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I feel we need to start deeply discounting career stats unless the QB actually sets the all-time record during their tenure. So something like Eli being 10th in this and 10th and that doesn't really mean a lot to me, because it's more about era & longevity. Then it feels a bit like some baseball arguments, where it feels like we're not really talking about a Hall of Fame, but a Hall of Lots of Stat Accumulation.
On the flipside, things like SB wins & MVPs should really be a multiplier of sorts, so there you go Eli.
Of course, it feels unfair to some QBs who were never really in position to get to a Super Bowl to make that so important. But in those cases I think we look to a career like Dan Marino or Drew Brees (ignoring that he won one). Look up any year-by-year stats table for either and there are "led league" or "single-season record" asteriks everywhere. You get some of that with Rivers & Ryan, but not enough, in my opinion.
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