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The plan for the rest of the season is to continue to underachieve because the team is being led by someone with a personality only slightly different from Pee Wee Herman's.

And I sounded that alarm way back when he was hired.

Hmmm.  The 25 semifinalists have to be cut down to a group of 15 finalists.  The first-timers in this group are:
Luke Kuechly, Eli Manning, Terrell Suggs, Earl Thomas, Adam Vinatieri, Marshal Yanda

My guess for the 15 finalists:

Luke Kuechly
Eli Manning
Terrell Suggs
Adam Vinatieri
Eric Allen

Jared Allen
Anquan Boldin
Jahri Evans
Antonio Gates
James Harrison

Rodney Harrison
Torry Holt
Steve Smith Sr.
Reggie Wayne
Vince Wilfork

Of that list I would probably slot out for someone else (or exclude for the next round)...

Eric Allen
Rodney Harrison (I know he has media connections like Kurt Warner, but compared to the others on the list, no way...)

Steve Smith Sr.
Reggie Wayne
Torry Holt
(Of the WR position up for consideration over the last few years, these are the most underwhelming)

James Harrison has baggage. Will they overlook it?

I'm really not sure Jared Allen has a body of work beyond the five short years he was a genuine star.

Adam Vinatieri - do kickers get in first year, no matter how good they are?

Suggs, Boldin and Jahri Evans are 50/50 prospects at best for me this year. Of them I'd lean towards Suggs, maybe Boldin.

That narrows it down...

[11 Eli Manning 57,023]

Career passing yards:

8 Aaron Rodgers 61,497
9 Dan Marino+ 61,361
10 Matthew Stafford 58,604
11 Eli Manning 57,023
12 John Elway+ 51,475
13 Warren Moon+ 49,325
14 Fran Tarkenton+ 47,003

Career completions:
8 Aaron Rodgers 5,242
9 Matthew Stafford 5,066
10 Dan Marino+ 4,967
11 Eli Manning 4,895
12 John Elway+ 4,123
13 Joe Flacco 4,117
14 Warren Moon+   3,988

Career passing TDs:
8 Ben Roethlisberger 418
9 Matt Ryan 381
10 Matthew Stafford 370
11 Eli Manning 366
12 Fran Tarkenton+ 342
13 Russell Wilson 341
14 John Elway+   300

And Eli Manning is the only player listed with two Super Bowl MVPs.  Additionally, if you look at Pro Football Reference's career Approximate Value listings, every single eligible player ranked higher than Eli is already in, and you have to go 20 spots down to find an eligible player who isn't in (Ken Anderson).
  
He's getting in, almost certainly on the first ballot.

Plus throw in a (joint) Walter Payton Man of the Year award, along with many other nominations.

It's not a guarantee (as Ken Anderson can attest to) but quite a lot of them have wound up in the HOF.

Eli getting into the HOF to me is a no-brainer - it's just a question as to if it's in his first year of eligibility. I'd lean to more likely to yes than no.

Four years ago the economy was in free fall and tens of thousands of people were dying weekly. Trump had a net job loss.


If he implements his tariffs and deports 20m people it will start a depression, and I for one hope every single one of his supporters loses everything they havez

I knew you were going to go there.   You seem to forget 2016-2019, nor do you recognize that COVID was the proverbial black swan and there were going to be problems regardless of who was in office.  That was way better than the last four years of substantial inflation.

And paying your bills and putting food on the table matters more than the stock market.  Like Clinton said in 1992, "Its the economy, stupid"

It still is

Yeah, hard to argue.  I am not going off anything other than sorta remember him being good, but not game-changing all-timer.

[11 Eli Manning 57,023]

Career passing yards:

8 Aaron Rodgers 61,497
9 Dan Marino+ 61,361
10 Matthew Stafford 58,604
11 Eli Manning 57,023
12 John Elway+ 51,475
13 Warren Moon+ 49,325
14 Fran Tarkenton+ 47,003

Career completions:
8 Aaron Rodgers 5,242
9 Matthew Stafford 5,066
10 Dan Marino+ 4,967
11 Eli Manning 4,895
12 John Elway+ 4,123
13 Joe Flacco 4,117
14 Warren Moon+   3,988

Career passing TDs:
8 Ben Roethlisberger 418
9 Matt Ryan 381
10 Matthew Stafford 370
11 Eli Manning 366
12 Fran Tarkenton+ 342
13 Russell Wilson 341
14 John Elway+   300

And Eli Manning is the only player listed with two Super Bowl MVPs.  Additionally, if you look at Pro Football Reference's career Approximate Value listings, every single eligible player ranked higher than Eli is already in, and you have to go 20 spots down to find an eligible player who isn't in (Ken Anderson).
  
He's getting in, almost certainly on the first ballot.

I respect that you're doing this, but I just can't.  I am putting all my good vibes and juju into winning our games.  I think it's way premature to be thinking about playoffs. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FcEm0qhgVSw

There's almost no way that makes sense the Dolphins are making the playoffs. Sure, there's ways that don't make sense they make it, like if they win out. It's more likely the world stops spinning on it's axis though.

according to http://www.playoffstatus.com/nfl/afcstandings.html the dolphins have a 15% chance of making the playoff this year.

according to nasa.gov the odds of the world stops spinning on its axis this year is considerably lower as it would require a very large undetected asteroid to hit the earth at precisely the right angle. 

I think your perspective would suddenly become a lot more sympathetic if the Steelers were playing in February, potentially about to win an NFL-record 7th Super Bowl (and leaving the Patriots behind).

You are wrong.

Of the potential match-ups, I would be rooting for the Steelers at least 25% of the time.  I want the NEP to win more sb, but i really don't care if the steelers get another.  While I do root against the steelers somewhat often, it isn't about nep getting 7 first but rather it is because my bil is a steelers fan.     

I am sure there are some nep fans that think that way, but as I said no fan base confuses other teams loses as there own teams wins to the extent dolphin fans do.   

Is Eli HOF material?

I'm not even arguing one way or the other and I haven't looked at his stats.  But I just think back of him being a B-level talent.  A good B-level talent, but not an all-timer like Peyton.