16 Times We've All Been Sad Eli Manning Watching the 2016 Super Bowl

While his brother Peyton Manning was on the field winning the big game, the Giants QB was in the stands looking bored

By Jenna Mullins Feb 08, 2016 7:21 PMTags
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Take a look at that photo of Eli Manning up there. Can't you just hear Adele's "Hello" playing wistfully in the background as the New York Giants' quarterback watches his brother win Super Bowl 2016?

"Hello from the other siiide..." 

Sad Eli Manning is sad.

Now, Eli has two Super Bowl rings. So we highly doubt he was actually upset or sad watching brother Peyton Manning beat the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night. Our theory is that Eli, being an NFL player himself, knows how quickly a game can turn around. So he probably wasn't ready to celebrate his big bro's win quite yet. Once the final seconds ticked off, then he probably cheered and clapped for Peyton.

But the GIF of Eli staring blankly straight ahead while the rest of the Manning family jumped around and cheered has already been around the Internet (twice) and will probably haunt the QB for the rest of time. But don't make fun of him, because when you look at the image of Eli being a total Debbie Downer, don't you see yourself? C'mon, we've all been Sad Eli Manning at some point in our lives:

1. When your friends are freaking out about Beyoncé's tour and you realize you won't have enough money to buy tickets

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2. When you wake up and realize it's Monday

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3. When you pull into Taco Bell, ready to get your hands on the new Quesalupa and there's a giant line at the drive-thru

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4. When your ex finally changes their Netflix login

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5. When you're stalking someone on Instagram and accidentally click "like" on a photo from 28 weeks ago

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6. When your least favorite coworker wants to talk to you before you've had a drop of coffee

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7. When everyone is talking about Making a Murderer but you haven't made it past episode one

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8. When your friend asks you to go on a all-vegan, no-sugar, no-Chipotle diet with them

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9. When your boss calls you by the wrong name and no one corrects her

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10. When your sibling gets engaged and your mom asks why all your Facebook photos feature your cat

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11. When your sweatpants suddenly don't fit anymore and your roommate suggests cutting back on Nutella

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12. When you're at a club and everyone starts screaming about the song that comes on but you've never heard it before

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13. When you hear Kate Winslet admit that she totally let Leonardo DiCaprio die in Titanic

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14. When Rihanna finally drops her new album, but it's only available on Tidal

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15. When you realize there won't be any more football games until August

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16. And finally, when you're the lead singer of Coldplay and Taraji P. Henson thinks you're Maroon 5

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Remember, we're all Sad Eli.