--- title: Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl description: Cameras captured Eli looking less than enthused about his older brother's soon-to-be victory canonical: https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-09T22:15:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:41.641Z og:title: Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl og:description: Cameras captured Eli looking less than enthused when his brother's team won the game og:url: https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba9a183d16a3dd5/69887cdacf40a8cf4ac41e39/eli-manning-super-bowl-meme-sad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4101 og:image:height: 2307 og:image:alt: 2015 Walter Payton NFL Man Of The Year Finalist Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl twitter:description: Cameras captured Eli looking less than enthused when his brother's team won the game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba9a183d16a3dd5/69887cdacf40a8cf4ac41e39/eli-manning-super-bowl-meme-sad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl > Sponsored content. 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Finalist Eli Manning of the New York Giants speaks during the 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist press conference prior to Super Bowl 50 at the Moscone Center West on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Mike Lawrie—Getty Images by [Rose Minutaglio / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Rose Minutaglio / People Contributor Feb 9, 2016 10:15 PM UTC New York Giants quarterback [Eli Manning](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:EliManning,00.html) is ready to explain his meme-inspiring Super Bowl moment. When his brother [Peyton Manning](http://www.people.com/article/peyton-manning-super-bowl-50-retirement-good-morning-america)‘s team, the Denver Broncos, scored a critical touchdown that helped them defeat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, cameras captured Eli looking less than enthused about [his older brother’s soon-to-be victory](http://www.people.com/article/peyton-manning-celebrates-super-bowl-50-at-disneyland). On Monday the [Giants](http://www.giants.com/) star answered the question on everyone’s mind – why the heck did he look so unhappy watching his older bro on the field? “I was focused on whether they were going for two, and knew the defense had to step up and make some stops,” Eli told [TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/08/eli-manning-super-bowl-face-peyton-manning/). > [](https://twitter.com/BetDSI/status/696546279963254785) > [](https://twitter.com/PerezHilton/status/696737636656947200) > [](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/696537841971683328) > [](https://twitter.com/samir/status/696533977260290048) > [](https://twitter.com/Fwiz/status/696532492723982337) > [](https://twitter.com/jwoodham/status/696534893405171712) Eli, ever the good sport, has said the videos and memes of his face circling the Internet are “all good stuff.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/eli-manning-super-bowl-face-explains-reaction) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/"},"headline":"Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl","datePublished":"2016-02-09T22:15:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:41.641Z","description":"Cameras captured Eli looking less than enthused about his older brother's soon-to-be victory","url":"https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Football","Super Bowl","Peyton Manning"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba9a183d16a3dd5/69887cdacf40a8cf4ac41e39/eli-manning-super-bowl-meme-sad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rose Minutaglio / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba9a183d16a3dd5/69887cdacf40a8cf4ac41e39/eli-manning-super-bowl-meme-sad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 Walter Payton NFL Man Of The Year Finalist Press Conference","caption":"Finalist Eli Manning of the New York Giants speaks during the 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist press conference prior to Super Bowl 50 at the Moscone Center West on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California.","creditText":"Mike Lawrie—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4214616/eli-manning-sad-face-meme/","name":"Eli Manning Explains His Sad Face at the Super Bowl"}}]}] ```