Eli Manning chose Ben Roethlisberger over Philip Rivers, Drew Brees, and Michael Vick, showing his respect for the Steelers legend.

To many New York Giants fans, retired quarterback Eli Manning should have been a slam-dunk first-ballot Hall of Famer. However, as is now known, not enough of the 40+ Hall of Fame voting committee members saw it that way.

Eli Manning was obviously snubbed by missing out on the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2025, but the former New York Giants great is taking it well. In fact, he had a really classy reaction to missing out on a very talented class who will be getting yellow jackets later this year.