Giants QB Eli Manning says one of his centers stinks, literally

If we didn't know any better, we'd think it was Bad Comedian Eli Manning talking and not New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning when he spoke recently about the personal hygiene perils of being under center.

"It's definitely a close relationship, right away," Manning told ESPN.com. "My hands are in places that not a lot of other people's go."

Manning has had nine different centers during his NFL career and said that one of them had a major problem with body odor.

"I don't know if it's a PG story or not," Manning said. "But one of them, I thought about wearing a glove on my right hand after working with him for a while because of, um, well, I figure you can imagine the reasons why. Sweat doesn't bother me. But odor — an odor can bother you. You've got nine to pick from, so I'm not going to call out the individual. I don't know what was going on, but I had to wash my hands kind of immediately after practice. First thing to do. Hard to get that stench off sometimes."

In hindsight, we apologize for sharing this story. Everything about it stinks.

Get the stench off by watching Manning's DirecTV commercial below.