THAT’S MY JOB!

Eli wants to start again after Big Blue shake-up

Shockingly cast aside last week, quarterback Eli Manning is now itching for his job back.

And in the wake of the firings of coach Ben McAdoo and general manager Jerry Reese, the two-time Super Bowl champion, who has steered Big Blue’s ship since 2004, appears likely to get his wish.

“I do not know [my status] for certain,” Manning told Mike Francesa on WFAN radio. “I hope I’m the starting quarterback.”

The decision that seemed to launch a spiraling Giants team into a complete free fall — to bench Manning, breaking his streak of 210 consecutive regular-season starts, for Geno Smith — is expected to be reversed.

Smith threw for 212 yards with a touchdown and two lost fumbles in a 24-17 defeat at Oakland.

According to co-owner John Mara, the final say on a starter for Sunday against the Cowboys will belong to interim coach Steve Spagnuolo.

“I’ve spoken to Steve and he’s still trying to come to grips with this whole thing,” Mara said. “He wants to talk to his offensive staff, and then he’s going to talk to [interim general manager] Kevin [Abrams] and myself.

“There’s no decision to my knowledge that’s been made on that yet. I assume they’ll run it by me.”

Manning did make a brief trip to the Giants’ facility Monday, meeting with Spagnuolo and informing him of his desire to retake control of the offense.

Watching his team drop to 2-10 from the sidelines wasn’t easy for the veteran.

“I didn’t like it. It’s not what I want to do,” Manning said.

With four games remaining, Mara stressed the word “tanking” is not in the Giants’ vocabulary. The goal the rest of the way is to win, which would seem to favor the 36-year-old Manning over Smith or rookie Davis Webb.

“I told [the assistant coaches] that I would not put up with any talk in this building about tanking or anything else, that I expected us to go out and try to win these games,” Mara said.

The public reaction to Manning’s benching was exceedingly negative, but Mara refuted the questionable move — and the looming treatment from fans at MetLife Stadium — impacted the fate of McAdoo or Reese. Ultimately, Mara took the blame for what was a poorly handled situation with Manning.

“It really had no effect whatsoever,” Mara explained. “2-10 is 2-10.

“If you want to blame anyone on that [decision], blame me. I could’ve overruled it.”

The initial plan was for Webb, a thirdround pick out of Cal, to take over for Smith at some point. Asked whether the organization will keep their promise to play Webb, Mara pledged his support but also reinforced his main aspiration for the remainder of this tumultuous season.

“I’m hopeful that at some point he gets into a game.” Mara said. “Right now, to be honest with you, after all this losing, I’m just as focused on trying to win some of these games as anything else.”

While a definitive call about what to do at quarterback nears, Manning remains confident the team can recover from the recent chaos to find success on the field.

“Nothing is going to be easy about it, but we got to suck it up and be men and find a way to play better football,” he said. “And so, I look for that challenge.”