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.

Normally each year we get five inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so when Rich Eisen listed four players and then there felt like a pregnant pause during the NFL Honors show on Thursday night,

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.