New York Giants, Eli Manning to Agree to a Four-Year, $84 Million Contract
The New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will soon be signing a lucrative contract extension deal with his team.
Both camps are said to be looking into finalizing an $84-million deal to make the number 10 jersey-wearing quarterback extend his stay for another four more years in the Giants' camp, reported as per NFL.com, citing Ian Rapoport.
Rapoport reportedly cited sources knowledgeable of the matter, saying that the Giants and Manning could sign the agreement, which also includes $65 million in guaranteed money, by Friday.
As soon as the deal is signed, it will make the 34-year-old football player have an average of $21 million per year, or slightly lower than the Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russel Wilson's $21.9 million per annum pay, reported the site.
Although Manning's contract will only be official during the start of the 2015 NFL season, his agent, Tom Condon, knew beforehand that the Giants will offer him something he deserves, noted New York Daily News in June
"It's an extraordinarily hard position to fill, as you know. You actually have some leverage with the quarterbacks...The quarterbacks always get done... You know you're going to go in and it's going to get done. I'm sure at the appropriate time it'll happen," Condon told the news outlet.
Rapoport also told NFL Network's "Total Access" that the Manning contract is the Giants' priority, too.
"This [Eli Manning contract talk] is another one where the Giants hope to do a deal either before training camp or early on in training camp. My understanding is the Giants brass is confident in doing a deal in due time," Rapoport said as quoted by ProFootballTalk.
The Giants did the right thing in securing a great player like Manning, who in his past 11 seasons with the team, attended each and every game for a total of 169 games, clearly a mark of his love and dedication for his chosen profession, as noted by the New York outlet.
Aside from being devoted, he also could deliver well on the field, as evident of his two Super Bowl victories shared with the Giants in the 2007 and 2011 seasons, per ESPN. Since 2009, ESPN stats show that Manning averaged 4,000 passing yards per year, and, in four seasons, he surpassed 4,000 passing yards. In 2014, he posted his record high of 4,410 passing yards and 30 passing touchdowns for the team.
Yet, amid of it all, Manning remained humble. The six-foot-four, 218-pound athlete is a "genuinely good guy," who never stated or did anything "scandalous in the newspaper" even in this kind of "market," his agent told Daily News.
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