How Good Was Eli Manning Actually?
He’s not just Peyton Manning’s little brother or Archie Manning’s son. Nah, Eli Manning was a beast in his own right. He might be the most overlooked NFL great, for all types of strange reasons. When you dive into Eli’s career, you’re going to be surprised with what you find.He even surpassed everybody in one of the most important aspects of the game. Big bro Peyton, Mahomes, Brady, doesn’t matter. Is it time to stop the hate on Eli Manning?
In today's video, we look at How Good Was Eli Manning Actually?
Eli Manning, the legendary quarterback known for his time with the Giants, has left an indelible mark on football. From his memorable Super Bowl victories to his hilarious "Dirty Dancing" commercial, Manning's career highlights, as showcased on ESPN and "The Eli Manning Show," cement his status as a Hall of Famer. Even his draft and retirement remain iconic moments, all while carrying on the Manning family legacy alongside Peyton and Archie Manning. Eli's prowess on the field, mixed with his good-natured humor, made him a beloved figure, forever celebrated in the Eli Manning rap and the hearts of Giants fans everywhere.
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Can't get to the post season without having a good enough regular season. But 2011 is often overlooked and he should of been in the mvp debate.
Primary reason he wasn’t was just because of how incredible QBs were that year. Rodgers had the highest passer rating ever, Brees broke the yards record, Brady and Stafford also had crazy seasons. Most other years Eli would’ve been at least top 2 in the league.
Tru he went off that season
That's not true. The Seahawks limped in with a 7-9 record in 2010. Not for being a good team, but for being not the worst team in the NFC west
@@thehashtagtrashbag nfc south last year is a timely example
@@thehashtagtrashbag good enough. seahawks weren't amazing but were good enough to make it
“eli was being a turnover machine” 5:07 receiver to drops the ball
Still added to his turnover stats
@@TheGridironYT half his picks were not on him, brother.
That pic was on him though under thrown in so much coverage
@@TransNFLGirl and his superbowl wins was not on him either. goes both way kiddo
Eli is overrated
Not one player Eli played with is going to the Hall. He played his whole career without a #1 WR, TE or a Dominate RB.
Facts
Giants have a history of mediocre running backs.
Same as Brady. Brady did have Randy Moss briefly, Gronkowski may make the HOF, and defender Richard Seymour is in the Hall. But he never had a Lynn Swann or a Jerry Rice to throw to over an extended stretch of his career.
I wish we got more out of brandon jacobs he was a monster rb
Some people overrate him and act like he was amazing. Other people vastly underrate him and act like he was trash. At his best, he was tough and a playmaker. At his worst, he was a liability and cost his team games. As a 49ers fan, that 2011 [Jan 2012] game was among the toughest games I have seen a QB play. Sacked 5 times and knocked down at least 12 times with a lot of pressures, yet just kept getting back up, led his team, and against tight man to man coverage, he found ways to throw his guys open.
Yea he always had heart
Agree with most of the video, except for a couple of things. First, Eli never had great teams playing behind him. In 16 years he had 44 Pro Bowlers and 7 All-Pros playing behind him compared to the NFL average of 48 PBs and 12 APs. Also, his defenses had an average rank of 19 and an average of 17th in rushing. The only great thing was those defenses during those SB runs, while Eli carried the offense. Second, he was clutch during the regular season. He carried that bad team in 2011 to the POs by setting multiple 4th Q records. Not to mention those improbable comebacks like his 500-yard game vs TB in '12 or that 17-point CB vs the Eagles in '06. Critics/trolls - don't bother with a reply, I'll ignore it.
Great points! He did it all with minimal help
@@TheGridironYT Thanks
Dude is the most clutch QB statistically. How any can say anything negative are just TB d riders
My favorite player of all time. He was maddeningly inconsistent but he has two legendary super bowls. Very unique career for that reason alone
Really that’s a low bar for favorite player someone who’s mid at best
Eli is every Giants fan’s favorite player
Good enough to beat Brady in sb twice. He’s low key my hero lol
Same lol
Eli was a post season machine! I'm from New Jersey where the Giants play their home games. Big giants fan!
Same. As a Giants fan, very thankful for Eli
His eight playoff victories come from those 2 SuperBowl runs! The other 4 times out of 6 appearances he got bounced in the 1st round! He caught fire twice but postseason machine has to display consistency which he does not!
I wanted so badly for Eli to beat Brady in the Super Bowl a third time before they retired. That would have been AMAZING! 😂😂😂
Would’ve been the greatest
@@TheGridironYT that's what would be a great what if scenario for a Madden game.
@@Kyle-gi2jb Too bad you wouldn't even know about the previous 2 because historic teams just don't exist anymore smh
He had 2 great postseason runs. But he had many. many awful regular seasons that were NOT Hall of Fame worthy. The truly great quarterbacks were more consistent throughout their careers and could make even their average teams competitive.
His teams were always mediocre tho. The management didn’t give him much to work with
@@TheGridironYT Riiiiiiight. Hakeem Nicks, OBJ, eTc, etc, etc. Take any random game by his brother and you will see greatness. Take any random game by Eli and it's hit or miss.
@@tmofogHe’s HOF worthy regardless. If not he should at least have a statue for the giants cause he’s the best they’ve had
I don’t understand why Eli gets so much hate. He’s a great QB no matter what.
Lots of Brady fans in the world hate him
If Terry Bradshaw is a Hall of Famer then Eli Manning is definitely.
Exactly
“You might think you’d want Brady”. Yes, I would 😹
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He had alot of picks because of system, Kevin Gilbride ran a run and shoot style offense with option routes which lead to boom or bust plays
Great point! Hadn’t thought of that
Philip Rivers punching the air
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If his brother wasn't Peyton we might look at him differently. I think he was awesome!! He was one of those sneaky good types.
Exactly
Eli Manning was alright as a quarterback. He won 2 Super Bowls by beating Tom Brady twice. He is part of the Manning dynasty.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
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Given how the giants feel about Daniel jones it makes me feel we took Eli for granted at times
lol yea exactly I miss the Eli days
Eli isn't on the level of his brother but there's a reason he's one if the best to play the position
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Will never Hate eli GO BIG BLUE
Yessir!
“…but when the post season came around, there was no one like Eli Manning!” Are we gonna ignore how the year after they beat the undefeated patriots they got the first round bye and lost in their first playoff game? Eli was not that good in the post season. he was only good in the post season if they were facing the odds being so stacked against them it seems like they’re cooked. stop selling narratives just tell us how good he was
Eli haters stay hating
Clutched when it mattered. When it worked it worked. You see modern quarterbacks with worse comp that can't even do it right lol. No hate to them though they are all talented in their aspects
Im a giants fan. And criticized him because he had the talent just was really streaky. When he was good he put unbelievable numbers for 4-5 game's in stretches and of course there is the other end with 5 int games. But ask Giants fan now if we miss him, seeing how far this team has fallen. If he is not a Hof his coach needs to to be though.
As Giants fans, we def miss Eli
A dropped interception by Asante Samuel is forgotten on that final drive in the 2007 Super Bowl [Jan 2008]
Only winners write the history
@TheGridironYT - That was only true because the losers died. Well, the losers in that Super Bowl have 6 rings to his two.
The defense gets brought up for Eli a lot but if we are being honest Eli manning is the only reason the 2011 giants made the playoffs. Their run game was 32nd and his defense was 25th in the regular season. Eli's final stretch that year was as good as anyone in the league. The guy is 2nd all time consecutive start list Top 10 in yards Top 10 in tds His record is .500 but his last few years those giants teams were awful and not just him Clutch 2 superbowls 2 superbowl mvps with 2 all time throws and specifically the one to manningham is the best through a QB has ever made. He was everything a #1 pick should be and everything a team wants their #1 pick to be and to bring.
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He never seemed to be affected by the situation around him once he settled in. I once joked that he tripped over 2 Lombardis but he was a big part of those seasons. I think he was overrated coming out of high school and college because of the name but he grew into it and surpassed expectations. He's also the funniest of the Mannings.
He’s def the funniest and the better rapper
I look at it this way and I'm a lifelong Brady fan . In order to win those 2 Super Bowls he had to walk into Lambeau Field twice and beat (and outplay) both Favre and Rodgers then he had to beat Brady and Belichicks top ranked defense twice . His TD/INT ratio was 14-2 during those runs. Without question he was a better QB in the playoffs than his brother. Peyton was 1 and out 10 times and once lost a Wild Card game to the Jets 41-0 and a SB 43-8
Exactly!!
They beat the Pats twice on two freak plays. I liked Eli, but he's not up with the best. He was good until he no longer was.
He didn’t have a team that could back him up his O line was terrible in 2014, 15, and 16 were amazing seasons for him and also 2011 being his best for him 29 TDs 16 INTS Over 4,900 yards Won the division and also won the superbowl Every time he went against the pats it was very close but he won them
Retired top 10 all time for yards and QBs and never had the freedom Peyton did, and had a bunch of years where his O line was not good. Also the two plays you're thinking of just set up Eli to beat the Pats. In each case, Eli still had some work to do and either game it could've easily went south.
He had some stats without a great offense to work with
Eli was cold as ice in the post season
Eli Manning is the ultimate under dog of the NFL, always appeared average-above average during the season yet always had flash's to show off and was a force to be reckoned with once playoff time came. If people we're betting against Eli Manning and the Giants that was the time to bet for them! Always seemed to beat all odds while keeping his head down and staying classy.
Yep, he always had a chance in the playoffs
Yeah especially all those times he and the giants were 1 and done in the playoffs.
He's an average QB that had big moments. Definitely not overlooked or underrated
As a Giants fan, I disagree
Am I wrong in remembering that Eli is 500 in the playoffs? That he never won a playoff game outside of the 2 SB runs?
True, he never won a playoff game outside of the superbowl runs
8-4. 4 wins in 2 superbowl runs, 1 and done 4 other years
@@kpk33x Right! He's .500 all time
It’s 8-4 overall but I know what u mean
As an Eagles fan, I wish Eli could have played forever.
😂 let’s go
8-4 all time in the playoffs is a great way of disguising the fact that the did not making the playoffs 10 times and got bounced in the first round 4 times. Homie made it to the playoffs 6 times and lead the league in interceptions 3 times. He was never a league leader in any positive stat, never an all pro, and was a pro bowler 1/4 of his seasons. Outside of 2 games why is he a hall of famer?
Clutch and worse QBs who won less are in the HOF
Only QB to beat Tom Brady in the Superbowl not once but twice. Manning's biggest issue is that he is so humble. Of course he's earned the right to be in the Hall of Fame.
Agreed
Better lucky than good. Ladies and gentlemen, Eli Manning.
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If you watch football and aren’t a giants fan you know he isn’t a HOFer.
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Second most clutch player of all time behind Mahomes yet he’s so disrespected.
Exactly
What? Brady has 9 - 4th quarter comebacks in the playoffs alone you lame casual . Brady is 3-0 in the playoffs in OT , Brady has an astronomical 14 game winning drives on last possession in the playoffs , he's thrown for an insane +300 yards in the playoffs 19 times. Sober up and check into rehab already . Brady has thrown for 4/5 of the top passing games in SB history (Mahomes 0)
@@ImAGoldenGod-yx6by Mahomes is 7-for-7 converting playoff drives with under a minute left in regulation and trailing by seven or fewer points. He is the only perfect player in those situations since 2001. Meanwhile, Tom Brady is 5-for-11 (46%) and the league average is 40% in that span. The Chiefs have had 21 potential game-tying or go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter or overtime in the playoffs with Mahomes. They've successfully tied or gone ahead on 15 of those drives. That's good for a conversion rate of 71%, which is the best by any QB since the turn of the century way ahead of Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, who are tied for second at 53%. Take Brady out your mouth lil bro.
Good, strapped Brady twice in super bowl
Great guy Eli
A average qb that got rings because of his defense rivers was the better qb overall rivers imo
Eli carried that offense tho. Rivers threw picks when it mattered most
@@TheGridironYTno he didn't, he never won a playoff game where his opponent scored more than 20 points, he's lucky his defense kept the score down for him in his 2 Super Bowls 🤣
@thecrazynodak Rivers lost a playoff game when the opponent scored 17 points.😂😂😂
Ha. Rivers is like LOOK AT HOW MANY YARDS AND KIDS I HAVE. That's all he has.
Eli was what he was... The greatest NY Giant QB of all time... More then half of eli's interceptions where passes that bunched out the hands of his receivers. Eli had the worst luck in that area.
Tru that
It still boggles my mind that he has as many Super Bowl victories as his brother.
He’s clutch
Getting a second SB qualifies him for the HOF, but his int.total is pretty bad considering the era he played in.
Yea but so many ints cause of drops and he never had a star players
Eli Manning was an above average QB who was extremely durable who managed to win 2 extremely fluky titles with wildcard teams. To his credit, he was extremely clutch during those title runs, leading game winning drives in both Super Bowls to beat Tom Brady. I know it sounds like I'm knocking him, but those are the stone cold facts about his career, regardless of the rewriting of history Giant fans in this comment section will attempt to do.
He’s the Giants 🐐
Eli had a few very good seasons and a great postseason. With that being said as good as he was the giants offense didnt win them either sb Their legendary defense and pass rush did
The pass rush definitely got them the super bowls no doubt. But Eli made some clutch plays in all the playoff games
Always thought he was overrated doesn't mean he was great just not as great as giants fans think
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Why didn’t u show the helmet catch play. That whole play was wild
Copyright infringement 😕
Did a lot with little HOF for sure.
Truth
He’s a hof to me
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He’s a weird guy, there are always gonna be the superstars and role players but then you have guys that have role player lows and superstar highs and Eli is very much that player He’s not gonna throw 40 touchdowns or lead a #1 offense (especially not in the era he was playing in) but a game manager wasn’t gonna be enough to beat a dynasty in the superbowl Twice
Exactly except he’s a hilarious guy
@@TheGridironYT he beat the Tom twice and was the reason he didn’t go 19-0, that will never not make me cackle like a mad man
I forget that this generation has short term memory. Clicked on this video, not to watch, just to say. 2 Super Bowl wins over the GOAT. Nuff said…👍
Shoulda watched
Outside of his two postseason runs, Eli doesn't bring much to the table other than being an above average QB. From 2012-2018, he was 47-64 as the starter and 0-1 in the postseason. He ended his career .500 as the starter. I understand NYG were never exactly powerhouses, but you can't give a QB all the credit when things go well and none of the blame when things don't. A big reason NYG didn't win consistenly under Eli is because he led the league in interceptions three times and had the most lost fumbles among quarterbacks during his career...and that's discounting the two he lost in his abbreviated rookie and final seasons! I also understand turnovers are not always the QB's fault but Eli's career 300 turnovers in 14 seasons is a LOT. Eli is the most clutch QB because...computer simulations say so? I live in the real world and no one in their right mind would take Eli over Tom Brady to lead their team in the playoffs.
Only we would take Eli to beat a Tom Brady team tho
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Eli Regular season: terrible Playoffs: his brother in the Regular season. Peyton Regular season: god Playoffs: his brother in the Regular season
Lmao exactly
Got hot in playoffs, but just above average quarterback.
He’s every Giants fan’s legend
I have to say better than Rivers who despite having Gates, LT, and WR like V Jackson never made a SB. Not quite as good as Big Ben who had a lot more around him. I'd say he was very good but somewhat inconsistent, clutch in playoffs and carried the team in 2011.
Rivers was better Eli got lucky
Eli didn’t have much to work with compared to other great qbs
@@TheGridironYTlmao mcnabb played with no name skilled position players his whole career until 2008 when they drafted Maclin and desean Jackson in his last year with them. Eli has had offensive weapons his whole career people just don’t realize they only lasted a few years so it felt like he had no one.
even for Giants fans , one biizarre vid ....
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Not a hall of famer? 10th all time in passing yards and tds; how can that not be HoF worthy especially when combined with his postseason accomplishments.
Facts
He triumphed on the biggest stage under the brightest lights in arguably the largest, most hypercritical sports market in the country. To the HALL! All of America that is not Boston owe a great debt to the Manning brothers for that man's rings would number into the double digits were it not for them.
😂 exactly go big blue!
Eli > Peyton
Playoff yes, career it’s Peyton and not even close
Peyton better
Trash take
Eli = Peyton ?
@@user-bz5zn2pf7elittle Peyton had a chance to cement his legacy with a comeback win over the Saints in the Super Bowl. Instead he choked as usual and threw the game clenching pick 6.
2 rings, enough said.
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2011 is the only season he outperformed his peers. His other seasons were mid to trash
Harsh
I now believe it's all fixed and the pickers pick the money NY
Life is fixed
@@TheGridironYT weak reply.
8 great games with a bevy of luck and BS plays sprinkled through those 8 games to go with a career of mediocre/inconsistent play, and 4 one and done playoff appearances does not make a HOF player.
Haters gonna hate
@@TheGridironYT Eli proved it's better to be lucky than good and his last name bought him more years and clout than anyone with the same stats would have gotten.
Eli was honestly average. He had some good seasons amd 2 incredible postseason, but that's it.
Blasphemy!
Brady would beat him 7/10 times
But he beat him 0/2
Eli Manning was average or great barely elite. So Eli manning was mid.
He was borderline elite
I meant regular season. Playoff he was always elite. Regular season he was mid
@@TheGridironYTEli was good. Not elite. Only in 07 and 11 playoff runs.
@@TheGridironYT no he wasn't, stop it 🤣
Eli Manning won two scripted Super Bowls.
Scripted comment
N Brady’s run wasn’t scripted ?💀
Worst qb to win 2 or more superbowls. Prove me wrong
Jim Plunkett
Hall of very good but not Hall of Fame
Depends how stingy the HoF is
He’s middy at best
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I'll say this , will Eli b a Hall of Famer ? Yes . Should he b? No . If I had to pick between Eli and Kurt Warner , I'm not scared of Eli , I'm scared of Kurt . I think Kurt probably wouldn't have been either after the Rams . But after getting to the Super Bowl with the Cards to me that solidified his HOF case eventhough he lost , they werent getting there and having a chance without Kurt . I think Kurt could have won those 2 SBs with NY like Eli did
I’m more scared of Eli in the playoffs tho
@@TheGridironYT Jim Plunkett for the Raiders won 2 Super Bowls a Super Bowl MVP AFC Rookie of the Year and a Heisman Trophy Winner and NFL Comeback Player of The Year , and he retired in 86. If Eli gets in , Plunkett should have been in
@@gordonworth5461 I actually watched JP play; he was no Eli Manning. First off, a Heisman Trophy has nothing to do with the NFL HOF. Second, Eli had 4 PB selections, JP had zero (a Comeback Player of The Year does not equal 4 PBs). Third, if you want to bring up minor awards Eli was a Walter Payton MOY, a Bart Starr Award, and a Sporting News PAOTY recipient. Fourth, Eli finished his career 7th All-Time in TDs and Yards; JP finished 21st and 24th. Eli has 2 SB MVPs with 2 iconic pass plays; JP has 1 SB MVP. Finally, Eli carried a bad team to the POs while breaking multiple 4th Q records; JP didn't. Eli had a better career period.
Eli was good not great by no means
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Lol yeah only two super bowl wins..... against Tom mf Brady.!
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He was average at best. One of the worst QB's to win a SB.
But he’s one of the QBs to win 2 SBs
He was average
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Truly the worst elite quarterback of all time.
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@@TheGridironYT I mean, who else is really in that conversation? Lamar Jackson? It HAS to be Eli.
Average at best
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I guess the average QB wins 2 super bowls.