Don’t tell retired New York Giants legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor that Eli Manning doesn’t deserve a place in Canton alongside of him because he’s not hearing it.

While Taylor admits that Manning may not be a first ballot Hall of Famer, he has little doubt the two-time Super Bowl MVP will eventually get himself a bust.

“He’s won two Super Bowls,” Taylor said, via the New York Post. “He may not be a first-ballot. But is he a Hall of Famer? Of course. Played too many games.

“He’s done too many good things. He’s been the best of the Giants for too many years. He will get into the Hall of Fame. And if he goes in the first ballot? I’d be surprised, but he will get there if he doesn’t go in the first [time].”

Taylor is another in a long, long line of current or former players to go to bat for Manning, battling against the outside skeptics who don’t believe he deserves enshrinement.

Will all this public support be enough to push Hall of Fame voters over the edge in five years? Time will tell, but it certainly can’t hurt — especially when the greatest defensive player in NFL history give Easy E the thumbs up.