"He started Super Bowl XLVI with a record-setting nine straight completions. He ended the game the way he has finished so many others: By leading the Giants to a come-from-behind victory.

When it was all over, Eli Manning was just the same as he's always been. He collected his second Super Bowl MVP award after guiding the Giants to a 21-17 win over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday night.

But he refused to bask in the glory that even his teammates said he deserves. Was he elite? The quarterback who famously put himself in that class of quarterbacks in a preseason interview didn't care to revisit the topic this time.

"That's not a question for a quarterback to answer," he said. "That's a question for reporters and media. Ya'll can debate that all you want. I just know we're world champions tonight.""