Why The Chargers Should Be Worried By Eli Manning’s Monster Contract
Today Fox Sports reported that Eli Manning inked a 6-year $97 million contract. This made someone who, at best, can be described as a top-15 QB the highest paid player at his position. This contract has rocked the landscape for the QBs form his draft class, namely Ben Rothlisberger and Philip Rivers.
Why This Affects Rivers
Philip Rivers was statistically the best quarterback in 2008. Rivers had the highest QB rating, was tied for the league lead in TDs, with 34, and passed for over 4000 yards. Rivers was the entire offense for the injury plagued Chargers last season. Even if the running attack improves we all know Norv Turner will want to pass even more after last seasons success.
With Rivers approaching a contract year he too has motiv...
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