I'm slowly working on a post about the Vikes quarterback situation. But while I'm doing that, I notice Eli Manning became the highest paid player in the NFL today.
While he is 28, coming off his best year as a pro and has a Super Bowl ring, I don't think a guy with a career 76.1 QB rating and a completion percentage of 55.9 should be the highest paid player in the league. I can think of at least 10 other quarterbacks in the NFL I'd rather have than Manning (McNabb, Warner, Rodgers, Cutler, Brees and Romo in the NFC; brother Peyton, Brady, Roethlisberger and Palmer in the AFC) and that's without even really thinking about it. I know Manning plays eight games a year in windy Meadowlands yet that doesn't completely explain why he often looks like a solid. but not spectacular, player.
When you're a professional athlete, it's good to be in New York.
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I don't get it with Eli. He's just not that good. I probably would've done pretty well as QB for the Giants in 2007.
Maybe you and I and other Vikings fans are more aware of this than the average NFL follower because of the ridiculous victories the Vikings have had over the Giants in recent years.
There's some interesting commentary being made over at the Football Outsiders site about Manning's new contract if you click on the "Extra Points" link.
Some are making the point that Manning isn't being overpaid when you consider what other top QBs and rookie QBs who have yet to play a down in the NFL have signed for recently. There's also some people who say the Giants didn't have much choice put to pay Manning because they don't have any other options.
Maybe so but it's hard to discount that Manning's getting an NYC markup on this deal.
I'll check out the FO.
Using the high rookie pay as justification is a bit flawed since most people agree rookies (drafted early, anyhow) are ridiculously overpaid.
And yes, I do think NY pays a premium for simply being New York (cough, Jersey). Of course, Eli's penthouse probably costs a bit more than a certain condo in Edina would have.
Perhaps more troubling is that he won't be the highest paid for long, certainly. Agents are rubbing their hands with glee right now anticipating the obvious "my client is better than Eli... so he needs Eli money."
That and the impending labor dispute leave this as one of the first steps into a potentially very ugly NFL compensation era emulating baseball's model.
HE MAKES MORE THEN HIS BBROTHER NOW! I THINK THAT THIS MAY BE TOO MUCH! BUT HE IS ONE LUCKY MAN TO MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY GEEZ! http://askthecollegekid.blogspot.com/
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