Eli Manning to announce retirement (1 Viewer)

[onanygivensunday]

I imagine he would be 5th in Giants history after:
Conerly, Tittle, Tarnkenton & Simms.

I'd put Tittle at #1 and Eli at #2 and I'm old enough to remember Tittle, who was All Pro in his waning years at 36 and 37 years old. I was 15 y/o the year he retired.

 

[tinman]

I'd put Tittle at #1 and Eli at #2 and I'm old enough to remember Tittle, who was All Pro in his waning years at 36 and 37 years old.

It was just a list (earliest to latest), not a ranking

 

[4T L4ST]

Who drafted me?! Naaaah.

 

[Booker]

He’ll create an interesting discussion when he comes up for Hall of Fame consideration. Only six playoff berths in sixteen seasons, and a career 117-117 may hold him up, but the Super Bowls and his statistical volume will get him in.

 

[LuvNOLA]

Enjoy retirement, Eli!

IMHO Eli will enjoy retirement with his 3 daughters, 1 son & his wife. Plus, his brother & his family & his mom & dad. Eli will find a way to keep busy & happy.
Unlike Brady, who has been whining for 20 years about, “I don’t have anything else that I want to do, besides play football.” Whaaaa Whaaaa

 

[LuvNOLA]

And he also stayed injury free

Except for when his face was cut & bleeding after he had been hit. After that he had to wear that weird helmet with the extra padding that looked goofy.

 

[Saint Kamara]

He might be one of the more ambiguous QBs ever

Trent Dilfer who happened to play for 15 seasons?

That's my best analogy.

 

[Booker]

Trent Dilfer who happened to play for 15 seasons?

That's my best analogy.

Eli was better than Dilfer. I’d say Jim Plunkett would be a good comparison.

 

[Mojomajik9]

For the next twenty years we’re going to get annual Manning bros Super Bowl commercials. I think Eli had a good career all-in-all. Two rings and two SB MVPs is impressive for any player. The Giants being largely mediocre during his time there isn’t really his fault. They always seemed a little unstable. I think he’ll get into the Hall

 

[Complex Kid]

Come on The Athletic. You could have gone with a more flattering picture for your headline. Eli looks uhhhhh special.

The end of Eli Manning’s career, through the eyes of David Cutcliffe

Cutcliffe remains close with the former Ole Miss and New York Giants star quarterback, who announced his retirement Wednesday.

theathletic.com

 

[insidejob]

Announcing the announcement of your retirement. I gotta make sure I do the same when my time comes.

 

[joeyseven]

All the years he represented Giants, being a class humble man, and fully committed to the team as a backup, he earned everything in his football career.

He not only beat the Patriots twice in the Superbowl, but he did it as a wild card team in 2008 to beat the undefeated Patriots. The first NFC wild card team to win the Superbowl. Just amazing!

 

[Complex Kid]

I imagine he would be 5th in Giants history after:
Conerly, Tittle, Tarnkenton & Simms.

I'd put him ahead of Simms

 

[insidejob]

I'd put him ahead of Simms

They were comparing him to Simms last night on CBS Sports Radio when I was driving home. I agree that he's ahead of Simms and so did the show's host. Eli is around 10th all time in many NFL records according to the numbers they were using for the comparison. He did throw a hell of a lot of picks too though. He's also around tenth all time in that category. He's got the numbers and rings (along with SB MVPs) to get into the HOF, IMO.

 

[Zztop]

I feel like he should have retired 3 years ago. Also I can't believe he has been to two superbowls, but Drew only one. The giants did have a pretty great defense back then