NFL Execs: Eli Manning placed in Tier 3 among quarterbacks

ESPN has released its annual quarterback rankings (insider content). They arrive at their rankings, dividing the league’s 32 quarterbacks into tiers, by polling 50 NFL front office executives. According to ESPN’s Mike Sando, this year’s executive pool consists of “10 general managers, five head coaches, 10 coordinators, 10 senior personnel executives, five QB coaches and 10 others with job titles ranging from assistant coach to salary-cap manager to analytics director.”

Last year, after the New York Giants finally returned to the playoffs, the executives polled by ESPN had Eli Manning at 11th. When it came to Manning this year, those 50 NFL executives placed him in the third tier, tied at…