The Steelers drowned Ben Roethlisberger in sixty million guaranteed dollars. As did the Seahawks with Russell Wilson, and the Panthers for Cam Newton. Miami doused perpetually average signal caller Ryan Tannehill in $45 million guaranteed, and the Chargers on Saturday gave Philip Rivers an early Christmas bonus.
Four years, $83.3 million for Rivers all told, and the $65 million they guaranteed him is the most for a quarterback in the NFL. The number of Super Bowls currently residing in San Diego? Precisely none.
And in the Giants' trophy case? Four. Two of which were put there by the younger Manning. Twice as many as the other Manning, the one who was supposed to win them.
So, of course, the negotiations to extend the leader of their pack during those two campaigns must be on, right? Wrong.
Apparently, it takes less time for the United States to get the Supreme Leader of Iran's signature on paper than it does for the Giants to get Eli Manning's John Hancock on one.
Giants co-owner John Mara said as training camp was getting started that some manner of agreement would be had between the two before too long. Manning will be playing the final year of his current contract and this offseason watched two of his cohorts from the 2004 Draft get upgraded, again.
Mara has intimated that these sorts of things are a kind of ritual. The agent, he says, "asks for the moon" before being talked back down to earth by sensible management. For what price Tom Condon, Manning's man in that room, currently believes the moon is worth no one knows. Because no one has asked.
If the transactions in Pittsburgh and San Diego (and Charlotte?) are any indication, it's worth around $60 million guaranteed.
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