Eli Manning suddenly has a deadline

Giants quarterback Eli Manning noted on Tuesday that there has been "some talking" between his people and the club regarding a new contract extension.

Which is more than can be said for the progress of such talks until this point. And while Manning said he has no certain deadline until which those negotiations can take place, he did make one caveat.

"I'm not a big fan of negotiations going on during the season," he told WFAN. "I'm hoping if this thing is going to get done, it's going to get done very quickly. I would think both sides would want to do it that way and not have these talks continue on."

Apparently, the already rich man is getting picky about when he will be willing to talk to other rich men about making himself richer than he is already.

Manning is entering the final year of his existing contract, and some manner of gibberish has been ongoing between Tom Condon, his agent who wants more money, and Giants co-owner John Mara, who doesn't want to pay too much more money, for most of the offseason. 

Nothing has been forthcoming, save words, which are free.

And, despite having apparently said he has no desire to be the NFL's highest paid player, that is precisely what he may become whenever the Giants decide to pay him more.

He'd like that "more" to be in the mail before he throws a gaggle of interceptions to the Cowboys in their regular season opener on Sunday, to not give management any reason to not fork it over.