Eli Manning snubbed for HOF

Eli Manning 2 time Superbowl MVP didn't receive enough votes in his first year of eligibility. This years class only had 4 players voted in.
Eric Allen
Jared Allen
Antonio Gates
Sterling Sharpe

 

They treat 1st ballot entry as an elite honor. He'll get in at some point, along with the rest of the other 15 finalists. The fact that it took Gates 2 tries to get in shows you how high (or in his case ridiculous) of a bar they set for getting in on first ballot.

I wouldn't be that shocked if they make Ben wait an extra year.

 

The fact that neither Smith Sr. nor Tory Holt made it in tells me that Hines Ward is never getting in the HOF unfortunately. I would have gone to the induction for him for sure, but I don't think it's ever happening. He'll still be one, if not the top, of my favorite Steelers of all-time.

 

2x Super Bowl MVP should get you in immediately.

How many of them are there?

 

Brady has won 5, Mahomes and Montana 3, Bart Starr, Bradshaw and Eli 2 each. So only 5 other than Eli.

 

Look at the WR that did make it. Sterling Sharp. Only 8,134 yards receiving with 65 TDs.

Hines Ward: 12,083 yards receiving with 86 TDs.

Not sure how they could put Sterling Sharp in the Hall of Fame with those numbers. Sharp sets a low Bar for "Career" numbers for all WRs following him into the Hall of Fame. Hell, AB may now be eligible for the HOF.

Antonio Brown: 12,291 yards receiving with 83 TDs.

 

Plus Hines has 2 Superbowl Rings and one MVP.

 

I’d be surprised if AB doesn’t get in at some point. He had a long year stretch of absolute dominance in the League and was unstoppable in his prime.

Ward had an incredible career but never hit those heights.

 

Took Swann 14 years of waiting to get in. Hines will get there eventually

 

Will we be having a party when another Steeler QB makes it? Russell Wilson

No way Russell is a first ballot guy but I do think his Seahawk days will get him in.

 

Snubbed is definitely the wrong word. Outside of his two Super Bowl MVPs, he has very little to make him a Hall of Famer, never mind a first ballot Hall of Famer. Only 1 time got a vote for OPOY, he finished 6th. 4 Pro Bowls in 16 years. No records.
He'll get in, because it's a Hall of Fame, not a Hall of Great. Mostly on name recognition and the stuff he did after he stopped playing.