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Not that management has given any indication otherwise, but seems even more likely to remain on the team in 2019 after Saturday. , the 38-year-old quarterback received a $5 Rickey Henderson Jersey million bonus for being on the Giants' roster as of 4 p.m. Saturday. That bonus, , accounts for more than 20 percent of Manning's salary-cap charge in 2019.So unle s general manager Dave Gettleman and co. simply wanted to pay Manning before Marcus Semien Jersey parting ways with him, the longtime starter appears more set than ever as a member of the Giants' 2019 roster. If the Giants were intent on replacing Manning, as NJ.com's Ryan Dunleavy wrote, they likely already would have cut ties with him for the financial benefit: They could Glenn Hubbard Jersey have saved $17 million against the cap -- and paid just $6.2 million in signing bonus money -- by releasing Manning, who carries the 12th-highest salary cap hit and 13th-highest salary among NFL quarterbacks in 2019.So with the 2019 just over Jed Lowrie Jersey a month away, it appears Manning is well positioned to reprise his starting role. And it remains to be seen whether Gettleman thinks any of this year's top quarterback prospects are Matt Joyce Jersey worth drafting with one of the team's two first-round picks. earlier Saturday that New York thinks consensus top-five QB prospect Dwayne Haskins "doesn't fit" in the Giants offense -- a potential indication that Manning's potential succe sor might not even arrive this year. |
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