Where will Eli Manning go from here?

Start the presses at the Wheaties factory, we've got ourselves a new hero!

Since the Super Bowl MVP couldn't be shared jointly across an entire defensive line, Eli Manning was as deserving as any individual to receive it. He completed 19 of his 35 passes for 2 TDs and 1 INT that wasn't his fault.

But it was the 12-play, 83-yard game winning drive that sealed Manning's place in history. And his Houdini-like escape from the clutches of (what seemed like) the entire New England defensive line, his rollout and desperate toss into the center of the field, which was somehow snagged by wide receiver David Tyree...was just plain surreal.

But the heroic performance, which no one will soon forget, got me wondering: where will Eli Manning go from here? (Besides Disney World, of course.)

For starters, endorsement offers will come flooding in from every direction. Older brother Peyton is already an advertising icon, while up until now Eli has barely dipped his toe in the water. They say that Peyton is the more gregarious of the two, but Eli won't have a choice anymore; unless he goes into hiding, everyone will want to borrow his face and pay him handsomely for it.

But on the football field, has Manning suddenly become an elite quarterback?

While yardage isn't the only measuring stick for the position, it's worth mentioning that Eli hasn't thrown for 300 yards since Oct. 15 against Atlanta and hasn't exceeded 275 since Nov. 18. And though his touchdown to interception ratio was 6 to 1 in the post season, how many of us have forgotten that it was just 23 to 20 in the regular season?

You could see the younger Manning mature throughout the course of the post season, making better decisions and remaining calm under pressure. He was rarely awe-inspiring, but he was never awful, as he was so often in the regular season.

But Manning was also just one member of an entire team that got hot at the right time. Ahmad Bradshaw came from no where (190 regular season yards) to form a fiersome ground attack with Brandon Jacobs. Amani Toomer was steady throughout the post season, and the Giants got a big lift from both Tyree and rookie Steve Smith.

Life after the Super Bowl will never be the same for Eli Manning. He will be recognized everywhere he goes, endorsement money will bulge in his pockets, and his confidence should be at an all-time high. But come next season, when he's completed 13 passes is 30 tries with three INTs along the way, life won't be that different, either.

He's Eli Manning the Super Bowl champion, now, but he's still Eli Manning. And if he thought he felt pressure from the New York media before winning the Super Bowl, he hasn't seen anything yet.