The likely final scene of Eli Manning’s great Giants career is in the past.

The uncertain job status of coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Dave Gettleman is the biggest issue at present.

But the final two weeks of the Giants season needs to be about building up Daniel Jones for the future. And that means snapping his personal eight-game losing streak before it becomes a dark cloud over the offseason.

Fate says here comes a toss-up game Sunday at the Redskins — one of two teams Jones already has beaten. But the rookie isn’t certain to be back from his high ankle sprain by then, even though recovery is trending in that direction.

“We’ll just push him along like we did last week,” Shurmur said.

Shurmur’s tone didn’t express urgency. But there should be some — even if Jones isn’t the easily rattled type.

Manning lost his first six career starts in 2004 before a last-minute game-winning Week 17 drive instilled confidence in veteran teammates and catapulted the 2005 Giants to a playoff appearance.

The past 20 years are lined with other quarterbacks who lost as rookies but finished on a high note and then took big steps forward in Year 2, including Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz and Jared Goff. It is happening right now with Josh Allen and, to a lesser degree, Sam Darnold.

“Young players, if they’re good players, they can improve and it can bleed into next season as long as they have a great offseason,” Shurmur said. “I think it would be the same for him.”

Jones burst into the NFL with back-to-back wins before falling on hard times, including the injury that brought Manning off the sidelines for the past two starts. In order for Jones to live up to Shurmur’s description as a “fast healer,” he will need to practice Wednesday, after ditching a walking boot last week.

The only thing Shurmur ruled out is veteran backup Alex Tanney starting if Jones cannot go. That scenario would preserve Manning’s memories of an emotionally charged curtain call from the home crowd to end his 117th career regular-season win. Shurmur, who is coaching to save his job, could call on Manning again if needed.

“Eli earned all the really good things that happened to him [Sunday] over many, many years,” Shurmur said. “I think there’s a lot to be enjoyed and savored in some of the praise Eli received. I think it was all for the right reasons. I hope Daniel takes something away from that.”

Troy Aikman went 0-11 as a rookie and Warren Moon lost his first 10 NFL starts coming from the USFL — and both are in the Hall of Fame. Others, like second-round draft picks Jack Trudeau (1986) and DeShone Kizer (2017), never recovered from rookie losing streaks of 11 and 15, respectively.

“I know Daniel is getting close to getting ready and getting better,” Manning said. “We’ll see what his status is. I get it either way. I know they want to get him back, get him more experience, more reps and everything.”

By virtue of missing two games, Jones no longer is in jeopardy of breaking the NFL’s single-season record for fumbles. He has set all kinds of Giants rookie records and is responsible for two of the three 300-yard, four-touchdown, no-interception games by a rookie quarterback in NFL history.

There is plenty by which to judge his season as a success. Plenty to question, too, especially after it was Manning who rescued the Giants from a franchise-record tying nine-game losing streak.

“It’s a breath of fresh air, for sure,” Saquon Barkley said after Jones cleared out quick from a celebratory locker room. “Winning is fun. I don’t want to say that we go out there to have fun. The way you have fun is to win the game.

“Eli said that to us. I think he said it perfectly. We work so hard and everything feels like it’s been going against us. We were finally able to get that win, and hopefully it becomes contagious and we finish the season off strong.”

Jones needs some fresh air.

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