Antonio Gates Offers Advice to Eli Manning After Hall of Fame Snub

If Eli Manning needs some advice on how to handle a Hall of Fame slight — Antonio Gates is offering it up!

The legendary Charger — who was inducted into the 2025 class last week after being snubbed for the 2024 one just 12 months ago — told TMZ Sports out at the Super Bowl in New Orleans that while he’s sure Eli’s feeling heartbreak right now … the former signal-caller just needs to stay positive.

Gates told us that after he was shockingly barred from getting a bust in Canton … he headed into the ensuing year focused on being “the best version of me” — and he thinks that attitude helped him get in this go-around.

Gates also said leaning on his faith certainly didn’t hurt, either.

Fortunately for Manning, it seems he’s already put some of the ex-tight end’s guidance into practice … because when we caught up with him on Bourbon Street just hours after the ’25 class was revealed, he didn’t seem to be sweating things one bit.