Giants and Manning agree to extension
Eli Manning, the number one overall pick of the 2004 NFL draft, has agreed to a six-year $97.5 million dollar contract extension with the New York Giants. This will make him with one of the highest paid quarterbacks in the NFL along with his big brother Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Ben Roethlisberger.
Manning is guaranteed 35 million under the new extension that will keep him a Giant until 2015. The Giants general manager Jerry Reese said that Manning is a "franchise quarterback". He must be after leading the Giants to a Super Bowl upset of the New England Patriots in 2008, in which he was named the MVP of the game.
This is great news for Giant fans who have seen one of their best receivers in Plaxico Burress, waiting for his sentence in off the field gun charges. This will help solidify the foundation of the G-Mens offense for years to come, and help Coach Tom Coughlin breathe a little easier for now.
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