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Reactions from around the socials regarding the HOF snubbing Eli
New York Giants legend and two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning will not be a first ballot Hall of Famer.
To quote the Giants:
It came, or rather didn’t come, on a night when Saquon Barkley won “Offensive Player Of the Year” and Jayden Daniels won both “Offensive Rookie Of the Year” and “Moment Of The Year. A night when the Offensive Rookie Of The Year award was presented by Odell Beckham Jr., a player who was put in position to win his own award by Eli.
If the Hall Of Fame is intended to tell the story of the NFL, then leaving Eli Manning out is leaving pages blank. After all, only one of the Modern Era players even competed in a Super Bowl (Jared Allen, after he was traded to the Carolina Panthers), and none of them have rings from The Big Game.
The reaction after the announcement reflects that. Save a plethora of Eagles, or Patriots, centric accounts taking the opportunity to dunk on Eli and the Giants, there was a fair amount of shock at Eli being left off.
And it’s worth noting that Eli Manning is now the only eligible multi-time Super Bowl MVP who isn’t in the Hall of Fame.
Unfortunately, Eli might now have to wait a while for the powers that be to deign him worthy of his place in NFL history.
