Eli Manning not voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame for second straight year: report

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Eli Manning, the two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback of the New York Giants, has reportedly fallen short of the votes necessary for Pro Football Hall of Fame induction again.

Manning, in his second year as one of the 15 modern-era finalists, didn’t make the cut, according to The Athletic.

While it isn’t the biggest Hall of Fame story of the week — Bill Belichick not being a first-ballot inductee set the football world aflame — Manning has been a hot-button Canton topic since he became eligible.

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Eli Manning of the New York Giants poses with John Mara during a news conference announcing the quarterback's retirement Jan. 24, 2020, at Quest Diagnostic Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J.  (Elsa/Getty Images)

Many believe Manning will make it in as a Hall of Famer one day, but there’s another side of the argument that he shouldn’t.

The argument in favor of Manning, the younger brother of Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, is that he ranks 11th all-time in passing yards and passing touchdowns. And his two Super Bowls were against the New England Patriots, taking down Belichick and Tom Brady to spoil their perfect 2007 season and the 2011 campaign.

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But Manning finished his career with an 117-117 overall record with the Giants, eventually replaced by Daniel Jones, whom the team drafted to be the next great franchise quarterback. Another argument against Manning is, while he has all those passing touchdowns and yards, he led the