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- Former New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes dropped a very hot take Twitter on Monday.
- Tynes claims that his former teammate Eli Manning is more deserving of being in the Hall of Fame than Aaron Rodgers.
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Let me preface this entire story by saying that I would 9 million times more want to hang out with Eli Manning than I would Aaron Rodgers. We’re not here to debate that.
This debate is all about former New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes the scorching hot take he dropped on Twitter on Monday.
Tynes, who was a member of the two Super Bowl Giants winning teams that were quarterbacked by Eli Manning, wrote, “Eli Manning is a more qualified Hall of Famer than Aaron Rodgers.
“Bring all the smoke you want. I’m taking 10 over 12 anytime a game is on the line or the playoffs.”
First off, Tynes is obviously biased. That is understandable. After all, he won two rings with Eli Manning. That, however, does not change the fact that, according to most NFL fans, is wrong.
Let’s compare numbers and see how Eli Manning and Aaron Rodgers compare, shall we? We shall.
• QB Rating – Rodgers: 104.5, Manning: 84.1
• TD to INT ratio – Rodgers: 449/93, Manning: 366/244
• Passing yards per game – Rodgers: 259.9, Manning: 241.6
• Completion percentage – Rodgers: 65.3%, Manning: 60.3%
• Record as starter – Rodgers: 139-66-1, Manning: 117-117-0
• MVP Awards – Rodgers: 3, Manning: 0
• QB Rating (playoffs) – Rodgers: 100.1, Manning: 87.4
• TD to INT ratio (playoffs) – Rodgers: 45/13, Manning: 18/9
• Passing yards per game (playoffs) – Rodgers: 267.9, Manning: 234.6
• Completion percentage (playoffs) – Rodgers: 64.7%, Manning: 60.5%
• Record as starter (playoffs) – Manning: 8-4, Rodgers: 11-10
• Super Bowl wins – Manning: 2, Rodgers: 1
• Super Bowl MVP Awards – Manning: 2, Rodgers: 1
Lawrence Tynes may want all the smoke. I just want whatever it is that Tynes is smoking. As do many, many others…
By your logic…He’s also more qualified then Brees and Rivers too
— james broska (@JBroska55) January 24, 2022
So wait bc Eli was apart of two unbelievably lucky plays against the great qb and coach in history? You’d take Eli?
— dan_o (@dwo1026) January 24, 2022
Eli went 1 and done 4 of his only 6 playoff apps.
Eli never won a playoff game when his D allowed more than 20 points so unless the D was great the Giants had no chance. Rodgers won a playoff game when his opp scored 31.
There's no comparison btw the 2
— Chris Gabe (@CTGabe) January 24, 2022
I love Eli but to your point Aaron Rodgers lost his first playoff game despite the Packers scoring 45.
— Michael Lischio Jr. (@FootballCounty1) January 24, 2022
This whole tweet is the beauty of sports and arguing. If Asante Samuels holds onto that INT in Arizona, you don’t even send this. ONE play. Just one play. Eli would be 1-1 like Aaron, but never won a playoff game, unless it was a SB year. And you’d never send this tweet
— “Bob from Summit”. (@CompetielloBob) January 24, 2022
Yikes… pic.twitter.com/RhEwOAQSAU
— Mean Dean (@MeanDeannn) January 24, 2022
Need more convincing? You shouldn’t. But just in case.
Eli Manning ranks 54th all time in career passer rating, behind quarterbacks like Marc Bulger, Sam Bradford, Case Keenum, Trent Green, Andy Dalton, Nick Foles, Jeff Garcia, Daunte Culpepper, Matt Schaub, Chad Pennington.
Aaron Rodgers ranks second all time in career passer rating, ahead of Hall of Famers like, well, all of them.
Is Eli Manning a Hall of Famer? Maybe. Is Aaron Rodgers a Hall of Famer? No doubt.