Eli Manning fires back amid debate comparing ex-Giants star to Falcons great Matt Ryan

Eli Manning retired successful 2019 and missed retired successful his archetypal twelvemonth of Hall of Fame eligibility successful 2025. He was passed implicit again earlier this twelvemonth but inactive fired backmost astatine a instrumentality who claimed 1 of his contemporaries was the amended quarterback.

On Tuesday, a societal media idiosyncratic floated a mentation astir erstwhile Atlanta Falcons backmost Matt Ryan. Ryan, who present oversees shot operations arsenic the team’s president, past played successful an NFL crippled successful 2022. He announced his status successful 2024, making him eligible for Hall of Fame information opening successful 2028.

"Matt Ryan was a amended QB than Eli Manning… radical conscionable worship rings. Agree oregon nah," the station read.

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New York Giants backmost Eli Manning greets Atlanta Falcons backmost Matt Ryan aft their crippled astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Oct. 22, 2018. (Jason Getz/USA TODAY Sports)

Manning caught upwind of the proposition and weighed in, pointing to the 2 Super Bowl-winning teams helium was portion of during his standout tally with the New York Giants.

"I volition ponder this portion I play with my rings…," Manning wrote successful a quote-tweet.

Ryan’s statistical accumulation surpasses Manning’s, astatine slightest connected paper. He was named NFL MVP successful 2016, an grant Manning ne'er earned. Ryan is besides the astir accomplished subordinate successful Falcons past and finished his vocation with much than 62,000 regular-season passing yards, compared with Manning’s 57,023.

NFC caput manager Eli Manning leads a huddle during a signifier league earlier the NFL Pro Bowl astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected Feb. 4, 2023. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Both quarterbacks were selected to 4 Pro Bowls, but the cardinal quality lies successful championships. Manning won the Super Bowl successful 2007 and 2011, portion Ryan reached it erstwhile but fell short. Manning threw for a azygous play career-best 4,933 during the tally starring up to the 2nd Super Bowl title.

Ryan threw for 284 yards, 2 touchdowns and nary interceptions to assistance the Falcons physique a 25-point pb successful the title crippled — a matchup remembered for the New England Patriots engineering the largest comeback successful Super Bowl history.

Atlanta Falcons backmost Matt Ryan passes the shot against the Buffalo Bills during the 2nd fractional astatine Highmark Stadium successful Orchard Park, N.Y., connected Jan. 2, 2022. (Rich Barnes/USA TODAY Sports)

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The Falcons person reached the Super Bowl doubly successful franchise history, archetypal successful 1998, but the squad is inactive chasing its archetypal elusive championship.

The Giants marked their 100th play successful 2024, winning 4 Super Bowls implicit the franchise’s century-long history.

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