--- title: Eli Manning's Face After Getting Hit Hard Becomes Viral Meme description: New York Giants player Eli Manning's surprised reaction after being hit became a hit with the Internet, who quickly turned him into a meme. canonical: https://time.com/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-17T18:09:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:54.294Z og:title: Eli Manning's Face Is the Internet's Most Relatable Meme og:description: Horror and disappointment in one og:url: https://time.com/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49deb9e82b6e37b/69893a6f7cdbacd435d5df37/eli-manning-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: New York Giants v Dallas Cowboys og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eli Manning's Face Is the Internet's Most Relatable Meme twitter:description: Horror and disappointment in one twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49deb9e82b6e37b/69893a6f7cdbacd435d5df37/eli-manning-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eli Manning's Disappointed Face Makes For a Very Relatable Meme > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 17, 2018 6:09 PM UTC  ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 16: Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants warms up before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on September 16, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 16: Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants warms up before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on September 16, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Tom Pennington—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 17, 2018 6:09 PM UTC The [New York Giants](http://time.com/4149038/odell-beckham-touch-down/) lost miserably to the Dallas Cowboys, 20-13, on Sunday in Arlington, Texas, an event that provided ample opportunity to see the distressed and pained facial reactions of [Giants quarterback Eli Manning](http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/06/the-triumph-of-eli-manning-younger-brothers-rejoice/) as he was sacked multiple times during the game. Manning, whose emotive faces [have captured the whimsy of the Internet before](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2017/09/11/eli-manning-face-made-its-triumphant-sad-return-during-the-giants-loss-to-the-cowboys/105509692/), seemed to be fairly stressed after getting hit hard during the game, something that football fans on social media quickly capitalized on to make the season’s most relatable meme, appropriately dubbed “Eli Manning face.” For anyone who’s had things go awry, Manning’s face feels like a perfect representation of what it feels like to be simultaneously horrified and disappointed, as the tweets below demonstrate. > [](https://twitter.com/SebastianPosey/status/1041500023081582599) > [](https://twitter.com/coolghost101/status/1041562097174237186) > [](https://twitter.com/whhittuhhknee/status/1041529411252744193) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/"},"headline":"Eli Manning's Disappointed Face Makes For a Very Relatable Meme","datePublished":"2018-09-17T18:09:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:54.294Z","description":"Eli Manning's face is an entire mood","url":"https://time.com/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49deb9e82b6e37b/69893a6f7cdbacd435d5df37/eli-manning-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49deb9e82b6e37b/69893a6f7cdbacd435d5df37/eli-manning-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New York Giants v Dallas Cowboys","caption":"New York Giants v Dallas Cowboys","creditText":"Tom Pennington—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/5398398/eli-manning-face-meme/","name":"Eli Manning's Disappointed Face Makes For a Very Relatable Meme"}}]}] ```