Giants' co-owner confident in Manning deal

Giants quarterback Eli Manning is set to make $17 million this season and count against their salary cap for $19.75 million. After that, it's anybody's guess.

There's yet to be a sighting between anybody from the Giants and anybody representing Manning meeting each other to discuss an extension for the two-time Super Bowl winner.

But Giants co-owner John Mara is confident a deal is forthcoming.

"I think we'll get it done at some point in time," he said, via N.J.com. "We're just going through the usual things that you go through. The agent asks for the moon and we make a reasonable offer. At some point, he'll come to his senses and we'll end up making an agreement. There's nothing unusual about this."

The man asking the Giants for the moon in this case is Tom Condon, who himself has been calm and confident during the proceedings, or lack thereof.

The word around New York had been that negotiations would begin and a deal signed before training camp began. That being Friday, it seems unlikely. It takes more than a day to ask for the moon and be talked into your senses.

Mara noted that "in a perfect world" a deal would be struck by the end of the coming season. But even then, if no agreement exists, he didn't seem terribly worried, adding that he expects Manning to end his career with the franchise.

"We want him to be here and finish his career as a Giant," he said. "And I'm sure he wants the same thing."

With the deafening silence between all parties concerned, however, it's hard to tell what anyone wants at this point.