Eli Manning came unless the induction of the Professional Football Temple on Thursday evening, and in fact, he was not particularly close.
Manning was not in the top 10 to vote for this year’s class, which only understands four players: Jared Allen, Eric Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe.
The legend of the New York giants was a polarizing figure of the fame of fame, even well before his retirement. On the one hand, he was never an All-Pro or obtained an MVP vote. On the other hand, he is responsible for two of the greatest journeys of the Super Bowl of all time, and he ranks 11th all time in yards and touched.
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The quarter of the Giants Eli Manning heats up while the New York Giants face Dallas Cowboys at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, September 8, 2013. (Ron Jenkins / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Thus, when the committee met, the voter of the renowned temple Gary Myers and another voter based in New York asserted their cause, and Myers said that the battles were hot.
“I have been part of the committee for 15 years. Apart from the Terrestual Owens conversation that we have had for three years, it was the most controversial discussion I am a part,” said Myers on Friday on ESPN New York “Dipiero and Rothenberg .
“I knew there would be an anti-Eli feeling … but I was really surprised by the quantity of criticism and degrade his achievements that took place in this room.”
This criticism, Myers said, was an apparent hypocrisy of other voters.
“What they said, that the defense of the giants won these two Super Bowls, but Eli was responsible for only having a 0,500 file. Bowl and these two minutes. They wanted to put everything on the defense.
Eli Manning after being appointed MVP after Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, February 5, 2012. (Imagn)
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“My point was that you cannot wait for the credit for the super bowls, but blamed the record … to give the impression that the giants enter these matches with a arrest defense and that it was for The journey, I really thought badly.
Myers also stressed the fact that Plaxico Burress, who caught the winning touch of the Super Bowl XLII, hit the leg the following season while Big Blue threatened to make a consecutive file with a start of 11-1. They lost in the divisional tour that year. He also tried to assert that the decisions of the Front Office later in Manning’s career were not at all beneficial for the quarter.
“His career would have seemed much more differently if he obtained more support from his teammates, and more importantly, his front office,” joked Myers.
Myers said he compared Manning to Warren Moon and Dan Fouts, who was going to the board respectively 102-101 and 86-84-1 the board, but was inducted on the first ballot.
“His figures are higher and they throw, he won two MVPs from the Super Bowl … So what do we do here?”
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It will be more difficult for Manning to get started in next season. The new rules indicate that only five people can be elected per year. Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Jason Witten and other ex-stars are eligible next year, while Manning will have to beat this year’s finalists, including Luke Keuchly and Adam Vinatieri.
