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Eli Manning's 6-Year, $97.5 Million Extension One of NFL's Biggest Deals

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Old 08-06-2009, 12:24 AM   #8
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Re: Eli Manning's 6-Year, $97.5 Million Extension One of NFL's Biggest Deals

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Well, there's other factors at play here besides "the Giants think Eli is worth 16+ million a year." The truth is, on the open market, he could probably get $60-$70 million. That's still overpaying him, but the Giants paid a premium to prevent him from hitting the market after the season, which to an extent is admirable.
In contrast to this, we overpaid DeAngelo Hall to prevent him from hitting the market, and relative to his position, he's not quite as good as Eli.

But then again, we didn't overpay him by as nearly as much as the Giants did with their quarterback.
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