The two-time Super Bowl MVP and 14 other HOF finalists will learn Thursday night if a trip to Canton is in their summer travel plans later this year.

To be clear, he does not want this. If Manning is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, he’ll receive that honor in his home city in front of his friends and family. It would be another perfect moment for an athlete who, during his career, made a few of those happen.

Joe Montana question, and we’re still another couple years from a legitimate Tom Brady-vs.-Patrick Mahomes discussion, so that leaves us with one remaining Burning Football Debate: Is Eli Manning a Hall of Famer?

On Thursday, the world will find out who the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame members will be. Will Giants quarterback Eli Manning be among them?

Is Eli Manning a first-ballot Hall of Famer? That’s not a simple question for the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee, which has to decide if the two-time Super Bowl MVP is worthy of first-time entry into Canton.

The case is a bit complicated for the two-time Super Bowl MVP, who has a .500 career record as a starter and was a Pro Bowler in just four of his 16 seasons.

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

When stacking Eli Manning's numbers against the 27 Hall of Fame quarterbacks, there are some interesting findings.

Eli Manning is in his hometown this week, the site of Super Bowl LIX, engaged in various activities in and around the city. Soon enough, word comes down if his schedule of events includes an honor reserved for only the truly elite.