The two-time Super Bowl champion, who defeated Tom Brady’s Patriots twice and was never an All-Pro selection, is at the forefront of Thursday’s debate.

It's a question that will be answered Thursday night when the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2025 class is announced.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eli Manning has faced doubters before. Entering the 2007 playoffs, when the quarterback led the New York Giants on a Super Bowl run that ended in an upset win over the previously undefeated New England Patriots, there were questions about whether he was built for pressure situations.

Will Eli Manning make the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Here are the pros and cons of the Ole Miss and New York Giants QB's professional career

Super Bowls can define careers. Perhaps no one knows that better than former Jets quarterback Joe Namath. While he was ahead of his time as far as passing is concerned, Namath probably wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if not for Super Bowl III and his role in the greatest upset in the history of pro football.

Eli Manning's regular-season body of work doesn't suggest he's Hall of Fame worthy, but his overall case is more complicated than others.