Entering the final season of his deal, the Giants’ quarterback told WFAN’s Mike Francesa on Monday he’s confident that he will eventually work out a longterm deal with New York.
“It’s not important to me. I gotta do a job. I’m working and making sure this team is going in the right direction and we win more games and we have success and we get back to making the playoffs and that’s important to me, that’s what I’m focused on,” Manning said.
“If there are discussions going on, I’m not in those discussions. I just don’t think there’s a whole lot of point worrying about it,” he added. “I got things I have to do, get ready for practice every day and that’s what I’m focused on.”
Ian Rapoport is reporting that Manning wants to be the highest paid quarterback in the game, ahead of Aaron Rodgers.
Eli Manning wants to be paid higher than any QB in the game, more than Aaron Rodgers. via @RapSheet pic.twitter.com/11iul2iq1N
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) August 17, 2015
We’ll see how this plays out for the Manning brother with the most Super Bowls.