Giants, Eli Manning said to be close on $120 million contract extension

[SLATEmosphere]

Eli is not even worth 2nd round money..He's on a good team and does a good job handing the ball off.

 

[Macnalty]

It is not how much your worth, is how much can you negotiate now

I would say if we were playing monopoly the giants paid for park place and got Baltic avenue. This will make them pucker that much more with the resigning of Brandon Jacobs in the FA market frenzy. Anyone else think that the FA market may not be the frenzy of fantastic money being thrown about because for the economy? I keep thinking that fiscal responsibility will hit the NFL and this economy seems like the perfect time to tighten up the FA market spending madness for mediocrity.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

This is quite possibly the most unbelievable contract in the history of the NFL.

Really??

I can top this one.

OK ready.....




Michael Vick got a $100 million contract to play Quarter Back for the Atlanta Falcons.................... and HE WASNT EVEN A QUARTERBACK!!!!!









:laugh2:

 

[Vinnie2u]

Mike Vick Got 130 mil over 10 years. Matt Ryan got $72 mil over 6 years. Jamarcus Russell got $61 mil. over 6 years. ShEli has led his team to a Super Bowl victory playing in NYC. I say he is worth it.

 

[tomson75]

Mike Vick Got 130 mil over 10 years. Matt Ryan got $72 mil over 6 years. Jamarcus Russell got $61 mil. over 6 years. ShEli has led his team to a Super Bowl victory playing in NYC. I say he is worth it.

No, he hasn't. He's just along for the ride. There are 10-15 QB's in this league that could've won the super bowl with that Giants team.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Mike Vick Got 130 mil over 10 years. Matt Ryan got $72 mil over 6 years. Jamarcus Russell got $61 mil. over 6 years. ShEli has led his team to a Super Bowl victory playing in NYC. I say he is worth it.

Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer once 'led' their teams to a Superbowl championship as well...did that mean that within the next year or two after that they should have been given 100+ million dollars?

Absolutely not.


I need multiple rings for 100+ million dollars.

 

[Vinnie2u]

No, he hasn't. He's just along for the ride. There are 10-15 QB's in this league that could've won the super bowl with that Giants team.

So you think Tony would of led the Giants on those 2 drives at the end of the the Super Bowl?

 

[tomson75]

So you think Tony would of led the Giants on those 2 drives at the end of the the Super Bowl?

You shouldn't assume I'm making this into a "Tony is better than Eli" thing....but yes, I do. It's not entirely Tony's fault that this team sucks in December and January. That Giant team was far from sucking at that point...if you put a better QB than Eli in that situation, logic would suggest that he's just as, if not more capable of producing the same result.

 

[Vinnie2u]

You shouldn't assume I'm making this into a "Tony is better than Eli" thing....but yes, I do. It's not entirely Tony's fault that this team sucks in December and January. That Giant team was far from sucking at that point...if you put a better QB than Eli in that situation, logic would suggest that he's just as, if not more capable of producing the same result.

I respectfully disagree.. I'm no way a Giant fan but The Giants have been in the Playoffs the last 4 years and have won a Super Bowl. They have lost the following players Shockey, Barber, Strahan and Umenyiora. Give the man some credit he has improved.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

So you think Tony would of led the Giants on those 2 drives at the end of the the Super Bowl?

You mean when the Pats dropped an Eli INT

or

When Eli escaped a sack and heaved the ball up and Tyree caught it on his head


Yeah... Romo could do those things....

 

[Vinnie2u]

You mean when the Pats dropped an Eli INT

or

When Eli escaped a sack and heaved the ball up and Tyree caught it on his head


Yeah... Romo could do those things....

I guess its better to be lucky than good.

 

[tomson75]

I respectfully disagree.. I'm no way a Giant fan but The Giants have been in the Playoffs the last 4 years and have won a Super Bowl. They have lost the following players Shockey, Barber, Strahan and Umenyiora. Give the man some credit he has improved.

I don't need to give someone credit when I don't think it's deserved. He played well in last year's playoffs, and I've given him credit for that....but outside of that brief stretch of games, he's been a very mediocre QB.

I give the team and the organization all of the credit for their successes. Not one man. Especially that man.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Very well deserved. I mean, the guy does it all, like tackling defenders rude enough to pick off his passes.

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That's actually pretty good technique in Pic 1.

 

[Doomsday101]

Seems pretty simple the Giants like what they have in Manning and were willing to pay him big money to retain him for the next 7 to 8 years by that time this contract will not look as big. :laugh2:

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

That's actually pretty good technique in Pic 1.

Just a tad too upright.

You see he gets stood up in pic #2

 

[Future]

Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer once 'led' their teams to a Superbowl championship as well...did that mean that within the next year or two after that they should have been given 100+ million dollars?

Absolutely not.


I need multiple rings for 100+ million dollars.

Or Peyton Manning....

 

[AdamJT13]

So you think Tony would of led the Giants on those 2 drives at the end of the the Super Bowl?

If he was as fortunate as Mannning was on the final drive. There were FOUR near-turnovers on that drive, PLUS Tyree's miraculous catch.

Give Manning credit for taking advantage of all of the Giants' extra chances on the drive, but let's not pretend that it didn't almost end in disaster numerous times.