As far as overpaid, I think just about every major sport athlete is overpaid, but that's an old argument I've since given up on, people get very '
testy' for some reason when you say that
To call Eli Manning overrated, I dunno if I could go that far. I think he's been getting better and better each season, and I think the Giants would find themselves on the outside of the playoff and even (gasp) superbowl talk that's going around if he wasn't there.
As for being overhyped, I think most of that comes from these damn sports media people who love to hammer in the fact that he's a Manning, he's Peyton's younger brother, he's Eli MANNING......that gets old fairly quick......to everyone except the sports media apparently.
It's just like in Basketball, where EVERY NEW PLAYER who has a smidgen (yeah, I said smidgen, sue me

) of talent is suddenly the next Michael Jordan. How many of those have we been told about in the past 8 years or so? At least 16 or so.