Giants quarterback Eli Manning may be holding a clipboard instead of a football in his hands against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday if his injured heel continues to limit his effectiveness on the field.
Manning missed practice Wednesday to get treatment on his injured foot.
"If I feel like I can go out and play at a high level and help the team and do everything I can do, and they don't have to limit the game plan or say you can't do this or that, I'll go out there and play," Manning told the Associated Press.
The Giants quarterback has a painful injury called plantar fascitis, which is the inflamation of a a band of soft connective tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot and connects to the heel.
Manning said his heel bothered him a little in previous weeks, but the pain was ratcheted up during a fourth quarter throw against Kansas City last week.
Manning has started 82 straight games for New York and he's led the Giants to a 4-0 record this season.
Coach Tom Coughlin said Manning does not have to practice this week to play on Sunday, according to the Daily News.
Backup David Carr will start for the Giants against the 1-3 Raiders if Manning's heel injury persists.
Carr, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 draft, has 79 career starts, but none since 2006 with the Carolina Panthers. He's thrown two touchdowns and no interceptions in five games as a backup with the Giants over the past two seasons. Carr has been sacked 264 times in 87 career games.
