/r/NFL thinking Luke Keuchly going to be first ballot over a 2x SB MVP is crazy lmao.
Like he was a great LB but he played for 8 years and had no playoff success.
Eli 2x SB MVP, 2x MVP champ, retired with the longest starting streak of all time which would still be standing if not for mcadoo. Retired 9th all time in passing yards. Most passing yards in a post season ever. Walter Payton man of the year. The Brady killer.
And the hive mind of that sub doesn’t think he deserves to get in at all lmao.
No one has had a career like Eli. It was a really unique career.
Literal .500 winning % (117-117). 5/6 absolutely wretched years in the 2nd half of his career. No dominant MVP regular season as a QB (2011 close). But 2 absolutely epic Super Bowl runs with truly iconic moments.
I’m not even sure what the closest comparison to his career would be. Maybe Aikman? But that’s a reach. Flacco had an incredible playoff run but doesn’t have the 2nd SB and can’t imagine he gets close to HoF. Eli’s career really stands alone.
I see the argument against him in the HoF. Lots of bad moments largely due to a front office that simply could not draft/develop an offensive line for among the most immobile starting QBs in modern history. But you just can’t ignore 07 & 11 amidst all the tumult.
One thing someone pointed out to me a while ago that I never really realized is that Eli won 2 superbowls….and not a single other person on offense he played with is a HoFer. He didn’t have a Gronk, a Moss, a Marvin Harrison, a Julio Jones. It is actually the opposite, where most of the receivers he worked with looked worse upon leaving. Hell, he didn’t even have hall of fame linemen.
I really would be curious to see how many QBs who made the HoF made it while no one else they played on offense with made it in.
That, and I’ve always been high on not just his Superbowl wins but his still standing record of most passing yards in a single playoff stretch really highlights how much he put the team on his back in 2011.
He’ll still be on the outside looking in.
And that’ fine.
From what I’ve hear Eli say regarding the HOF, he isn’t sweating it.
Man I hope he gets in, lot of big names on that list though
He won’t get in this year because of some of the names, but his time will come.
lol the article says semi finals
The biggest thing for me is how much he elevated his receivers. Yes the two Super Bowl wins are ultimately why he should be in the HoF, but (and please correct me if I have forgotten anyone) none of his receivers even played the same level they achieved with him, on another team.
Shockey and OBJ probably came the closest? But shockey wasn’t lights out on the saints and OBJs career if it had continued as it had on the giants was a future HoF, that now won’t happen.
Also I know most are aware here, but there’s a myth that continues that he was carried by his defences to the super bowls, yes they played a part but genuinely any non-HoF QB swapped for Eli and we don’t win either of those.
The man still holds the single playoff run passing record.
who deserves it more? tom brady? whatd he ever do?
he beat brady twice. shouldve been first ballot…
Man that 2011 playoff run, Eli was lights out.
Top 11 all time in yards and TDs, 4 pro bowls, 2 rings and 2 super bowl MVPs
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/r/NFL thinking Luke Keuchly going to be first ballot over a 2x SB MVP is crazy lmao.
Like he was a great LB but he played for 8 years and had no playoff success.
Eli 2x SB MVP, 2x MVP champ, retired with the longest starting streak of all time which would still be standing if not for mcadoo. Retired 9th all time in passing yards. Most passing yards in a post season ever. Walter Payton man of the year. The Brady killer.
And the hive mind of that sub doesn’t think he deserves to get in at all lmao.
No one has had a career like Eli. It was a really unique career.
Literal .500 winning % (117-117). 5/6 absolutely wretched years in the 2nd half of his career. No dominant MVP regular season as a QB (2011 close). But 2 absolutely epic Super Bowl runs with truly iconic moments.
I’m not even sure what the closest comparison to his career would be. Maybe Aikman? But that’s a reach. Flacco had an incredible playoff run but doesn’t have the 2nd SB and can’t imagine he gets close to HoF. Eli’s career really stands alone.
I see the argument against him in the HoF. Lots of bad moments largely due to a front office that simply could not draft/develop an offensive line for among the most immobile starting QBs in modern history. But you just can’t ignore 07 & 11 amidst all the tumult.
One thing someone pointed out to me a while ago that I never really realized is that Eli won 2 superbowls….and not a single other person on offense he played with is a HoFer. He didn’t have a Gronk, a Moss, a Marvin Harrison, a Julio Jones. It is actually the opposite, where most of the receivers he worked with looked worse upon leaving. Hell, he didn’t even have hall of fame linemen.
I really would be curious to see how many QBs who made the HoF made it while no one else they played on offense with made it in.
That, and I’ve always been high on not just his Superbowl wins but his still standing record of most passing yards in a single playoff stretch really highlights how much he put the team on his back in 2011.
He’ll still be on the outside looking in.
And that’ fine.
From what I’ve hear Eli say regarding the HOF, he isn’t sweating it.
Man I hope he gets in, lot of big names on that list though
He won’t get in this year because of some of the names, but his time will come.
lol the article says semi finals
The biggest thing for me is how much he elevated his receivers. Yes the two Super Bowl wins are ultimately why he should be in the HoF, but (and please correct me if I have forgotten anyone) none of his receivers even played the same level they achieved with him, on another team.
Shockey and OBJ probably came the closest? But shockey wasn’t lights out on the saints and OBJs career if it had continued as it had on the giants was a future HoF, that now won’t happen.
Also I know most are aware here, but there’s a myth that continues that he was carried by his defences to the super bowls, yes they played a part but genuinely any non-HoF QB swapped for Eli and we don’t win either of those.
The man still holds the single playoff run passing record.
who deserves it more? tom brady? whatd he ever do?
he beat brady twice. shouldve been first ballot…
Man that 2011 playoff run, Eli was lights out.
Top 11 all time in yards and TDs, 4 pro bowls, 2 rings and 2 super bowl MVPs