HOF: Favre vs. Manning

In comment 14589940 Thegratefulhead said:

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Eli's career is going to age EXTREMELY well. Everyone is going to remember the great and forget the mediocre.

Only BBI eli apologists forget the 90% of career where he was thought of as an above average qb

In comment 14590109 Johnny5 said:

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And again I'd love for someone to pull up the stats for 4th quarter play for QBs in 2011.... lol.

Ask you shall receive...

Eli: 67% CR%, 9 YPA, 18TDs/6INTs, 111 Passer Rating
ARod: 68% CR%, 8.7 YPA, 11TDs/5INTs, 108 Passer Rating

In comment 14590012 Mike from Ohio said:

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And as mentioned you omitted some very significant facts, like 3-0 on MVPs. If the OP was trying to show that Favre is well ahead of Manning for HoF voting, then this makes sense. But I don't think that was the intention. If it was to show that they have similar credentials, this thread was a Sean Landetta style whiff.

If the OP posted those stats to say it’s close, I think he didn’t read the stats. Even omitting the league MVPs you can see all the numbers skew toward Favre and it isn’t really close. Not too mention Favre played well for two more teams AFTER leaving the Packers. And he got to the NFCC again with Minny and damn near won. And that run to the NFCC was all Favre. Minny did nothing in the years of AP and no viable QB.

I love Eli and don’t think this comp was necessary since he will get in eventually. But to compare the two is silly. Favre was the better QB in general.

In comment 14590235 bw in dc said:

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In comment 14590109 Johnny5 said: Quote: And again I'd love for someone to pull up the stats for 4th quarter play for QBs in 2011.... lol. Ask you shall receive... Eli: 67% CR%, 9 YPA, 18TDs/6INTs, 111 Passer Rating ARod: 68% CR%, 8.7 YPA, 11TDs/5INTs, 108 Passer Rating

Ha good job bw. It's actually closer than I thought it would be... lol

better than average, but not a great QB - imo. How about talking about his football IQ, ability to read defenses? That's not going to show up on a stat sheet but one of things where Eli ranks near the top in the league. And if you can't do that, you cannot play QB is this league.

Eli
s OLine deteriorated. Except for Burress and OBJ, he's never had grea receivers or veen receivers an opposing defense had to game plan for, same is even more true re: running backs. Tiki and now Barkley - nobody close to great between them.

Forget about stats, anyone who has watched both of these players in their prime understands why Favre was a first ballot HOFer and why Eli is borderline.

Not to forget his "NFL Man of the Year" Award, his good guy image, longevity, the two mythical playoff runs/Super Bowl performances