Eli and Peyton joined by some Jets in a new DirecTV rap video (VIDEO)

If it's August in the NFL, it can only mean one thing — another Manning brothers DirecTV jam.

Eli and Peyton Manning — who had a YouTube hit with last year's DirecTV rap "Football on Your Phone" video, are at it again with a similar gangsta theme but they added a few new friends.

"Fantasy Fottball Fantasy" comes out today promoting the network's new fantasy football channel, Via For The Win.

Along with the pair's white guy rapping cadence, you'll get a few other curiosities, including:

• New Jets running back Chris Johnson giving someone his trademark dreadlocks.

•  Ex-Jets quarterback Joe Namath cuddling a mother while she's making stew (don't ask,         just watch).

• Eli getting auto-tuned before his father Archie Manning joins him in outer space.

Just don't look for any Seattle Seahawks though.

Last year's video caught everyone by surprise and seemed fresh and spontaneous. This one doesn't seem to hit the mark. You be the judge:

Eli says Peyton is a better QB, but gives himself an edge in the bedroom

Sometimes Too Much Information becomes TWO Much Information — especially when it comes down to the Peyton and Eli Manning rivalry. And this little tidbit might be the last thing even the most dedicated fan would want to know about either of the brothers. 

During a radio interview on the Jay Mohr Sports show on Fox Sports Radio Wednesday, Mohr got Eli to admit that while Peyton is the better NFL quarterback, he is a better singer and ... wait for it ... a better lover.

During the interview, Mohr gave the Giants quarterback a "pop quiz" comparing himself to his older brother, including which son is better liked by their parents and, of course, who is the better signal caller.

Eli revealed that he is his mother Olivia's favorite while dad Archie prefers Peyton before getting to the icky part.

He conceded Peyton is better on the playing field, but when it comes to action between the sheets, he gets the nod.

And why not? Eli has more experience getting sacked and who wants to hear someone incessantly yelling 'Omaha' in the heat of passion?

I guess one man's audible is another one's sweet nothings.

Hoboken mayoral candidate zings Eli Manning with open letter to big brother Peyton

You can bet Hoboken councilman Tim Occhipinti will lose more than Eli Manning's vote in his quest to be mayor of this New Jersey city after sending an open letter criticizing Eli to big brother Peyton. Even if the Giants are still losing.

Occhipinti has linked the Giants’ miserable season to Manning’s endorsement of Dawn Zimmer, his opponent and the incumbent in the Hoboken mayoral race. Manning resides with his family in Hoboken.

The Occhipinti ticket  singled out Eli in an open letter to his brother Peyton, under the guise that big brother can help correct Eli’s "recent questionable judgment on the field and in Hoboken politics."

The letter — written before last week’s loss to the Eagles plunged the Giants to 0-5 — says: 

"In the past few weeks since baby brother agreed to throw his hat into Hoboken politics, and agreed to attend our opponent’s fundraiser; the Giants have lost every game, and Eli has had a very tough go of it."

What follows is a breakdown of Eli’s rash of turnovers and the superiority of Peyton’s undefeated Broncos:

"You must have been proud of little brother Eli Manning, when he hoisted the Lombardi Trophy a few years ago, winning the Super Bowl in a dramatic fashion and earning his second ring and second Most Valuable Player Award. Now, with the Giants starting 0-4, it is looking as if you might be the only Manning playing in the Super bowl in NJ this February. We are writing this letter in the hopes of changing that, though. We are hoping you can talk some sense into our Giants quarterback."

 The letter concludes:

"The Giants can get back on track and back to their winning ways! Let him know that 0-4 quarterbacks get involved in politics. Winning quarterbacks stick with what is happening on the field. Go Big Blue."

Remember councilman, Jersey is still a blue state — Big Blue that is.

Giants counting on Manning to close gap in NFC East — Peyton Manning that is

If the New York Giants have any chance of salvaging this season, it sounds like the team believes it will have to pin their slim hopes on the broad shoulders of a Manning or two.

If there was ever a good time for Giants quarterback Eli Manning to cash in on a family favor — it couldn't have come at a better time than this weekend.

As the Oh-and-four Giants regroup after Sunday's  31-7 shellacking at the hands of the Chiefs, salvation might come in the form of a quarterback from another team —namely Eli's big brother Peyton.

The division-leading Cowboys play Peyton's Broncos on Sunday and it sounded like Eli is already counting on that game as a win for his big brother and his seemingly unstoppable offense.

"Dallas is going to Denver this week, so we feel we’ve got to get a win here and hopefully we’ll get a win and we can be one game back," said the optimistic Eli on Monday.

The game is actually being played in Dallas, but Eli's point is taken.

Luckily for the pathetic Giants, every other team in the NFC East are almost as bad. The Cowboys are on top with a 2-2 record and the Eagles and Redskins each have one victory. Even with a four game losing streak to start the season, the Giants are only two games back.

The Giants have an opportunity to close the gap on Sunday. Don't discount what a little brotherly love can do.

Eli Manning says Peyton made it `look easy' against Ravens

After Peyton Manning joined Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, YA Tittle and Joe Kapp as the only NFL quarterbacks to throw seven touchdowns in a single game, Eli Manning chimed in on his big brother's remarkable feat.

The New York Giants quarterback downplayed Thursday night's brilliant performance by Peyton as only a younger sibling could.

“Yeah, he did okay,” Eli Manning deadpanned to the Giants website. “He did alright. He makes it look easy. I don’t appreciate that. I know it definitely is harder than what it looked like, especially that second half. But he played pretty outstanding. It was fun to watch.”

The older Manning threw a franchise-record seven touchdowns in the Denver Broncos’ 49-27 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in Denver. He became the first quarterback to do so since former Vikings’ Kapp accomplished the feat in 1969.

He completed 27 of 42 passes for 462 with the seven touchdowns and no interceptions.

Still, Eli has a pair of Super Bowl rings — as opposed to Peyton's one — to help keep things into perspective.  The brothers will face each other in the third Manning Bowl at MetLife Stadium next Sunday.

Tiki Barber: Eli is better than big brother Peyton

It sounds like the feud between Tiki Barber and Eli Manning has taken an about face and now the former Giants running back is singing the praises of Eli — going as far as to call him a better quarterback than his brother Peyton.

Barber, who co-hosts the Morning Show with Brandon Tierney and Dana Jacobsen on the CBS Sports Radio Network, said on Wednesday's show that he thinks Eli is better than Peyton.

"The expectation was that he was never going to be Peyton. I remember having these conversations with people who watched Eli in college, saying, 'He's good, but he's never going to be Peyton, he's not Peyton.' Guess what? I think he's better than Peyton," Barber said. "Because of clutch. What matters in sports? It's winning and losing. You get to the stage and what do you do? Eli's gotten there and he's won."

For the record, Eli's career postseason record is while big brother's is 9-11.

Barber, who played with —and criticized — Eli for three seasons in New York, didn't stop there. He also said Eli could be in the conversation for top-five quarterback of all time if he has a couple more successful seasons.

"For Eli to crack the top five of all time, he's got to have a 2011 [type] season a couple more times and win another Super Bowl and be Super Bowl MVP, and then I think he's in the discussion for the top five [quarterbacks] of all time," Barber said.

It's quite a turn for the Giants' pariah. Barber publicly questioned Manning's leadership abilities back in 2007 — after Barber retired. When Eli responded, the fight was on. 

Barber was quoted as saying that when Eli tried to give motivational pre-game speeches, he sounded "comical." When Manning heard the comments from Barber, he replied that maybe Barber should take a look at himself first, because Barber's pending retirement had served as a distraction all season long.

Manning went on to win the first of his two Super Bowls that season while Barber watched from his couch.

Since then, Manning has gone on to become one of the most-respected elite quarterbacks in the NFL while Tiki has pretty much faded from view and favor with Giants fans.

In 2011, Manning threw 29 touchdown passes on the way to leading the Giants to a Super Bowl win over the Patriots, the second Super Bowl win of Eli's career. Eli's 4,933 passing yards in 2011 is the eighth-highest single-season total in NFL history and is 233 yards more than Peyton's best single-season performance. Something even Barber has to acknowledge.

"As much as you want to try and diminish what he's done, you can't," Barber said of Manning. "Every stat and conversation point supports what he's done."

Manning Bowl III is set for Sept. 15 when they meet at MetLife Stadium and Peyton goes for the sweep.

And, just maybe, there will be a Giants-Broncos matchup in Super Bowl XLVIII in the same place to settle the argument once and for all.

First look at Eli and Peyton's new DirecTV characters

Every year the NFL preseason brings with it high hopes and — in the case of the Manning brothers — low comedy. And tt sure beats Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

This summer is no different reports TMZ,  after Eli and Peyton were spotted in character on a New Orleans film location and the gossip site posted the photographic proof.

According toTMZ:

He's already got 2 ringz ... but this week, Eli Manning threw on 2 Chainz ... and gangster'd himself out (along with his brother Peyton) ... for another DirecTV commercial shoot in New Orleans, and TMZ has the pic. 

With Eli sporting a red Kanye-inspired jacket and a quasi-mullet ... and Peyton sporting a Jew-fro and Birdman shades ... we're guessing the NFL superstars were doing another one of those goofy spots for Sunday Ticket. 

It wouldn't be the first time Saturday Night Live's favorite NFL siblings camped it up together.  Who could forget the gut-busting 'Football Cops."