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*Eli Manning is up at Media Day. He should just say "Derp!" throw the mic down and walk out. (SportsPickle's DJ Gallo)

*Manningham was asked if thinks Edelman can cover Cruz. He turned tables, asked reporter same the ?. Reporter said "no." Mario: "OK then" (NFL Net's Albert Breer)

*Eli says he's a big Modern Family fan. Specifically Phil Dunphy. Agree w/ Eli about this. Eli also says he's not a Madonna fan. Big news. (ESPNW's Kate Fagan)

*Antrel Rolle expects Gronkowski to play. "We're looking forward to him playing." (CBSSports.com)

*Eli - who rarely pulls back curtain about Peyton - says he's never seen anyone play QB as well, that he always aspired to his level (ESPNNY's Johnette Howard)

*"I'm just starting to scratch the surface. I have a lot of potential."
(Jason Pierre-Paul)

*Tom Coughlin says the Giants have a curfew, but won't reveal the hour.
(NFL Network's Andrew Siciliano)

*What's Antrel Rolle's favorite Madonna song? "Like a Virgin ... But I can't sing it because I'm definitely not that." ... Rolle did sing a little "Material Girl" for us ... and that's the moment Media Day officially jumped the shark. (NY Daily News' Ralph Vacchiano)
(via Twitter)
A superhero interviewing a player. That's what Media Day is all about:

ProFootballTalk's Michael David Smith(via Twitter)
*Rob Gronkowski's podium unofficially has the most media at the moment.
(ESPN.com's James Walker)

*Brady on Gronkowski's ankle: He's out of the boot today, so that makes me feel better. (ESPN.com's Johnette Howard)

*Watching Rob Gronkowski try to set a new record for number of times he can use the expression "day by day" (ESPN's Rachel Nichols)

*Apparently, Rob Gronkowski is not wearing a walking boot at SB Media Day. But is he wearing an Ugg boot? (FootballOutsiders' Rob Gronkowski)

*"It's nagging, sore, just like any other injury. ... We're making positive strides every day, you don't want to look back and say you didn't try everything to get on the field." (Gronkowski)

*10:47 a.m. ET. The debate whether or not Rob Gronkowski is wearing a compression sock rages on. (SBNation.com)
(via Twitter)

Meanwhile, the style winner of the morning goes to the Patriots' Tiquan Underwood:
*Kudos to the fan sitting in the front row for media day eating nachos at 9:40 a.m.
(Yahoo Sports' Chris Chase)

*Just passed a guy scalping Media Day tickets.
(ProFootballTalk's Michael David Smith)

*So far I have only seen one caped, costumed person at Media Day. But it's early.
(ESPN's Rob King)

*...and for the first time ever at Media Day: fans. Lots of em!
(NFL Network's Scott Hanson)



*Why shouldn't fans want to go to SB Media Day? They're NFL fans. In Indy. It's not like they can go to the Louvre. (Houston Chronicle's Stephanie Stradley)
(via Twitter)
Super Bowl Media Day! The Super Bowl of bad media days. Yahoo's Jamie Mottram(via Twitter)

Cut through the clutter with Quickish: Pats (10-11 a.m. ET), Giants (Noon-1).

MORE: "Hey @RobGronkowski heads up- at Media Day I told people to ask you about your ankle. Might want to have something prepared" (Late Show's Eric Stangel)
The highlight of the Steelers' session: James Harrison's candid discussion of his feelings (mostly anger) after the league fined him earlier this season. Hey: Actual news!
Brett Keisel wearing a Polamalu wig. (via CBSSports' Will Brinson/Twitter) Here's a link to Brinson's original Tweet, but the blurb above takes you straight to the photo.

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