I HELPED!!! TMZSports.com
Eli Manning's being a great sport about his Hall of Fame snub ... TMZ Sports just caught up with him out on Bourbon Street, and it's clear as day he's not sweating the slight one bit.
Check out our chat with the New York legend down in New Orleans on Friday ... while there's a large sector of the football world up in arms over him not getting the official call to Canton on Thursday, he's very obviously not bothered.
The 44-year-old former signal-caller was in amazing spirits -- and even cracked a joke about the situation!