With the start of the 2015 football season, this means that Eli Manning, New York Giants star quarterback, is on his last contracted year and is already looking to get a new contract in the works. However, he is actually trying to be the highest paid player in the NFL.
Currently, the highest paid QB is Aaron Rodgers, earning $22 million each year; Manning is currently at $17 million. It would be a huge jump to try and surpass Rodgers, and on top of it all, the Giants don’t seem to be close to what he is asking for.
The Top 5 contracts can shine some more light on how far fetched Manning request is:
| VALUE REMAINING | GUARANTEED SUM | YEARLY AVERAGE |
| Cam Newton: $118.5M | Philip Rivers: $65M | Aaron Rodgers: $22M |
| Jay Cutler: $109.2M | Russell Wilson: $61.5M | Russell Wilson: $21.9M |
| Colin Kaepernick: $106M | Colin Kaepernick: $61M | Ben Roethlisberger: $21.85M |
| Ben Roethlisberger: $99M | Cam Newton: $60M | Philip Rivers: $20.82M |
| Philip Rivers: $99M | Tony Romo: $55M | Cam Newton: $20.76M |
Calculating a quarterback’s worth is hard, and even harder than before, with the possibility of Manning getting around $25 million yearly salary if the Giants were to use the exclusive franchise tag on him for next season.
Eli Manning has already become a hero for the Giants team and fans, so there is a slight possibility that he could end up getting that high contract to become the most paid QB in football.
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