{"id":484721,"date":"2026-02-23T00:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:22:08","slug":"eli-manning-reacts-to-latest-pro-football-hall-of-fame-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484721\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Manning reacts to latest Pro Football Hall of Fame snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eli Manning is not losing any sleep over <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/28\/sports\/giants-legend-eli-manning-snubbed-by-hall-of-fame-voters-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his latest Pro Football Hall of Fame snub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manning was not elected in his second year of eligibility, and the two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback with the Giants addressed his exclusion so far in an appearance on Jon Gruden\u2019s \u201cGruden Goes Long\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t keep me up at night. I\u2019m not going to be bitter at it. I\u2019m not bitter at the game of football,\u201d Manning said. \u201cI loved my teammates, I loved the relationships, the friendships, the championships, the parades. When I think about football, I think about touchdowns, and my buddies, and wins, and plane rides home. I don\u2019t think about the interceptions. I don\u2019t think about the bad stuff. If I ever get in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, I\u2019ll take it as a positive and I\u2019m not going to think about the years I had to wait to get in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50588235;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38569697\" width=\"888\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-136368280.jpg\" alt=\"Eli Manning in action against the New York Jets on December 24, 2011 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants defeated the Jets 29-14. \" class=\"wp-image-38569697\"  \/>Eli Manning in action against the New York Jets on December 24, 2011 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants defeated the Jets 29-14.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Manning, who threw for 57,023 yards in his 16-year NFL career, has been among 15 finalists in each of his first two years of eligibility for enshrinement in Canton.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 class was announced earlier this month, with Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and senior finalist Roger Craig among those elected.<\/p>\n<p>Manning also was passed over last year for a class featuring Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38569698\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2251724511.jpg\" alt=\"Eli Manning attends the 2025 Z100 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-38569698\"  \/>Eli Manning attends the 2025 Z100 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York City.  FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>Gaining election won\u2019t get easier for the 45-year-old Manning, as next year\u2019s first-ballot eligible players will include Rob Gronkowski, Adrian Peterson, Richard Sherman and Ben Roethlisberger.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Belichick, who won six Super Bowl titles as head coach of the Patriots, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/27\/sports\/bill-belichick-falls-short-of-hall-of-fame-in-bewildering-first-ballot-vote\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also fell short this year<\/a> of reaching the required 40 out of 50 votes during his first year of eligibility. Manning was named MVP twice as\u00a0the Giants defeated the Pats in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eli Manning is not losing any sleep over his latest Pro Football Hall of Fame snub. 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