We’ve been caught in a game of ping (beer) pong today as we try to figure out whether the contract signed by quarterback Eli Manning carries the highest annual average of any quarterback or other player in league history.
Initially, we said it did. Then, we concluded that it didn’t.
Per NFLPA records, the annual average of quarterback Carson Palmer’s contract is $16,166,667. But a league source explained to us that this is Palmer’s “new money” average. Factoring in the payments remaining on his pre-existing deal, Palmer’s average take was a pedestrian $13.194 million.
Eli’s average based on his prior deal is $15.27 million. The new money average, however, is $16.25 million.
Comparing apples to apples, Manning’s deal is worth more than Palmer’s.
And now we can die in peace.
good cause u gonna get pilloried over this one
It’s good to see you flip flop again. Did NBC buy your spine Florio?
Ummm……okay?
How many playoff games has Carson Palmer one? How many times has Carson Palmer been to the playoffs?
Yeah he throws for big yeards and puts up great numbers but they don’t equate to WINS.
Both of these guys are getting an insane amount of money, and good for them.
To try to split hairs to try to figure out which contract is slightly more insane is of no interest to me. They’ve both got more than they need for the rest of their lives, and then some. Once you reach that point, I think splitting hairs about what’s beyond it is pointless.
But somehow, some people are still fascinated by who has more, no matter how much they have above and beyond what they need. And the more attention it gets, the more likely it is that there will be some knucklehead like Crabtree who’s offered an insane amount of money even though he hasn’t played and down yet, and he’ll turn it down because it’s less than some insane amount of money than another draft pick got.
You guys are always playing ping(beer)pong. Why don’t u just get your facts straight before reporting this stuff.
What’s that thing called when you say something that’s the opposite of correct? I’ll know the word if I see it, but it definitely didn’t appear in this article..
This played ouuuuut……zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!
man o man, is this eli stuff played already, even im bored defending him, talking about how hes not dilfer and then seeing the same comments over and over again. about rivers, mcnabb, romo, big ben…I also almost fell off my chair this morning when florio even had the notion sanchez is better than eli. I cant wait until rivers gets paid more, that should be like deja vu all over again. enough w this already and since you love to quote seinfeld so much here
“thats played jerry..soooooo played”
CBS, FOX, ESPN, NFLN nbc… the only thing your post proved is that you cannot spell. The past tense of “win” is “won.” “One” is a number i.e. 1. To pin the Bengals lack of productivity, in the past, on Palmer is idiotic.
It’ll be Peyton by a head when he signs his next deal.
thats what you get for playing in NY
I don’t really care who makes more. I’d rather have Carson, though.