Eli outshone many ads on social media

Published 9:49 am Monday, February 8, 2016

NEW YORK — The latest developments in Super Bowl commercials before, during and after the Big Game:

Eli Manning didn’t quite outshine brother Peyton Sunday, but he did get more attention than many of the night’s ads on social media.

The younger Manning, quarterback for the New York Giants, was shown on TV with a glum face after a play on the field. That was even though other family members in the box were cheering. The image was widely shared on Twitter.

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Nobody knows what Eli was thinking, and it may just have been his natural expression.

After the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers, both Eli and Peyton now have two Super Bowl wins under their belts.