anyone on the football field, is a giant symbol of hope, of shining light at the end of a tunnel of darkness, especially for a downtrodden franchise that has hit one rock bottom after another.