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"Eli has a father and a brother in the same business he's in, and the press is sometimes skeptical."
Comparisons aside, Manning didn't relish the opportunity to chat about his QB brother Peyton, who led his Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl championship the previous season.
Asked whether he got any brotherly advice for his trip to the White House, Eli said, "I didn't really talk to him about it."
Toomer said he was surprised by Bush's energy and humor, and Coughlin said many of the players were impressed by the president's ability to tick off player statistics at a photo-taking session before the ceremony.
"This is one place I never thought I'd be my whole entire life," Toomer said.
Earlier in the day, the team visited wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Players said that experience moved them even more than the White House festivities.
"To see their spirit, and the way they reacted to us, was just very special," said center Shaun O'Hara. "That's going to stick with me."
daphne.retter@nypost.com
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