The going rate for a franchise quarterback is what it is, and at some point soon the Giants are going to pay it. Eli Manning maybe has four to five good years left as an NFL starting quarterback, and the Giants want every one of them to be with them.
So eventually they will give him another contract that lands somewhere in the range of $100 million — although progress on negotiations so far has been “slower than expected,” according to a team source. They will commit to him longer than they will be willing to commit to their coach.