It’s only a matter of time before Eli Manning is a Hall of Famer

It’s only a matter of time before Eli Manning is a Hall of Famer

NEW ORLEANS — If Bill Parcells wasn’t voted in on the first three tries, if Harry Carson was snubbed seven times, if Michael Strahan was rejected his first time, it shouldn’t have been a shock that Eli Manning will have to wait to take his rightful place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Sometimes it is hard to argue that an anti-New York bias is at play. And there will be Giants fans railing about exactly that today.

Eli Manning belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning celebrates after one of his two Super Bowl wins over the Patriots. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

But to be fair, he was no slam dunk.

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