Eli Manning Contract: Latest News and Rumors on Negotiations with Giants

Heading into the final year of his contract, Eli Manning looked like a prime candidate to receive a long-term extension this offseason. It appears the New York Giants may have different plans in mind. 

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Manning, Coughlin Speak on Contract

Sunday, April 26

"Nothing has been brought up," Manning said before walking in the March of Dimes' March for Babies with his daughter Ava, courtesy of Jordan Raanan of NJ.com. "I haven't made a big deal about it. [The contract] is not something I'm going to argue about or make a fuss about."

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin previously discussed Manning and his contract situation, per Newsday's Tom Rock. He was confident that Manning and the Giants will be able to agree to an extension:

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Eli knows he's our guy. [As for] when these things get done, well, I think John [Mara] last week expressed it as well as it can be said. Yeah, it'd be great if it was done. If it isn't done going in [to the season], it'll be done during or shortly after or whenever.

Everybody's got to earn it. But I don't think that's the case. Everybody has to prove everything, everybody has to prove that they are worthy of whatever. That having been said, the process of contract is just ongoing. I don't see it as any issue.

Sometimes the way in which this works, particularly when you are talking about our franchise, things are done that way. The process is slower. Don't ask me why, but it is. It'll get done, I'm fully confident of that, and I think so is Eli. Why would he have any concern about that? I don't see that as anything in terms of him getting ready to go and playing and so on.

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Giants 'Comfortable' Allowing Eli To Play Out Contract

Monday, March 23

Dan Graziano of ESPN.com reported the Giants and Manning are not close on a long-term extension and the team is "comfortable" allowing the process to play out. Manning, 34, will make $17 million in base salary next season, the final year of his contract. 

Adam Lefkoe and Bleacher Report NFL Analyst Chris Simms weighed in on the situation:

Manning came into the offseason in a similar situation as Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger and San Diego's Philip Rivers, the two quarterbacks with whom he's linked from the 2004 draft. Roethlisberger signed a massive four-year extension earlier this month, while Rivers told Kevin Acee of U-T San Diego he was planning to play out the final year of his deal.

Manning is in a particularly interesting place because he's the most inconsistent of the three and is coming off a season he may struggle to top. He threw for 4,410 yards and 30 touchdowns against 14 interceptions, ranking seventh in ESPN's QBR metric at 70.9.

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