in the regular season, Eli is the only one to have won the Super Bowl in the same season.
Only 5 other QBs have passed over 4,000 yards in a season and won the Super Bowl the same year.
2011 Eli Manning 4933
2006 Peyton Manning 4397
2009 Drew Brees 4388
1999 Kurt Warner 4353
1994 Steve Young 4170
2014 Tom Brady 4109
Cool story, but
1. Kind of a crazy stat since 4000+ yards passing is pretty common now and
2. Man was that a special season by Eli given the awful running game (statistically the worst in the league that year) and porous defense (29th).
Warner had Marshall Faulk to hand off to, and a good defense (4th in points; 6th in yards) giving him short fields to drive.
(Common thread: The Defensive Coordinator for the '99 Rams was Peter Guinta.)
Eli was very much in the MVP discussion for most of 2011, I think its very possible for him to win an MVP, however unlikely.
6000 passing yards, NFL record in 4th quarter comebacks, Super Bowl title/MVP
Legendary season.
Yes, but it's more than that. There have been 130 4,000+ passing seasons in NFL history and only 6 have resulted in a Super Bowl victory. There have been 55 4,400+ passing seasons in NFL history and Eli is the only one to come away with a ring. Some threat of a running game and defense are the norm to win it all making Eli's year that much more of an awesome outlier.