Cowboy Brian
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Just curious to get the opinion of the board.
Rivers should get in before Eli.
I wouldn't put either in. HOF is for great players. Neither is great.
Yeah he's going to get in. He's about to pass up Marino's numbers and if Dan Fouts is in I don't see why Phillip isn't.
Eli? He didn't. He was known for not playing all that well for most of his career. More like playing at an average level.Can't compare eras. Marino and Fouts put up numbers in an era where the rules made it far more difficult to do so. Qbs are protected by more rules. DBs can't mug WRs anymore.....ect. The modern game is pretty much set up to favor Qbs slinging the ball all over the field. So, that changes the standard. You can't just go by numbers. You have to look at what they actually accomplished with those numbers relative to their peers of the same era, and Rivers never distinguished himself in that area. He's in the Tony Romo boat......... meaningless numbers.
If Eli goes, it will be based on his rings not stats. He won 2 Super Bowls. So, you can't put him in the Trent Dilfer/ Joe Flacco category of one-off runs. He played well over a long period of time and I certainly remember him as a Cowboy killer.
a Two time Super Bowl MVP with the last name Manning is a first ballot HOF like it or not.This is my take as well. Both were pretty good QBs, neither great.
a Two time Super Bowl MVP with the last name Manning is a first ballot HOF like it or not.
Rivers...ah I think he makes it into the Hall just not immediately
Not saying he's deserving he just had the pedigree in name and trophies. He would be in with just the 1 SB win based on name alone.You're right, no doubt. I just don't think he belongs. Take that one freak play away and he doesn't sniff the hall of fame. How many hall of famers can you say that about?