New York Giants: Is Eli Manning Worthy Of The Hall of Fame?

1. Career Regular Season Winning Percentage: .543

To no one’s surprise, Eli Manning is hovering right above .500 for his winning percentage. Plagued with inconsistencies throughout his tenure, Manning has never been able to rack up the wins like fellow quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, or his brother Peyton Manning.

Let’s take a peek at a few players who have similar winning percentages:

Drew Brees, .565; Philip Rivers, .551; Michael Vick, .544; Matt Hasselbeck, .531.

Of all of these players, only Brees is a sure-fire Hall of Famer. Some may even argue that he may slip out of contention if he doesn’t have another playoff run soon, but I’m not one of those people.

A common theme among the remaining players is occasional flashes of greatness partnered with even longer stretches of inconsistent play. Rivers has always been an above-average quarterback with a limited number of playoff wins.

Vick was a better running back than a pocket passer. Hasselbeck has an 0-1 Super Bowl record and has never had a season with more than 4,000 yards passing.

It’s safe to say that Brees is the only one of these four men that have a realistic chance of making it to Canton. So what does that say for Manning? Does winning just more than half of your games really make you a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback?

Let’s mark this one as a, “No,” and move on to the next category.