Freaking Troy Aikman is in the Hall of Fame, and somehow I'm expected to believe that he's a better QB than Brad Johnson because he won three Super Bowls and Johnson only had one? Troy Aikman was terrible. I get it, winning is important, but I'm sorry, Jay Cutler was a better QB than both of these two.
Eli is better than all three of those I just named. I genuinely don't agree with cumulative statistics as a metric for greatness. I want to know, on average how great he was, and how many times he was truly great. Most of the time, he was a textbook average QB. Much like Drew Brees, he mastered garbage time performance, hence every single season he has posted a rating above 90, the Giants have been a garbage team (except 2011). He's historically notably accurate - last year was the first time he's completed 2/3rds of his passes (done approximately 100 times). In an era where his contemporary HOF candidates exhibited TD/turnover ratios of 1.5+, Eli sits at the more subdued 1.0 mark.
He's the NFL active all time leader in interceptions; while practically all of his modern day contemporaries are setting NFL records for pass interception percentage (efficiency is up) he is near the bottom. Blake Bortles has a better pass interception percentage among active players. Currently active players that fall behind him with significant experience include Ryan Fitzpatrick, Chad Henne, Josh McCown, and Jameis Winston.
Only three seasons of Manning's career has he been in the top-10 in QBR (#8, #9, #9).
Despite being #3 in active all time leaders in games started/passes attempted, he is only better than his ranking with interceptions (#1) and fumbles (#1).
I get it, sounds like I'm totally shitting on him. Just making a point though. He had a great career, but aside from his name, his long-lived career that was injury free, and his two championships, his career is filled with basically always having 10-15 guys better than him on any given season. If that's the Hall of Fame, well, it's illegitimate.