In the tenth week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers will face the challenge of the New York Giants at home, and there is no doubt that this is the 49ers' strongest opponent this season, and at the same time the most talked-about opponent.

The New York Giants are one of the oldest teams in the NFL, founded in 1925, who have been instrumental in the rise and fall of football on the North American continent and have left a legacy on their franchise history. What's more, they are a team affiliated with "New York", a city that stands at the top of the world, and their every move attracts countless eyes.

There is no need to go into detail about the city of New York, because it is a never-ending history, and the sports section alone can go on and on: the feud between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets has been going on throughout the history of baseball, and the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets have been important topics in the basketball league.

On top of the football field, New York is also home to two teams, the New York Giants and the New York Jets.

Both teams have a rich heritage, having played an integral role in the league since the NFL's inception and have a stellar past, both with Super Bowl victories.

The New York Giants belong to the League of Nations East along with the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.

They are one of the oldest, most complex and most intense divisions in the entire league, second only to the Green Bay Packers in the North Division of the National League, but even in the midst of such fierce division competition, the New York Giants are still one of the strongest divisions in the last three decades.

Before the Super Bowl era, the New York Giants won the league championship four times; After the Super Bowl era, the New York Giants also won the Super Bowl three times, and the number of division titles is even more impressive.

In the 21st century, the New York Giants are still a formidable player, making the playoffs six times and winning the Super Bowl in 2007.

Unfortunately, after the 2007 season and the 2008 season, in the past two seasons, the New York Giants have entered a period of strength change, and their performance has been up and down, with eight wins and eight losses in the 2009 season and ten wins and six losses in the 2010 season.

Still, no one can deny that the New York Giants are a force to be reckoned with in the league, not only because of their cumulative record over the past five or ten years, but also because they have an excellent quarterback, Eli Manning.

The Manning family, one of the most important traditional football families in the NFL.

It all started with Archie-Manning, one of the league's best quarterbacks in the '70s, who made history by playing on the court for 14 seasons.

On the college court, Archie excelled in football, showed great talent in football and baseball, and was favored by scouts, but in the end, Archie chose rugby.

The 1971 draft was hailed as a rare year for quarterbacks, with at least four quarterbacks worthy of the first round of the draft, and the competition was fierce. The team that later became the New England Patriots, who were still Boston Patriots at the time, chose Jim-Plunkett, a quarterback from Stanford University, and the New Orleans Saints, who were only five years old at the time, chose Archie with the roster pick.

Unfortunately, the New Orleans Saints, who were the new army of the league in the seventies, had a chaotic idea of building the team, and the team was never able to find a winning formula. After spending 12 years with the Saints, Archie moved to Houston Oilers and then Minnesota Vikings before retiring.

Not being able to win the Super Bowl has always been a regret for Archie, but he is an important presence in the history of the New Orleans Saints, not only entered the team's Hall of Fame, but later the University of Mississippi retired Archie's No. 18 jersey. As a quarterback, Archie's ability and talent are undoubted, but unfortunately he didn't get the timing right.

After getting married, Archie had three sons, Cooper-Manning, Peyton Manning, and Eli-Manning. Among them, Cooper and Payton are only two years apart, while Eli is a full five years younger than Payton.

All three sons followed in their father's footsteps and entered rugby. Cooper was an outside receiver, while Payton was a quarterback, and Eli, who was five years younger, later succeeded his father and second brother as quarterback.

Because of their similar age, Cooper and Payton spent their middle school years together, the Manning combination is a feared combination on the court, Cooper's excellent receiving touch and Payton's excellent passing sense, in the middle school arena, the tacit understanding between the brothers reached its peak, in Payton's sophomore year of high school, the two brothers led the team to a season of nine wins and one loss, which attracted much attention.

Cooper and Payton also agreed with each other that the two would also enter the college season together, continue to kill all sides, and enter the professional league together to establish themselves.

But fate was twists and turns, after entering college, Cooper found that he would unconsciously drop the ball, and after a hospital examination, it was found that he was suffering from congenital spinal narrowosis, which may lead to paralysis or even life-threatening in the future. With no choice, Cooper's rugby career ended there.

After one of the darkest times of his life, with Cooper's encouragement, Payton bounced back and stood on the court. Originally, Payton's jersey number was fourteen, but later, Payton chose his brother's jersey number, eighteen, and continued to move forward with the dreams of the two brothers.

Later, there was a No. 18 quarterback in the history books on the NFL court.

As the youngest son of the Manning family, Eli has always been the one who has been bullied, just like the toys of his two older brothers, stumbling to catch up with his older brother when he was a child, and even more so when he grew up. However, under the influence of rugby environment, Eli also gradually showed his passing talent.

In college, Eli achieved numerous outstanding results in the limelight, and at the University of Mississippi, he broke a series of team records held by his father - Payton chose to study at the University of Tennessee, the University of Mississippi's sworn enemy, which caused numerous controversies at the time, and the youngest son of the Manning family returned to Archie's alma mater to recreate his father's glory.

In 2003, Payton, the second son of the Manning family, became a stalwart in the league and was elected regular season MVP for the first time in his career, which made Eli's draft prospects very promising.

Payton seems to be a natural leader, mature, steady, strategic, and far-sighted, but he always lacks a fierce anger at critical moments, so in the regular season, Payton can always easily control the game and kill all sides, but the playoffs have been slow to make a breakthrough, and it was not until the 2006 season that the first Super Bowl of his career was ushered in.

Eli, on the other hand, seems to be a gambler by nature, daring, aggressive, and decisive, always with ups and downs, but always able to burst out with a powerful force at critical moments to turn the tide. inherited the passing touch from his father, and is in the same vein as Payton and is trustworthy.

In the 2004 draft, Eli Manning was considered the No. 1 pick. However, it was the San Diego Lightning who held the No. 1 pick that year, and Eli made it clear through his father that he refused to play for the Chargers.

This is a coalition case, and only the Manning family knows why.

Rumor has it that Archie wants his youngest son to go to the National League, avoid Payton's American League, avoid too many sibling duels during the season, and not be too brutal in the competition for a playoff spot, and the San Diego Lightning are the team in the American League.

There are also rumors that it was because of the poor management of the San Diego Chargers, which disappointed Eli and Archie, who visited the team before the draft, leading to the subsequent rejection.

Another theory is that Ryan Leaf, the league's biggest parallel product drafted in the same year as Payton, fell in San Diego with the Lightning in San Diego, but it has nothing to do with Leaf's personal ability, but the atmosphere and management within the Lightning are too bad and drown out Leaf's personal ability.

But no matter what kind of rumors it is, the Manning family has never responded positively, and this is also an unknown unsolved case.

Later, the San Diego Lightning still relentlessly selected Eli Manning above the draft. At that time, in the midst of a wave of boos, Eli took the jersey with an embarrassed face and was photographed by reporters, which also became one of the most embarrassing images in the history of the league's draft.

However, the Chargers made a trade and after selecting Eli, they quickly traded Eli to the New York Giants at the cost of Philip Rivers, who had the fourth-overall draft pick that year, and the Giants traded Rivers to the Chargers and paid for it multiple picks the following year, including a first-round pick.

As a result, Eli Manning became the leading quarterback of the New York Giants.

After joining the league, Eli quickly established himself, and after a disastrous rookie season, he led the New York Giants to the National League East Conference in his second season, and completed his breakthrough in his fourth season.

In the 2007 season, the New York Giants made it all the way to the Super Bowl, and against the New England Patriots, who had won all 16 games in the regular season, Eli scored a last-minute pass touchdown to win the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl MVP title.

Perhaps, Eli is not as stable as Payton, but Eli's ability is not something that no one can underestimate.

Next week, Lu Ke is about to face Eli Manning, playing the Manning family for the first time in his career.