BY JOHNETTE HOWARD
Giants quarterback Eli Manning took some good-natured kidding today for being the first New York player to arrive at his podium for NFL media day at his first Super Bowl.
Manning has been noticeably happy and more expansive since arriving here. Acknowledging at how eager he must have looked as teammates didn't straggle in for quite a few moments after him, Manning joked, "Maybe it means the Tom Coughlin five-minute [early] rule is paying off."